fantaisie
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French fantaisie (“imagination”), of Latin phantasia, from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía), of φαντάζεσθαι (phantázesthai), from φαντός (phantós, “visible”), from φαίνεσθαι (phaínesthai, “appear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɑ̃.tɛ.zi/, /fɑ̃.te.zi/
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Noun
fantaisie f (plural fantaisies)
- fantasy (something fanciful)
- fantasy (something created by the imagination)
- imagination
- (music) fantasia
Descendants
- Vietnamese: phăng-tê-di
Further reading
- “fantaisie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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