noun
fantasia
fan-TAY-zih-uh
noun
1
A free-form musical piece that doesn't follow strict structure, often blending familiar melodies.
"The composer wrote a fantasia based on folk tunes."
2
Any imaginative work that mixes styles or ignores conventional structure.
"The film is a visual fantasia of shifting dreamscapes."
How to Use Fantasia
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA freely structured, imaginative piece of music or art.
Easily confused with
Word Forms
fantasias plural, Fantasias plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from Italian fantasia, ultimately from Ancient Greek phantasia, "imagination" — a relative of "fantasy" and "fancy."