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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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From {{der|en|fro|fantasie||fantasy}}, from {{der|en|la|phantasia||imagination}}, from {{der|en|grc|φαντασία||apparition |
From {{der|en|fro|fantasie||fantasy}}, from {{der|en|la|phantasia||imagination}}, originally from {{der|en|grc|φαντασία||apparition}}. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
Revision as of 08:27, 2 October 2017
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French fantasie (“fantasy”), from Latin phantasia (“imagination”), originally from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía, “apparition”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
fantasy (countable and uncountable, plural fantasies)
- That which comes from one's imagination.
- (literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
- A fantastical design.
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- (slang) The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
Related terms
Derived terms
Translations
imagining
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literary genre
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Verb
fantasy (third-person singular simple present fantasies, present participle fantasying, simple past and past participle fantasied)
- (literary, psychoanalysis) To fantasize (about).
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- (obsolete) To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like.
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See also
Czech
Noun
fantasy f
- (literature) fantasy (literary genre)
French
Noun
fantasy f (plural fantasys)
- (literature) fantasy (literary genre)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Literature
- English slang
- English verbs
- English literary terms
- en:Psychoanalysis
- English terms with obsolete senses
- en:Genres
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech feminine nouns
- cs:Literature
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French feminine nouns
- fr:Literature