fanciful

English

Alternative forms

• fancifull (obsolete)
• phanciful (obsolete)
• phancifull (obsolete)

Etymology

fancy +‎ -ful

Pronunciation

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Adjective

fanciful (comparative more fanciful, superlative most fanciful)

1. Imaginative or fantastic; unreal or imagined.

Derived terms

• fancifully
• fancifulness

Translations

imaginative or unreal

• Bulgarian: нереален (bg) (nerealen), фантастичен (bg) (fantastičen)
• Danish: fantasifuld, fantastisk
• Dutch: denkbeeldig (nl), verzonnen (nl), fantastisch (nl), fantasievol (nl)
• Finnish: mielikuvituksellinen (fi); kuvitteellinen (fi)
• French: imaginaire (fr)
• Galician: imaxinario m
• German: fantasievoll
• Hungarian: képzeletbeli (hu)
• Irish: meonúil, guanach
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fantasifull

  Nynorsk: fantasifull

• Persian: خیال‌انگیز (xiyâl-angiz)
• Polish: dziwaczny (pl)
• Russian: прихотливый (ru) m (prixotlivyj)
• Spanish: imaginado (es) m, fantástico (es) m
• Swedish: fantasifull (sv)