fantastika

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See also: fantastikā

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Russian фантастика (fantastika).

Noun[edit]

fantastika (uncountable)

  1. speculative fiction
    • 2015, Simone Caroti, The Culture Series of Iain M. Banks: A Critical Introduction, page 37:
      As literary figures in late 20th-century fantastika, the characters in Banks' first three novels have plenty of Dark Twins grinning at them from tomorrow—and from right now, and from yesterday, and from other places that may or may not exist []

Ido[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English fantastic, French fantastique, Spanish fantástico, Italian fantastico.

Adjective[edit]

fantastika

  1. fantastic, fanciful

Latvian[edit]

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Noun[edit]

fantastika f (1st declension)

  1. fantastic literature, fantasy literature (literary works with contents that make use of imaginary or fantastic concepts)
    pasaku fantastikafairy-tale fantasy literature
    milzu soļiem uz priekšu traucas zinātne, veic to, kas vēl nesen cilvēcei šķita fantastika, nepiepildāms sapnisscience advances with giant steps and does that which not long ago seemed to mankind to be fantastic literature, an impossible dream

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