fantaisie

French

noun
Definitions
  • fantasy (something fanciful)
  • fantasy (something created by the imagination)
  • imagination
  • (music) fantasia

Etymology

Inherited from Old French fantaisie derived from Latin phantasia (imagination, fancy, fantasy) derived from Ancient Greek φαντασία (apparition, image, imagination, perception, appearance).

Origin

Ancient Greek

φαντασία

Gloss

apparition, image, imagination, perception, appearance

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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