fantaisie

French

Alternative forms

• phantaisie

Etymology

From Old French fantaisie, fantasie (“imagination”), from Latin phantasia, from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía), of φαντάζεσθαι (phantázesthai), from φαντός (phantós, “visible”), from φαίνεσθαι (phaínesthai, “appear”). Doublet of fantasy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑ̃.tɛ.zi/ ~ /fɑ̃.te.zi/

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Noun

fantaisie f (plural fantaisies)

1. fantasy (something fanciful)
2. fantasy (something created by the imagination)
3. imagination
4. (music) fantasia

Descendants

• → Persian: فانتزی (fântezi)
• → Romanian: fantezie
• → Turkish: fantezi
• → Vietnamese: phăng-tê-di

Further reading

• “fantaisie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• enfaîtais, faisaient