figment
UK/ˈfɪɡ.mənt/
figment noun: a fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
Noun
figment (plural figments)
- A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
- a figment of one's imagination
- He had not seen sarcomeres: these segments were a figment of his imagination.1989 (Sep 30), R. McNeill Alexander, "Biomechanics in the days before Newton", New Scientist volume 123, No. 1684, page 59
- An item which has been crafted.
figment meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
figment in Tamil
- கற்பனைச் செய்தி, புனை சுருட்டு இட்டுக்கட்டு, புனைவு
figment in Urdu
- ایجاد
figment in Malayalam
- creation, invention, fabrication
- കല്പിതം, കള്ളക്കഥ, ഭാവനാസൃഷ്ടി, കല്പന, സങ്കല്പസൃഷ്ടി, കൃത്രിമം
figment in Kannada
- ಕಲ್ಪಿತ ಹೇಳಿಕೆ, ಊಹೆಮಾಡಿದ ಹೇಳಿಕೆ, ಮನೋಭ್ರಾಂತಿ, ಕಟ್ಟುಕತೆ, ನೆನಸು
Forms of figment
| plural | figments |
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Origin of figment
From Late Latin figmentum (“anything made, a fiction”), from fingō (“make, form, feign”); see fiction, feign, feint.
Words formed from figment
Phrases with figment
Questions about figment
- What does figment mean?
- Figment means a fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
- What is figment in Tamil?
- Figment in Tamil is கற்பனைச் செய்தி, புனை சுருட்டு இட்டுக்கட்டு, புனைவு. See Figment meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is figment?
- Figment is a noun.
- How do you pronounce figment?
- Figment is pronounced /ˈfɪɡ.mənt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of figment?
- The plural of figment is figments.
Words near figment in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: figment (page history and authors); figment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); figment (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); figment (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); figment (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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