How to pronounce fantasy

Say it like this: [ˈfæ̃ɾ̃əsi]. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.

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What does fantasy mean?

nounThat which comes from one's imagination or the act of imagining things.

“Is not this something more than fantasy?”

The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.

A fantastical design.

“Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold thread.”

verbTo conceive (something) mentally; to imagine.

To fantasize about (something).

“Instead of phantasying marriage, she actually feels that she is already married to the man of her phantasy.”

To conceive mentally; to imagine.

“Firſt I phantaſied that if I liſt to take vpon me the crowne and imperiall Scepter of the realme, now was the time propice and conuenient.”

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