"fantastic" in seven languages
Meaningfantastic
Spanish
fantástico
/fanˈtastiko/
learned
French
fantastique
/fɑ̃tastik/
learned
Italian
fantastico
/fanˈtastiko/
learned
Portuguese
fantástico
/fɐ̃ˈtastʃiku/
learned
Romanian
fantastic
/fanˈtastik/
learned
Catalan
fantàstic
/fənˈtastik/
learned
English
fantastic
/fænˈtæstɪk/
from Latin/French · Old French fantastique / Late Latin PHANTASTICUM
English → ItalianfantasticfantasticoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PHANTASTICUM‘imaginary (from Greek phantastikós)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Greek ph became plain f in all three sisters; English keeps it in phantom. 'Imaginary' became 'wonderful' in all four languages.
English relatives: fantasy, phantom, fancy
Learn it
In a sentence
- es¡La vista es fantástica!
- frLa vue est fantastique !
- itLa vista è fantastica!
- ptA vista é fantástica!
- roPriveliștea e fantastică!
- caLa vista és fantàstica!
- enThe view is fantastic!
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