"fictional" meaning in English

See fictional in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɪkʃənəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fictional.wav Forms: more fictional [comparative], most fictional [superlative]
Etymology: From fiction + -al. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fiction|al}} fiction + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} fictional (comparative more fictional, superlative most fictional)
  1. Invented, as opposed to real. Translations (invented, as opposed to real): fiktiewe [adjective, attributive] (Afrikaans), fiktief [adjective, predicative] (Afrikaans), خَيَالِيّ (ḵayāliyy) (Arabic), مُتَخَيَّل (mutaḵayyal) (Arabic), вы́думаны (výdumany) (Belarusian), фікты́ўны (fiktýŭny) (Belarusian), выабража́льны (vyabražálʹny) (Belarusian), изми́слен (izmíslen) (Bulgarian), въобра́жаем (vǎobrážaem) (Bulgarian), фикти́вен (fiktíven) (Bulgarian), ficcional (Catalan), fiktivní (Czech), smyšlený (Czech), fiktiv (Danish), opdigtet (Danish), fictief (Dutch), íspunnin (Faroese), uppspunnin (Faroese), fagurbókmentaligur (Faroese), kuvitteellinen (Finnish), fiktiivinen (Finnish), fictif (French), ficticio (Galician), fiktiv (German), erfunden (German), ausgedacht (German), φανταστικός (fantastikós) (Greek), kitalált (Hungarian), fiktív (Hungarian), skáldskapar- (Icelandic), uppspunninn (Icelandic), skáldaður (Icelandic), tilbúinn (Icelandic), upploginn (Icelandic), immaginario (Italian), fittizio (Italian), inventato (Italian), finto (Italian), измислен (izmislen) (Macedonian), фиктивен (fiktiven) (Macedonian), fikcyjny (Polish), zmyślony (Polish), fictício (Portuguese), вы́мышленный (výmyšlennyj) (Russian), вы́думанный (výdumannyj) (Russian), фикти́вный (fiktívnyj) (Russian), вообража́емый (voobražájemyj) (english: imaginary) (Russian), ѝзмишљен [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), фѝктӣван [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ìzmišljen [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), fìktīvan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), vymyslený (Slovak), fiktívny (Slovak), izmišljen (Slovene), fiktiven (Slovene), ficticio (Spanish), inventado (Spanish), ficcional (Spanish), -a kubuniwa (Swahili), fiktiv (Swedish), ви́гаданий (výhadanyj) (Ukrainian), ви́мишлений (výmyšlenyj) (Ukrainian), ви́думаний (výdumanyj) (Ukrainian), фікти́вний (fiktývnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fictional-en-adj-CHAr06qN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'invented, as opposed to real': 92 8
  2. Containing invented elements.
    Sense id: en-fictional-en-adj-lgks90At Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 44 56 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fictional documentary, science fictional Related terms: fictionalization, fictionalize, fictitional, fictitious, fictive
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}

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