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Etymology
Inherited from Old French fantaisie, fantasie (“imagination”), from Latin phantasia, from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía), of φαντάζεσθαι (phantázesthai), from φαντός (phantós, “visible”), from φαίνεσθαι (phaínesthai, “appear”). Doublet of fantasy.
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Noun
fantaisie f (plural fantaisies)
- fantasy (something fanciful)
- fantasy (something created by the imagination)
- idea, desire, feeling
- imagination
- (music) fantasia
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