fantazie
Czech
Alternative forms
- fantasie f
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin phantasia (“imagination”), from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía, “apparition”),[1] from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to show at the eye or the mind”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to show in light”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfantazɪjɛ]
Noun
fantazie f
- imagination, fancy
- Synonyms: představivost f, obraznost f
- 1870, Karel Sabina, Oživené hroby:
- Četl-li jsem něco aneb slyšel, jež se vyložiti nedalo cestou známou a zjevnou, považoval jsem to vždy za pouhý plod výstřední fantazie.
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Declension
References
- "fantazie" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
Romanian
Declension
Declension of fantazie
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