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English

Alternative forms

• phantasie (archaic)
• phantasy (chiefly dated)

Etymology

From Old French fantasie (“fantasy”), from Latin phantasia (“imagination”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (phantasía, “apparition”). Doublet of fancy, fantasia, phantasia, and phantasy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fænt?si/, /?fænt?zi/

Noun

fantasy (countable and uncountable, plural fantasies)

1. That which comes from one's imagination.
2. (literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
3. A fantastical design.
4. (slang) The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.

Derived terms

Related terms

• fantasize

Descendants

• ? Czech: fantasy
• ? French: fantasy
• ? German: Fantasy
• ? Malay: fantasi
• ? Polish: fantasy
• ? Swahili: fantasia

Translations

Verb

fantasy (third-person singular simple present fantasies, present participle fantasying, simple past and past participle fantasied)

1. (literary, psychoanalysis) To fantasize (about).
2. (obsolete) To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like.

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3. (transitive) To imagine; to conceive mentally.

See also

• cloud-cuckoo-land

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English fantasy. Doublet of fantasie.

Noun

fantasy f

1. (literature) fantasy (literary genre)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English fantasy. Doublet of fantaisie.

Noun

fantasy f (plural fantasys)

1. (literature) fantasy (literary genre)

Polish

Etymology

From English fantasy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fan?ta.z?/

Noun

fantasy n (indeclinable)

1. (literature) fantasy (genre)

Adjective

fantasy (not comparable)

1. fantastical (of or pertaining to fantasy)

Declension

Indeclinable.

Related terms

• (noun) fantastyka
• (noun phrase) fantastyka naukowa
• (adjectives) fantastyczny, fantastycznonaukowy
• (adverb) fantastycznie

Further reading

• fantasy in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• fantasy in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

A learned borrowing from Latin aberr?ti? (“relief, diversion”), first attested in 1594 , from aberr? (“wander away, go astray”), from ab (“away”) + err? (“wander”). Compare French aberration. Equivalent to aberrate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.???e?.?n?/

Noun

aberration (countable and uncountable, plural aberrations)

1. The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state. [Late 16^th century.]
2. (optics) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; a defect in a focusing mechanism that prevents the intended focal point. [Mid 18^th century.]
3. (astronomy) A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer. [Mid 18^th century.]
   1. (astronomy, by extension) The tendency of light rays to preferentially strike the leading face of a moving object (the effect underlying the above phenomenon).
4. A partial alienation of reason. [Early 19^th century.]
5. A mental disorder, especially one of a minor or temporary character. [Early 19^th century.]
6. (zoology, botany) Atypical development or structure; deviation from the normal type; an aberrant organ. [Mid 19^th century.]
7. (medicine) A deviation of a tissue, organ or mental functions from what is considered to be within the normal range.

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References

French

Etymology

From Latin aberrationem, aberratio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.b?.?a.sj??/

Noun

aberration f (plural aberrations)

1. aberration
2. the state of being aberrant
3. (astronomy) aberration
4. (optics) aberration
5. (physiology) aberration or mutation

Related terms

• aberrer

Further reading

• “aberration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• abornerait, arboraient