fantasy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈfæntəsi/
- [ˈfænəsi] (General-American)
- (US) audio
- /ˈfæntəzi/
- [ˈfæ̃ɾ̃əsi] (General-American)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαντάζω (phantázō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς (phắntăsĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía)bor. Latin phantasia Old French fantasiebor. Middle English fantasie English fantasy 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.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) That which comes from one's imagination or the act of imagining things.
A thousand fantasies / Begin to throng into my memory.
1634, John Milton, Comus:Is not this something more than fantasy?
c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, London, act 1, scene 1:The whole position was so tremendous and so absolutely unearthly, that I believe it actually lulled our sense of terror, but to this hour I often see it in my dreams, and at its mere phantasy wake up covered with cold sweat.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:Try as hard as it can, empirical science cannot come up with a naturalistic explanation; it can only slip into fantasies that make scientists feel good because they are in harmony with their opinions, prejudices, and unconscious assumptions about the nature of reality.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 92:
- (countable, uncountable) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
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(countable, uncountable) A fantastical design.
Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold thread.
1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 7, in The Scarlet Letter:
- (countable, slang, uncountable) The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| phantasie | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| fantasies | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| phantasy | alternative, archaic | lexicographic |
Deriveds
fantasy cricket · romantasy · stfantasy · power fantasy · docufantasy · cyberfantasy · fantastic · fantasy world · technofantasy · fat fantasy · fantasywear · low fantasy · stfsy · fantasy wrestling · fantasy land · epic fantasy · fantasist · fantasy football · fantasy casket · fantascience · nonfantasy · intrusion fantasy · fantasylike · fantasy of manners · dark fantasy · paleofantasy · fantasy collapse · fantasy baseball · restitutive fantasy · urban fantasy · fantasy sports · fantasy coffin · heroic fantasy · science fantasy · telefantasy · high fantasy
Descendants
фе́нтезі · fantasy · Fantasy · fantasi · ფენტეზი · fantasy · fantasy · фентъзи · ファンタジー · ֆենտեզի · fantasy · 판타지 · fantasy · fantasia · fantasy · fantasy · фэ́нтези · fantasy · фэнтэзі · แฟนตาซี
Relateds
Translations (165)
sk fantasy (literary genre) · fi kuvittelu (that which comes from one's imagination) · fi fantasia (literary genre) · lv fantastika (literary genre) · pl wyobraźnia (that which comes from one's imagination) · pl fantastyka (literary genre) · ka ფენტეზი (literary genre) · ja 空想 (that which comes from one's imagination) · ka ფანტასტიკა (literary genre) · pt fantasia (literary genre) · uz fentezi (literary genre) · hi काल्पनिक (that which comes from one's imagination) · uz fantaziya (that which comes from one's imagination) · ms fantasi (literary genre) · cmn 幻想 (that which comes from one's imagination) · mk фантазија (that which comes from one's imagination) · fi gamma (slang: gamma-hydroxybutyric acid — see also gamma-hydroxybutyric acid) · hi स्वैरकल्पना (that which comes from one's imagination) · az fentezi (literary genre) · la somnium (that which comes from one's imagination) · be фэ́нтэзі (literary genre) · fi fantasiakirjallisuus (literary genre) · sq fantazi (literary genre) · mi paki pohewa (literary genre) · io fantazio (that which comes from one's imagination) · bg въображе́ние (that which comes from one's imagination) · ru воображе́ние (that which comes from one's imagination) · sv fantasi (that which comes from one's imagination) · be уяўле́ньне (that which comes from one's imagination) · de Fantastik (literary genre) · th แฟนตาซี (literary genre) · mk вообразба (that which comes from one's imagination) · fi fantasiakuvio (fantastical design) · ja ファンタジー (that which comes from one's imagination) · ko 판타지 (literary genre) · hy ֆանտաստիկա (literary genre) · hu fantázia (that which comes from one's imagination) · es lirismo (that which comes from one's imagination) · tg фантастика (literary genre) · az fantastika (literary genre) · nb fantasy (literary genre) · de Fantasy (literary genre) · uk фанта́зія (that which comes from one's imagination) · nl fantasy (literary genre) · fi kuvitelma (that which comes from one's imagination) · fa-ira فانْتِزی (literary genre) · uk уя́ва (that which comes from one's imagination) · hy երևակայություն (that which comes from one's imagination) · ro fantezie (that which comes from one's imagination) · hu fantasy (literary genre) · da fantasi (that which comes from one's imagination) · ja 狂想 (that which comes from one's imagination) · cmn 空想 (that which comes from one's imagination) · ar خَيَال (that which comes from one's imagination) · be выабражэ́ньне (that which comes from one's imagination) · sw fantasia (literary genre) · ko 공상 (that which comes from one's imagination) · tk fantastika (literary genre) · bg фанта́стика (literary genre) · pl wymysł (that which comes from one's imagination) · is fantasía (literary genre) · ga fantaisíocht (that which comes from one's imagination) · tk fantaziýa (literary genre) · cmn 奇幻 (literary genre) · el λογοτεχνία του φανταστικού (literary genre) · tt фантастика (literary genre) · sk fantázia (that which comes from one's imagination) · nan-hbl 奇幻 (literary genre) · hy ֆենտեզի (literary genre) · kk қиял (that which comes from one's imagination) · ko 판타지 (that which comes from one's imagination) · da fantasy (literary genre) · et fantaasia (literary genre) · fr fantaisie (that which comes from one's imagination) · ja ファンタジー (literary genre) · ru фэ́нтези (literary genre) · th การฝันเฟื่อง (that which comes from one's imagination) · uk уя́влення (that which comes from one's imagination) · pl fantasy (literary genre) · ko 상상 (that which comes from one's imagination) · cs výmysl (that which comes from one's imagination) · kk фэнтези (literary genre) · fi mielikuva (that which comes from one's imagination) · tl pantasya (literary genre) · lt fantastika (literary genre) · ro literatură fantastică (literary genre) · lv fantāzija (that which comes from one's imagination) · tt фэнтези (literary genre) · eo fantazio (that which comes from one's imagination) · fa-ira فانْتِزی (that which comes from one's imagination) · es fantasía (that which comes from one's imagination) · fr fantasy (literary genre) · be уяўле́нне (that which comes from one's imagination) · bg фанта́зия (that which comes from one's imagination) · sv fantasy (literary genre) · cs fantasy (literary genre) · uk фанта́стика (literary genre) · be выабражэ́нне (that which comes from one's imagination) · be вы́мысел (that which comes from one's imagination) · fa-ira خِیال (that which comes from one's imagination) · pl fantazja (literary genre) · vi kì ảo (literary genre) · hi काल्पनिक (literary genre) · sh fantàstika (literary genre) · sl fantazija (literary genre) · uz fantastika (literary genre) · sq fantazi (that which comes from one's imagination) · pl fantazja (that which comes from one's imagination) · ko 환상 (that which comes from one's imagination) · th ความเพ้อฝัน (that which comes from one's imagination) · sk predstava (that which comes from one's imagination) · et fantaasia (that which comes from one's imagination) · sl fantazija (that which comes from one's imagination) · uk ви́мисел (that which comes from one's imagination) · hu agyszülemény (that which comes from one's imagination) · fr fantaisie (literary genre) · uk ви́гадка (that which comes from one's imagination) · uk ви́гад (that which comes from one's imagination) · af fantasie (that which comes from one's imagination) · it fantasy (literary genre) · ca fantasia (that which comes from one's imagination) · ru фанта́стика (literary genre) · nl fantasie (that which comes from one's imagination) · sl fantastika (literary genre) · ca fantasia (literary genre) · lo ຈິນຕະມິນິດ (literary genre) · de Phantastik (literary genre) · ru вы́мысел (that which comes from one's imagination) · tg фантазия (literary genre) · it fantasia (that which comes from one's imagination) · ky кыял (that which comes from one's imagination) · hi कल्पना (that which comes from one's imagination) · mk фантастика (literary genre) · de Fantasie (that which comes from one's imagination) · ky фэнтези (literary genre) · cs fantazie (that which comes from one's imagination) · uz xayol (that which comes from one's imagination) · fr imaginaire (that which comes from one's imagination) · id fantasi (literary genre) · hu képzelet (that which comes from one's imagination) · lt fantazija (that which comes from one's imagination) · ru фанта́зия (that which comes from one's imagination) · ky фантастика (literary genre) · sh фанта̀стика (literary genre) · th จินตนิมิต (literary genre) · et imeulme (literary genre) · tr fantezi (literary genre) · be фанта́зія (that which comes from one's imagination) · be фанта́стыка (literary genre) · pt fantasia (that which comes from one's imagination) · tg хаёл (that which comes from one's imagination) · hi कल्पना (literary genre) · uk фе́нтезі (literary genre) · kk фантастика (literary genre) · de Phantasie (that which comes from one's imagination) · hy ֆանտազիա (that which comes from one's imagination) · ar فَنْتَازِيَا (literary genre) · bg фе́нтъзи (literary genre) · tr hayal (that which comes from one's imagination) · ur فَنْطاسِیَہ (literary genre) · fr fantasme (that which comes from one's imagination) · yue 奇幻 (literary genre) · vi kỳ ảo (literary genre) · ja 幻想 (that which comes from one's imagination) · el φαντασία (literary genre)