fancy

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• /ˈfæn.si/
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From Middle English fansy, fantsy, a contraction of fantasy, fantasye, fantasie, from Old French fantasie, from Medieval Latin fantasia, from Late Latin phantasia (“an idea, notion, fancy, phantasm”), from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to render visible”), from φαντός (phantós, “visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to make visible”); from the same root as φάος (pháos, “light”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bhh2nyéti, from the root *bheh2- (“to shine”). Doublet of fantasia, fantasy, phantasia, and phantasy.

From Old English.

From Middle English fancien, fantasien, fantesien, from Old French fantasier, from the noun (see above)).

151 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: bəzəkli — decorative
• Bulgarian: украсен (ukrasen) — decorative
• Finnish: koristeellinen — decorative
• French: fantaisie — decorative
• German: ausgefallen — decorative
• German: schick — decorative
• German: schrill — decorative
• Macedonian: у́красен (úkrasen) — decorative
• Spanish: paltón — decorative
• Spanish: picudo — decorative
• Spanish: estrambótico — decorative
• Spanish: siútico — decorative
• Spanish: ficho — decorative
• Spanish: popof — decorative
• Spanish: concheto — decorative
• Spanish: cheto — decorative
• Arabic: فَخَم (faḵam) — Of a superior grade
• Finnish: hienostunut — Of a superior grade
• Finnish: hieno — Of a superior grade
• French: de fantaisie — Of a superior grade
• German: edel — Of a superior grade
• German: nobel — Of a superior grade
• Latin: opiparus — Of a superior grade
• Polish: ekstrawagancki — Of a superior grade
• Polish: nietypowy — Of a superior grade
• Polish: wyszukany — Of a superior grade
• Polish: bogaty — Of a superior grade
• Spanish: picudo — Of a superior grade
• Bulgarian: майсторски изработен (majstorski izraboten) — Executed with skill
• German: geschickt — Executed with skill
• German: raffiniert — Executed with skill
• German: ausgefallen — Executed with skill
• German: kunstvoll — Executed with skill
• German: einfallsreich — Executed with skill
• Bulgarian: причудлив (pričudliv) — (colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated
• Finnish: hieno — (colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated
• German: verworren — (colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated
• German: kraus — (colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated
• German: vertrackt — (colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated
• Polish: wyszukany — (colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated
• Polish: wydumany — (colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated
• Polish: wymyślny — (colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated
• Polish: fikuśny — (colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated
• Polish: ekstrawagancki — (colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated
• Russian: навороченный (navoročennyj) — (colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated
• Arabic: خَيَال (ḵayāl) — The imagination; the image-making power of the mind
• Arabic: تَخَيُّل (taḵayyul) — The imagination; the image-making power of the mind
• Bulgarian: фантазия (fantazija) — The imagination; the image-making power of the mind
• Bulgarian: въображение (vǎobraženie) — The imagination; the image-making power of the mind
• Catalan: fantasia — The imagination; the image-making power of the mind
• Esperanto: imago — The imagination; the image-making power of the mind
• German: Vorstellungskraft — The imagination; the image-making power of the mind
• German: Einbildungskraft — The imagination; the image-making power of the mind
• German: Fantasie — The imagination; the image-making power of the mind
• Italian: fantasia — The imagination; the image-making power of the mind
• Italian: immaginazione — The imagination; the image-making power of the mind
• Macedonian: воо́бразба (voóbrazba) — The imagination; the image-making power of the mind
• Macedonian: фанта́зија (fantázija) — The imagination; the image-making power of the mind
• Persian: خیالبافی (xeyâl-bâfi) — The imagination; the image-making power of the mind
• Plautdietsch: Enbildunk — The imagination; the image-making power of the mind
• Portuguese: fantasia — The imagination; the image-making power of the mind
