fantaisie

French

Alternative forms

• phantaisie

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French fantaisie (“imagination”), of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin phantasia, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía), of φαντάζεσθαι (phantázesthai), from φαντός (phantós, “visible”), from φαίνεσθαι (phaínesthai, “appear”).

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

• Vietnamese: phăng-tê-di

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• enfaîtais, faisaient