fantaisie — meaning in English
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English meaning
- fancy verb British informal: to want or feel attracted to something or someone.
- fantasia noun A free-form musical piece that doesn't follow strict structure, often blending familiar melodies.
- fantasy noun An imagined scenario, especially a pleasant or unrealistic one.
- whimsy noun A playful, quaint, or fanciful quality; also, a passing fanciful idea.
Senses
fantaisie is used for these senses in English:
- fantasia (music, also, figurative) A form of instrumental composition with a free structure and improvisational characteristics; specifically, one combining a number of well-known musical pieces. [from early 18th c.]
- fantasy That which comes from one's imagination.
- fantasy (literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
- whimsy A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.
fancy — full definition
- verb British informal: to want or feel attracted to something or someone.
- adjective Elaborate, decorative, or of a superior grade.
- noun A sudden liking, whim, or the imagination itself.
fantasia — full definition
- noun A free-form musical piece that doesn't follow strict structure, often blending familiar melodies.
- noun Any imaginative work that mixes styles or ignores conventional structure.