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fantasy
- /ˈfæntəsi/
- /ˈfæntəzi/
- [ˈfæ̃ɾ̃əsi] US
- [ˈfænəsi] US
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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.
noun fantasies · phantasy · phantasie
- That which comes from one's imagination or the act of imagining things. Is not this something more than fantasy?
- The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
- A fantastical design. Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold thread.
- The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
verb fantasies · fantasying · fantasied · phantasy · phantasie
- To conceive (something) mentally; to imagine.
- To fantasize about (something). Instead of phantasying marriage, she actually feels that she is already married to the man of her phantasy.
- To conceive mentally; to imagine. Firſt I phantaſied that if I liſt to take vpon me the crowne and imperiall Scepter of the realme, now was the time propice and conuenient.
- To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like. Which he doth most fantasy.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: phantasy, fancy, illusion, imaginary, figment, imagination, fantastic, vision, daydream, dreaming, psyche, dream, obsession, invention, feature, phantom
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noun that which comes from one's imagination
| Español | fantasía, lirismo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 환상 hwansang, 공상 gongsang, 상상 sangsang, 판타지 pantaji |
| 日本語 | 幻想 gensō, 空想 kūsō, ファンタジー fantajī, 狂想 kyōsō |
| 中文 | 幻想 huànxiǎng, 空想 kōngxiǎng |
| हिन्दी | कल्पना kalpanā, काल्पनिक kālpanik, स्वैरकल्पना svairkalpanā |
| Português | fantasia |
| Français | fantaisie, imaginaire, fantasme |
| Deutsch | Fantasie, Phantasie |
| Italiano | fantasia |
| Română | fantezie |
| Русский | фанта́зия fantázija, воображе́ние voobražénije, вы́мысел výmysel |
| العربية | خَيَال ḵayāl |
noun literary genre
| 한국어 | 판타지 pantaji |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ファンタジー fantajī |
| 中文 | 奇幻 qíhuàn |
| हिन्दी | कल्पना kalpanā, काल्पनिक kālpanik |
| Kiswahili | fantasia |
| Português | fantasia |
| Français | fantaisie, fantasy |
| Deutsch | Fantasy, Fantastik, Phantastik |
| Italiano | fantasy |
| Ελληνικά | φαντασία fantasía, λογοτεχνία του φανταστικού logotechnía tou fantastikoú |
| Română | literatură fantastică |
| Русский | фанта́стика fantástika, фэ́нтези fɛ́ntɛzi |
| Tiếng Việt | kì ảo, kỳ ảo |
| العربية | فَنْتَازِيَا fantāziyā |
Talk about this word "fantasy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fantasy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fantasy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fantasy "fantasy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fantasy.Cite this
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title = {fantasy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
