fantaisie

French

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Etymology

Inherited 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

Noun

fantaisie f (plural fantaisies)

  1. fantasy (something fanciful)
  2. fantasy (something created by the imagination)
  3. idea, desire, feeling
  4. imagination
  5. (music) fantasia

Descendants

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

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