phantasie
English
Noun
phantasie (plural phantasies)
- Archaic spelling of fantasy.
- c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, London, Act 1, Scene 1:
- Is not this ſomthing more then phantaſie?
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French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: phantasient, phantasies
Verb
phantasie
- first-person singular present indicative of phantasier
- third-person singular present indicative of phantasier
- first-person singular present subjunctive of phantasier
- third-person singular present subjunctive of phantasier
- second-person singular imperative of phantasier
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French fantasie, with the ph- reinstated to reflect Latin phantasia and its Ancient Greek source φαντασία (phantasía, “apparition”).
Descendants
- French: fantaisie
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