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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries幻想的な
Pronunciation / Transliteration: gensō-teki na
"子供の物語は幻想的な生き物でいっぱいだった。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Characterized by or showing fancy; imaginative and unrealistic.
"The children's story was filled with fanciful creatures and magical lands." - 2
Existing only in the imagination; not based on reality.
"His fanciful ideas about the future were not taken seriously by his peers."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'fanciful' originates from the Middle English 'fanciful', derived from the Old French 'fancy', which in turn comes from the Latin 'fantasia', meaning 'imagination'. Over time, its meaning evolved from simply denoting something imagined to describing things that are whimsical or imaginative in nature.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Fanciful" is said worldwide
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fantaisiste
Transliteration: fã.tɛ.zist
"L'histoire pour enfants était remplie de créatures fantaisistes."
fantasievoll
Transliteration: fan-ta-zi-fol
"Die Kindergeschichte war voller fantasievoller Kreaturen."
fantasioso
Transliteration: fan-ta-sio-so
"La storia per bambini era piena di creature fantasiose."
fantasioso
Transliteration: fan-ta-sio-so
"La historia infantil estaba llena de criaturas fantasiosas."
fantasioso
Transliteration: fan-ta-zi-o-so
"A história infantil estava cheia de criaturas fantasiosas."
कल्पनाशील
Transliteration: kalpanasheel
"बच्चों की कहानी कल्पनाशील जीवों से भरी हुई थी।"
幻想的
Transliteration: huànxiǎng de
"儿童故事充满了幻想的生物。"
환상적인
Transliteration: hwansangjeogin
"어린이 이야기는 환상적인 생물로 가득 차 있었다."
幻想的な
Transliteration: gensō-teki na
"子供の物語は幻想的な生き物でいっぱいだった。"
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