fantasy

== English == === Alternative forms === phantasie (obsolete) phantasy (dated) === Etymology === Noun inherited from Middle English fantasie, from Old French fantasie (“fantasy”), from Latin phantasia (“imagination”), from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía, “apparition”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to render visible”), from φαντός (phantós, “visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to make visible”); from the same root as φάος (pháos, “light”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti, from the root *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Doublet of fancy, fantasia, phantasia, and phantasy. Verb from Middle English fantasien, from Old French fantasier. Doublet of fancy. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfæntəsi/, /ˈfæntəzi/ (General American) IPA(key): [ˈfæ̃ɾ̃əsi], [ˈfænəsi] === Noun === fantasy (countable and uncountable, plural fantasies) That which comes from one's imagination. (literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc. A fantastical design. (slang) The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== fantasize ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === fantasy (third-person singular simple present fantasies, present participle fantasying, simple past and past participle fantasied) (transitive) To conceive (something) mentally; to imagine. (literary, psychoanalysis) To fantasize about something). (intransitive) To conceive mentally; to imagine. (obsolete) To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like. ==== See also ==== cloud-cuckoo-land == Czech == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English fantasy. Doublet of fantasie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfantasɪ] === Noun === fantasy f (literature) fantasy (literary genre) ==== Declension ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English fantasy. Doublet of fantasi. === Noun === fantasy (literature) fantasy (literary genre) == French == === Alternative forms === fantasie === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English fantasy. Doublet of fantaisie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɑ̃.tɛ.zi/ ~ /fɑ̃.te.zi/ Homophones: fantaisie, fantaisies, phantaisie, phantaisies === Noun === fantasy f (plural fantasys) (literature) fantasy (literary genre) Hyponym: heroic fantasy === Further reading === “fantasy”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse “fantasy” in Dictionnaire Le Robert. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Borrowed from English fantasy. Doublet of fantasi. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfæːn.tə.si/, /ˈfæːn.ta.si/ === Noun === fantasy m (definite singular fantasyen, indefinite plural fantasyer, definite plural fantasyene) (literature) fantasy (genre) === References === “fantasy” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “fantasy” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English fantasy. Doublet of fantazja. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfan.ta.zɘ/, /fanˈta.zɘ/ Rhymes: -antazɘ, -azɘ Syllabification: fan‧ta‧sy === Noun === fantasy n (indeclinable) fantasy (genre) === Adjective === fantasy (not comparable, no derived adverb) (relational) fantasy ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === fantasy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN fantasy in Polish dictionaries at PWN