"fiction" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɪk.ʃən/ Audio: en-us-fiction.ogg [US] Forms: fictions [plural]
enPR: fĭk′-shən Rhymes: -ɪkʃən Etymology: From Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion (“dissimulation, ruse, invention”), from Latin fictiō (“a making, fashioning, a feigning, a rhetorical or legal fiction”), from fingō (“to form, mold, shape, devise, feign”). Displaced native Old English lēasspell (literally “false story”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeyǵʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|ficcioun}} Middle English ficcioun, {{der|en|fro|ficcion||dissimulation, ruse, invention}} Old French ficcion (“dissimulation, ruse, invention”), {{der|en|la|fictiō||a making, fashioning, a feigning, a rhetorical or legal fiction}} Latin fictiō (“a making, fashioning, a feigning, a rhetorical or legal fiction”), {{m|la|fingō||to form, mold, shape, devise, feign}} fingō (“to form, mold, shape, devise, feign”), {{ncog|ang|lēasspell|lit=false story}} Old English lēasspell (literally “false story”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fiction (countable and uncountable, plural fictions)
  1. (literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Literature, Literature Translations (invention): uydurma (Azerbaijani), qondarma (Azerbaijani), вы́мысел (výmysjel) [masculine] (Belarusian), вы́думка (výdumka) [feminine] (Belarusian), фі́кцыя (fíkcyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), изми́слица (izmíslica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ficció [feminine] (Catalan), fikce [feminine] (Czech), výmysl [masculine] (Czech), fantasi [common-gender] (Danish), opspind (Danish), fictie [feminine] (Dutch), sepite (Finnish), fiktio (Finnish), taru (Finnish), fiction [feminine] (French), Erfindung [feminine] (German), uppspuni [masculine] (Icelandic), skáldskapur [masculine] (Icelandic), измислица (izmislica) [feminine] (Macedonian), kōrero takuahi (Maori), ficcioun (Middle English), ficcion [feminine] (Occitan), fikcja [feminine] (Polish), ficção [feminine] (Portuguese), invenção [feminine] (Portuguese), fingimento [masculine] (Portuguese), invencionice [colloquial, feminine] (Portuguese), вы́мысел (výmysel) [masculine] (Russian), вы́думка (výdumka) [feminine] (Russian), фи́кция (fíkcija) [feminine] (Russian), výmysel [masculine] (Slovak), ficción [feminine] (Spanish), gawa-gawa (Tagalog), kurgu (Turkish), ви́гадка (výhadka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), фі́кція (fíkcija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ви́мисел (výmysel) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ви́гад (výhad) [masculine] (Ukrainian) Translations (literary type): μυθολογία (muthología) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), خَيَال (ḵayāl) [masculine] (Arabic), رِوَايَة (riwāya) [feminine] (Arabic), маста́цкая літарату́ра (mastáckaja litaratúra) [feminine] (Belarusian), бэлетры́стыка (beljetrýstyka) [feminine] (Belarusian), кра́снае пісьме́нства (krásnaje pisʹmjénstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), белетри́стика (beletrístika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), худо́жествена литерату́ра (hudóžestvena literatúra) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ficció [feminine] (Catalan), handurawat (Cebuano), 虛構文學 (Chinese Mandarin), 虚构文学 (xūgòu wénxué) (Chinese Mandarin), 小說 (note: "novels") [literally] (Chinese Mandarin), 小说 (xiǎoshuō) (Chinese Mandarin), beletrie [feminine] (Czech), fiktion [common-gender] (Danish), skønlitteratur [common-gender] (Danish), fictie [feminine] (Dutch), fikcio (Esperanto), skaldskapur (Faroese), fiktio (Finnish), kaunokirjallisuus (Finnish), fiction [feminine] (French), belles-lettres [feminine, plural] (French), ficción [feminine] (Galician), Fiktion [feminine] (German), Belletristik [feminine] (German), μυθιστόρημα (mythistórima) [masculine] (Greek), szépirodalom (Hungarian), skáldskapur [masculine] (Icelandic), fiksi (Indonesian), ficsean [masculine, uncountable] (Irish), finscéal [countable, masculine] (Irish), finzione [feminine] (Italian), フィクション (fikushon) (Japanese), 小説 (shōsetsu) (alt: しょうせつ) (Japanese), dedongèngan (Javanese), урн зокъял (urn zokʺyal) (Kalmyk), 소설 (soseol) (alt: 小說) (Korean), 픽션 (piksyeon) (Korean), res ficta (Latin), fabula [feminine] (Latin), commentum [neuter] (Latin), daiļliteratūra [feminine] (Latvian), beletristika [feminine] (Latvian), белетристика (beletristika) [feminine] (Macedonian), cereka (Malay), cerita rekaan (Malay), fiksyen (Malay), fiksi (Malay), pakiwaitara (Maori), pakimaero (Maori), fiksjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), skjønnlitteratur [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fiksjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), skjønnlitteratur [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ficcion [feminine] (Occitan), lēasspell [neuter] (Old English), داستانی (dâstâni) (Persian), Romaunschreft [feminine] (Plautdietsch), beletrystyka [feminine] (Polish), literatura de ficção [feminine] (Portuguese), ficção [feminine] (Portuguese), ficcionismo [masculine] (Portuguese), literatură artistică [feminine] (Romanian), худо́жественная литерату́ра (xudóžestvennaja literatúra) [feminine] (Russian), беллетри́стика (belletrístika) [feminine] (Russian), фи́кшен (fíkšen) [masculine] (Russian), фикшн (fikšn) [masculine] (Russian), uirsgeul [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ficsean [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), beletria [feminine] (Slovak), ficción [feminine] (Spanish), bunilizi (Swahili), fiktion [common-gender] (Swedish), skönlitteratur [common-gender] (Swedish), kathang-isip (Tagalog), bungang-isip (Tagalog), kurgu (Turkish), худо́жня літерату́ра (xudóžnja literatúra) [feminine] (Ukrainian), белетри́стика (beletrýstyka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ffuglen [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-fiction-en-noun-hQQtrb3Y Disambiguation of Literature: 70 15 15 Topics: literature, media, publishing Disambiguation of 'invention': 66 9 25 Disambiguation of 'literary type': 98 2 0
  2. A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead). Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fiction-en-noun-C4ZlWteN
  3. (law) A legal fiction. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-fiction-en-noun-I5kHAp5g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 24 53 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 22 47 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fabrication, figment Hyponyms: science fiction, speculative fiction

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "riwāya",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "mastáckaja litaratúra",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "beljetrýstyka",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "code": "be",
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          "code": "bg",
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "hudóžestvena literatúra",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "худо́жествена литерату́ра"
        },
