Meaning

4 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)That which comes from one's imagination or the act of imagining things.

    Fantasie, Phantasie

    фанта́зияfantázija, воображе́ниеvoobražénije, вы́мыселvýmysel

    фанта́зіяfantázija, уя́ваujáva, уя́вленняujávlennja

  2. (countable, uncountable)The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.

    Fantasy, Fantastik, Phantastik

    фанта́стикаfantástika, фэ́нтезиfɛ́ntɛzi

    фе́нтезіféntezi, фанта́стикаfantástyka

  3. (countable, uncountable)A fantastical design.

  4. (countable, slang, uncountable)The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.

More definitions
  • imagination unrestricted by reality
  • fiction with a large amount of imagination in it
  • something many people believe that is false

Examples

115 sentences

  1. It's just a fantasy.

    Це лише фантазія. — rmdas

    deDas ist ein bloßes Hirngespinst. — al_ex_an_der

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  2. He lives in a world of fantasy.

    ruОн живёт в мире фантазий. — Hellerick

    deEr lebt in einer Traumwelt. — xtofu80

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  3. Tom lives in a fantasy world.

    Том живе у світі фантазій. — deniko

    ruТом живёт в мире фантазий. — marafon

    deTom lebt in einer imaginären Welt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Tom lives in a world of fantasy.

    Том живе у світі фантазій. — deniko

    ruТом живёт в мире иллюзий. — marafon

    deTom lebt in einer Phantasiewelt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. Science is not fantasy.

    Наука — це не фантазія. — deniko

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
that which comes from one's imagination:
literary genre:
Русский
By meaning 2
that which comes from one's imagination:
literary genre:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
that which comes from one's imagination:
literary genre:

Origin

Noun inherited from Middle English fantasie, from Old French fantasie (“fantasy”), from La

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.

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Forms

plural: fantasies

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

34 related words
Relatedfantasizefantasticalfantasticfantasist
Derivedcyberfantasydark fantasydocufantasyfantasciencefantasy baseballfantasy casketfantasy coffinfantasy collapsefantasy footballfantasy landfantasylikefantasy sportsfantasywearfantasy worldfantasy wrestlingfat fantasyhigh fantasyintrusion fantasylow fantasynonfantasypaleofantasypower fantasyrestitutive fantasyromantasy

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fantasizefantasticA2farB2
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