fanciful

English

Alternative forms

fancifull (obsolete)
phanciful (obsolete)
phancifull (obsolete)

Etymology

fancy +‎ -ful

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfænsɪfəl/
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Hyphenation: fan‧ci‧ful

Adjective

fanciful (comparative more fanciful, superlative most fanciful)

Imaginative or fantastic; ignoring reality.
Near-synonyms: conceptual, fancied, ideal, notional

It was fanciful to suppose that all he had to do would be to stride into a top law firm and he would be hired on the spot.
Unreal or imagined.
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Derived terms

Translations

imaginative or unreal

Bulgarian: нереален (bg) (nerealen), фантастичен (bg) (fantastičen)
Danish: fantasifuld, fantastisk
Dutch: denkbeeldig (nl), verzonnen (nl), fantastisch (nl), fantasievol (nl)
Finnish: mielikuvituksellinen (fi), kuvitteellinen (fi)
French: imaginaire (fr), fantaisiste (fr)
Galician: imaxinario m
German: phantasievoll, irreal (de), unrealistisch (de)
Hungarian: képzeletbeli (hu)
Irish: meonúil, guanach
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fantasifull

Nynorsk: fantasifull
Persian: خیال‌انگیز (xiyâl-angiz)
Polish: dziwaczny (pl)
Russian: прихотливый (ru) m (prixotlivyj)
Spanish: fantasioso (es), fantástico (es), imaginativo (es)
Swedish: fantasifull (sv)

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