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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin phantasia (“imagination”), from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía, “apparition”),[1] from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to show at the eye or the mind”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to show in light”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fantazie f
- imagination, fancy
- Synonyms: představivost f, obraznost f
1870, Karel Sabina, Oživené hroby:Četl-li jsem něco aneb slyšel, jež se vyložiti nedalo cestou známou a zjevnou, považoval jsem to vždy za pouhý plod výstřední fantazie.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of fantazie (soft feminine)
References
- ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “fantazie”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
Further reading
- “fantazie”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “fantasie”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
- “fantazie”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “fantazie”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Romanian
Noun
fantazie f (plural fantazii)
- Alternative form of fantezie
Declension