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "word": "handurawat"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "word": "虛構文學"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xūgòu wénxué",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "word": "虚构文学"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "note": "\"novels\"",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "小說"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiǎoshuō",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "word": "小说"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "beletrie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "fiktion"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "skønlitteratur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fictie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "word": "fikcio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "word": "skaldskapur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "word": "fiktio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "word": "kaunokirjallisuus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fiction"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "belles-lettres"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ficción"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Fiktion"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Belletristik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mythistórima",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "μυθιστόρημα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "muthología",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "μυθολογία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "word": "szépirodalom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "literary type",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "skáldskapur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "literary type",
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          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
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          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
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          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
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        "US"
      ],
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    }
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    }
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    "fiction"
  ],
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}
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      "word": "documentary"
    },
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      "word": "fact"
    },
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      "word": "non-fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "truth"
    }
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    "English nouns",
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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Requests for review of Esperanto translations",
    "Requests for review of French translations",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪkʃən",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪkʃən/2 syllables",
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    {
      "word": "airport fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "eco-fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "encyclopedic fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "explanatory fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "faan fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "faction"
    },
    {
      "word": "fact is stranger than fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "fan-fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "fan fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "fictional"
    },
    {
      "word": "fictitious"
    },
    {
      "word": "flash fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "genre fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "hard science fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "historical fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "imaginative fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "interactive fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "literary fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "macro-fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "message fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "micro-fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "non-fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "non-mimetic fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "paradox of fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "pious fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "polite fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "proto-science fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "pulp fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "real person fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "slash fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "soft science fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "sudden fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "truth is stranger than fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "weird fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "work of fiction"
    }
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          "expansion": "→ Irish: ficsean",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Irish: ficsean"
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "ficsean",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Scottish Gaelic: ficsean"
    }
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      "name": "root"
    },
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        "3": "ficcion",
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "4": "",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "fingō",
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "lēasspell",
        "lit": "false story"
      },
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      "name": "ncog"
    }
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    {
      "form": "fictions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
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    }
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    "fic‧tion"
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      "word": "science fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "speculative fiction"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        },
        {
          "text": "the fiction section of the library",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      ],
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          "literature",
          "literature"
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        [
          "imaginative",
          "imaginative"
        ],
        [
          "facts",
          "fact"
        ],
        [
          "prose",
          "prose"
        ]
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        "(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The company’s accounts contained a number of blatant fictions.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The butler’s account of the crime was pure fiction.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "separate the fact from the fiction",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1963 June, G. Freeman Allen, “The success of diesel-hydraulics on the German Federal Railway”, in Modern Railways, page 390",
          "text": "[…] in view of the facts—and some fictions—recently circulated in this country about the general performance of high-powered diesel-hydraulics of B.R., […].",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        "A legal fiction."
