fantasia
Syllables: fan·ta·sia/fænˈteɪ.zɪ.ə//fænˈteɪ.zi.ə/
fantasia noun: a form of instrumental composition with a free structure and improvisational characteristics; specifically, one combining a number of well-known musical pieces.
Noun
fantasia (plural fantasias)
- A form of instrumental composition with a free structure and improvisational characteristics; specifically, one combining a number of well-known musical pieces.
- The Fantasia, by Mr. [Pio] Cianchettini, is upon [Gioachino] Rossini's air "Tu che accendi," so often made the theme of piano forte lessons. […] Mr. Cianchettini's imagination is very vivid and full, and we know of nothing more florid or requiring lighter and more delicate touching than this...1821, “ […] Fantasia, for the Piano Forte, on Di Tanti Palpiti, by Pio Cianchettini. London. Mitchell. [review]”, in The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review, volume III, number X, London: […]...
- Miss [Eleanor Margaret] Geary is a brilliant pianiste, who make light of the modern difficulties set down for the instrument: her performance of [Theodor] Döhler's Anna Bolena fantasia was achieved without apparent effort, and won considerable applause; […] Miss E[lizabeth] Geary is a vocalist...1841, Eleanor Margaret Geary, “[Addenda.] Reviews Consequent upon a Grand Morning Concert Given by Miss Geary and Miss Elizabeth Geary, at Willis’s Great Concert Room, King Street, St. James’s, June...
- Any work which is unstructured or comprises other works of different genres or styles.
- It is, however, a ceremony of immense antiquity, and the chief civil festival of the year among the Arabs, who love nothing more dearly than a "phantasia" of this sort.1872 October 19, “The Cutting of the Nile: From The Pall Mall Gazette”, in Littel’s Living Age, volume XXVII (Fourth Series; volume CXV overall), number 1480, Boston, Mass.: Littel & Gay, →OCLC, page...
- When, at the head-centre, the lady demonstrator, armed with a Brobdingnagian whalebone needle, threaded with a bright red cord, executed herringboned fantasias on a canvas frame resembling a violin stand, it all looked easy enough.1899, I[srael] Zangwill, “The Keeper of Conscience”, in “They that Walk in Darkness”: Ghetto Tragedies, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Jewish Publication Society of America, →OCLC, section VII, page 289
- A traditional festival of the inhabitants of the Maghreb (in northwest Africa) featuring exhibitions of horsemanship.
- As for the wonderful feats of horsemanship one hears of or sees among the Arabs, they are due to sharp spurs like razors, and to bits strong enough to break an animal's jaw. […] The favourite feat at their fantasias or fêtes of suddenly pulling up their horses short while at a hand-gallop, ruins...1868, Mrs. H. Lloyd Evans, “Across the Atlas”, in Last Winter in Algeria, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 100
- These fantasias consist of sham fights, the men riding at full gallop at one another, and firing as they pass; the play might have ended more seriously than was intended, for one Spahi had unknowingly a ball in his rifle, which whizzed close to his enemy's head, but the man never winced, or took...1875 February, “Biskra, in French Algeria, on the Verge of Sahara”, in Frank Leslie’s Pleasant Hours. Devoted to Light and Entertaining Literature, volume XVIII, number I, New York, N.Y.: Frank...
Proper noun capitalized: Fantasia
Fantasia (plural Fantasias)
- A surname from Italian.
Verb capitalized: Fantasia
Fantasia (third-person singular simple present Fantasias, present participle Fantasiaing, simple past and past participle Fantasia'd)
- To modify a player character's appearance via a Fantasia potion.
- I have Fantasiaed 3 other times. Two times I became an Elezen. First change, I went male Miqo’te. I enjoyed it, but returned to female Miqo’te. The second time, I went Male Elezen.2021 August 16, Ad_Scared, Reddit
- Help! I Fantasia'd to Lala and I can't stop taking pictures...2022 November 26, Big_Win_, Reddit
- Synonyms:
- Fanta
fantasia meaning in Arabic and Vietnamese
fantasia in Arabic
- traditional festival of the inhabitants of the Maghreb
- فَانْتَازِيَا fāntāziyā, خِيَالَة ḵiyāla
fantasia in Vietnamese
- form of instrumental composition with a free structure and improvisational characteristics
- phăng-tê-di, phăng-te-di, phăng
- work which is unstructured or comprises other works of different genres or styles
- phăng-tê-di, phăng-te-di, phăng
Examples of fantasia in a sentence
- The Fantasia, by Mr. [Pio] Cianchettini, is upon [Gioachino] Rossini's air "Tu che accendi," so often made the theme of piano forte lessons. […] Mr.1821, “ […] Fantasia, for the Piano Forte, on Di Tanti Palpiti, by Pio Cianchettini. London. Mitchell. [review]”, in The Quarterly Musical...
- After all that has happened since this fantasia of possibility was written, I do not think that there is much wrong with this thesis.[1921], H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “Preface”, in The War in the Air (Collins’ Thin Paper Pocket Edition; 20), London; Glasgow: Collins...
- Her art is always with her, clothing her from throat to toes in an indelible fantasia of color and form and myth.2003, Ann K. Schwader, “Body of Work”, in Kevin L. O’Brien, editor, Strange Stars & Alien Shadows: The Dark Fiction of Ann K. Schwader...
- But by the early 2000s, we were seeing fewer games like DOOM that dealt in the fantasia of ultraviolence and more games that tried to replicate the everyday violence of military encounters.2021 October 29, Trevor Strunk, “How To Get Away With Making An Ultraviolent Video Game”, in Defector:
Synonyms of fantasia
Forms of fantasia
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | fantasias |
| alternative form (archaic) | phantasia |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Fantasias |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | Fantasias |
| present participle | Fantasiaing |
| past participle | Fantasia'd |
| past | Fantasia'd |
Origin of fantasia
Borrowed from Italian fantasia (“imagination, fancy, fantasy; improvisational song”), from Latin phantasia (“fancy, fantasy; imagination”), borrowed from Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ (phăntăsĭ́ā, “appearance; presentation; pageantry; perception; image”), see that entry for further details. Doublet of fancy, fantasy, phantasia, and phantasy.
Borrowed from Italian Fantasia.
Presumably borrowed from Italian fantasia (“imagination, fancy, fantasy”).
Words that rhyme with fantasia
Questions about fantasia
- What does fantasia mean?
- Fantasia means a form of instrumental composition with a free structure and improvisational characteristics; specifically, one combining a number of well-known musical pieces.
- What is fantasia in Arabic?
- Fantasia in Arabic is فَانْتَازِيَا (fāntāziyā), خِيَالَة (ḵiyāla). See Fantasia meaning in Arabic.
- How do you use fantasia in a sentence?
- The Fantasia, by Mr. [Pio] Cianchettini, is upon [Gioachino] Rossini's air "Tu che accendi," so often made the theme of piano forte lessons. […] Mr.
- What part of speech is fantasia?
- Fantasia can be a noun, a proper noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce fantasia?
- Fantasia is pronounced /fænˈteɪ.zɪ.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of fantasia?
- The plural of fantasia is fantasias.
Words near fantasia in the dictionary
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