• Russian: воображе́ние (voobražénije) — The imagination; the image-making power of the mind
• Russian: фанта́зия (fantázija) — The imagination; the image-making power of the mind
• Spanish: fantasía — The imagination; the image-making power of the mind
• Spanish: magín — The imagination; the image-making power of the mind
• Turkish: yaratıcılık — The imagination; the image-making power of the mind
• Arabic: خَيَال (ḵayāl) — An image formed in the mind
• Arabic: حُلْم (ḥulm) — An image formed in the mind
• Esperanto: fantazio — An image formed in the mind
• German: Vorstellung — An image formed in the mind
• German: Einbildung — An image formed in the mind
• German: Idee — An image formed in the mind
• German: Einfall — An image formed in the mind
• Persian: خیال (xeyâl) — An image formed in the mind
• Russian: фанта́зия (fantázija) — An image formed in the mind
• Russian: мечта́ (mečtá) — An image formed in the mind
• Bulgarian: прищявка (prištjavka) — A whim
• Bulgarian: каприз (kapriz) — A whim
• Finnish: oikku — A whim
• Finnish: päähänpisto — A whim
• German: Einfall — A whim
• Italian: capriccio — A whim
• Italian: fantasia — A whim
• Italian: ghiribizzo — A whim
• Macedonian: ка́приц (kápric) — A whim
• Macedonian: же́лба (žélba) — A whim
• Polish: zachcianka — A whim
• Russian: при́хоть (príxotʹ) — A whim
• Russian: капри́з (kapríz) — A whim
• Russian: причу́да (pričúda) — A whim
• German: Vorstellung — An opinion formed without much reflection
• German: Eindruck — An opinion formed without much reflection
• German: Einfall — An opinion formed without much reflection
• Bulgarian: пристрастие (pristrastie) — Love or amorous attachment
• Finnish: ihastus — Love or amorous attachment
• German: Gefallen — Love or amorous attachment
• German: Zuneigung — Love or amorous attachment
• Irish: nóisean — Love or amorous attachment
• Italian: impuntatura — Love or amorous attachment
• Italian: sbandata — Love or amorous attachment
• German: Leidenschaft — Any sport or hobby pursued by a group
• German: Vernarrtheit — Any sport or hobby pursued by a group
• German: Anhängertum — Any sport or hobby pursued by a group
• Italian: fanatico — Any sport or hobby pursued by a group
• Italian: amante — Any sport or hobby pursued by a group
• Italian: mania — Any sport or hobby pursued by a group
• Italian: maniaco — Any sport or hobby pursued by a group
• Portuguese: mania — Any sport or hobby pursued by a group
• Finnish: harrastajat — The enthusiasts of such a pursuit
• Finnish: intoilijat — The enthusiasts of such a pursuit
• German: Anhängerschaft — The enthusiasts of such a pursuit
• German: Anhänger — The enthusiasts of such a pursuit
• German: Fans — The enthusiasts of such a pursuit
• Italian: maniaco — The enthusiasts of such a pursuit
• Italian: fedele — The enthusiasts of such a pursuit
• Bulgarian: представям си (predstavjam si) — To imagine
• Bulgarian: въобразявам си (vǎobrazjavam si) — To imagine
• Dutch: zich voorstellen — To imagine
• German: sich vorstellen — To imagine
• Italian: piacere — To imagine
• Italian: desiderare — To imagine
• Italian: immaginare — To imagine
• Italian: volere — To imagine
• Māori: pohewa — To imagine
• Russian: представлять (predstavljatʹ) — To imagine
• Scottish Gaelic: smaoinich — To imagine
• Scottish Gaelic: saoil — To imagine
• Spanish: tener ínfulas de — To imagine
• Spanish: creerse — To imagine
• Ukrainian: уявля́ти (ujavljáty) — To imagine
• Ukrainian: уяви́ти (ujavýty) — To imagine
• Bulgarian: харесвам (haresvam) — To be sexually attracted to
• Bulgarian: обичам (običam) — To be sexually attracted to
• Dutch: zich aangetrokken voelen tot iemand — To be sexually attracted to
• German: auf stehen (jemanden) — To be sexually attracted to
• Italian: sognare — To be sexually attracted to
• Italian: desiderare — To be sexually attracted to
• Italian: agognare — To be sexually attracted to
• Italian: anelare — To be sexually attracted to
• Italian: bramare — To be sexually attracted to
• Russian: хотеть (xotetʹ) — To be sexually attracted to
• Spanish: gustar — To be sexually attracted to
• Spanish: ser atraído por — To be sexually attracted to
• Spanish: hacer tilín — To be sexually attracted to
• Finnish: haluta — would like to
• Finnish: tehdä mieli — would like to
• Māori: korou — would like to
• Polish: chcieć — would like to
• Russian: хотеть (xotetʹ) — would like to
• Ukrainian: хоті́ти (xotíty) — would like to
• Ukrainian: бажа́ти (bažáty) — would like to