Fantasie — meaning in English

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.
• imagination noun The mental ability to form new ideas, images, or concepts not currently perceived by the senses.
• reverie noun A state of pleasant daydreaming or drifting thought.

Senses

Fantasie is used for these senses in English:

• fancy An image or representation of anything formed in the mind.
• 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.
• imagination The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.
• reverie An extravagant conceit of the imagination; a vision.

fancy — full definition

1. verb British informal: to want or feel attracted to something or someone.
2. adjective Elaborate, decorative, or of a superior grade.
3. noun A sudden liking, whim, or the imagination itself.

fantasia — full definition

1. noun A free-form musical piece that doesn't follow strict structure, often blending familiar melodies.
2. noun Any imaginative work that mixes styles or ignores conventional structure.

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