"fanciful" meaning in All languages combined

See fanciful on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈfænsɪfəl/ Audio: en-us-fanciful.ogg [US], En-gb-fanciful.ogg [UK] Forms: more fanciful [comparative], most fanciful [superlative]
Etymology: fancy + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fancy|ful|pos=adjective}} fancy + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} fanciful (comparative more fanciful, superlative most fanciful)
  1. Imaginative or fantastic; ignoring reality.
    Sense id: en-fanciful-en-adj-dkud5-5M Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45
  2. Unreal or imagined.
    Sense id: en-fanciful-en-adj-JVMpyFiH Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fancifull [obsolete], phanciful [obsolete], phancifull [obsolete] Derived forms: fancifully, fancifulness Translations (imaginative or unreal): нереален (nerealen) (Bulgarian), фантастичен (fantastičen) (Bulgarian), fantasifuld (Danish), fantastisk (Danish), denkbeeldig (Dutch), verzonnen (Dutch), fantastisch (Dutch), fantasievol (Dutch), mielikuvituksellinen (Finnish), kuvitteellinen (Finnish), imaginaire (French), fantaisiste (French), imaxinario [masculine] (Galician), phantasievoll (German), irreal (German), unrealistisch (German), képzeletbeli (Hungarian), meonúil (Irish), guanach (Irish), fantasifull (Norwegian Bokmål), fantasifull (Norwegian Nynorsk), خیالانگیز (xiyâl-angiz) (Persian), dziwaczny (Polish), прихотливый (prixotlivyj) [masculine] (Russian), fantasioso (Spanish), fantástico (Spanish), imaginativo (Spanish), fantasifull (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'imaginative or unreal': 52 48

Alternative forms

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