fantaisie

== French == === Alternative forms === phantaisie === 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 === IPA(key): /fɑ̃.tɛ.zi/ ~ /fɑ̃.te.zi/ Homophones: fantaisies, fantasy, phantaisie, phantaisies Rhymes: -i === Noun === fantaisie f (plural fantaisies) fantasy (something fanciful) fantasy (something created by the imagination) idea, desire, feeling imagination (music) fantasia ==== Descendants ==== → Persian: فانتزی (fântezi) → Romanian: fantezie → Turkish: fantezi → Vietnamese: phăng-tê-di === Further reading === “fantaisie” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, 4th Edition (1762). “fantaisie” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35). “fantaisie” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 9th Edition (1992-). “fantaisie”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “fantaisie”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette “fantaisie” in Dictionnaire Le Robert. “fantaisie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === enfaîtais, faisaient