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fantasi

noun masculinesubstantiv hankjønn

imagination · fantasy

PronunciationUttale

fantasiˊ

EtymologyOpphav

av gresk phantazein ‘synliggjøre’ from Greek phantazein 'to make visible'

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. evne til å forestille seg noe;
    forestillingsevnethe power of imagination, innbilningskraftimaginative power
    the ability to imagine something;
    the power of imaginationforestillingsevne, imaginative powerinnbilningskraft
    • bruke fantasien to use one's imagination
    • skapende fantasi creative imagination
    • livlig fantasi a lively imagination
    • hun har en frodig fantasi she has a vivid imagination
  2. virkelighetsfjern forestilling;
    oppspinna fabrication, dagdrøma daydream
    an idea far removed from reality;
    a fabricationoppspinn, a daydreamdagdrøm
    • fri fantasi pure fantasy
    • oppleve noe i fantasien to experience something in one's imagination
    • ikke i min villeste fantasi kunne jeg forestilt meg det not in my wildest dreams could I have imagined it
  3. musikkstykke i fri form;
    improvisert musikkstykke
    a piece of music in free form;
    an improvised composition