      ],
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          "law#English"
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          "legal fiction"
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        "(law) A legal fiction."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɪk.ʃən/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪkʃən"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-fiction.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a9/En-us-fiction.ogg/En-us-fiction.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/En-us-fiction.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "fĭk′-shən"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
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      "word": "fabrication"
    },
    {
      "word": "figment"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵayāl",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "خَيَال"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "riwāya",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "رِوَايَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "mastáckaja litaratúra",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "маста́цкая літарату́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "beljetrýstyka",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бэлетры́стыка"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "krásnaje pisʹmjénstva",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кра́снае пісьме́нства"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "beletrístika",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "белетри́стика"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hudóžestvena literatúra",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "худо́жествена литерату́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ficció"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "handurawat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "虛構文學"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xūgòu wénxué",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "虚构文学"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "\"novels\"",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "小說"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiǎoshuō",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "小说"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "beletrie"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fiktion"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skønlitteratur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fictie"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "fikcio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "skaldskapur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "fiktio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "kaunokirjallisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fiction"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "belles-lettres"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ficción"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fiktion"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Belletristik"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mythistórima",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μυθιστόρημα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "muthología",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μυθολογία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "szépirodalom"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skáldskapur"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "fiksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "word": "ficsean"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "finscéal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "finzione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fikushon",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "フィクション"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょうせつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōsetsu",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "小説"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "dedongèngan"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "urn zokʺyal",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "урн зокъял"
    },
    {
      "alt": "小說",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "soseol",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "소설"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "piksyeon",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "픽션"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "res ficta"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fabula"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "commentum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "daiļliteratūra"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "beletristika"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "beletristika",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "белетристика"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "cereka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "cerita rekaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "fiksyen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "fiksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "pakiwaitara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "pakimaero"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fiksjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skjønnlitteratur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fiksjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skjønnlitteratur"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ficcion"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lēasspell"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dâstâni",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "داستانی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Romaunschreft"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "beletrystyka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "literatura de ficção"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ficção"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ficcionismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "literatură artistică"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xudóžestvennaja literatúra",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "худо́жественная литерату́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "belletrístika",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "беллетри́стика"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fíkšen",
      "sense": "literary type",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фи́кшен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fikšn",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фикшн"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uirsgeul"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ficsean"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "beletria"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ficción"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "bunilizi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fiktion"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skönlitteratur"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "kathang-isip"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "bungang-isip"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "word": "kurgu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xudóžnja literatúra",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "худо́жня літерату́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "beletrýstyka",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "белетри́стика"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "literary type",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ffuglen"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "invention",
      "word": "uydurma"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "invention",
      "word": "qondarma"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "výmysjel",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́мысел"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "výdumka",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́думка"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "fíkcyja",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фі́кцыя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izmíslica",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "изми́слица"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ficció"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fikce"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "výmysl"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fantasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "invention",
      "word": "opspind"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fictie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "invention",
      "word": "sepite"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "invention",
      "word": "fiktio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "invention",
      "word": "taru"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fiction"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erfindung"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uppspuni"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skáldskapur"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "izmislica",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "измислица"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "invention",
      "word": "kōrero takuahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "invention",
      "word": "ficcioun"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ficcion"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fikcja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ficção"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "invenção"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fingimento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "invencionice"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výmysel",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́мысел"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výdumka",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́думка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fíkcija",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фи́кция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "výmysel"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ficción"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "invention",
      "word": "gawa-gawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "invention",
      "word": "kurgu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výhadka",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́гадка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "fíkcija",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фі́кція"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výmysel",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́мисел"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výhad",
      "sense": "invention",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́гад"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fiction"
  ],
  "word": "fiction"
}

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