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φαντασία
imagination /fanta.siˈa/
nounB1#1071 most common
Also: fancy, imaginative power
Example sentences
Η φαντασία σου είναι μεγάλη.
Your imagination is big.
Τα παιδιά έχουν πολλή φαντασία.
Children have a lot of imagination.
Χρειάζεσαι φαντασία για να γράψεις μια καλή ιστορία.
You need imagination to write a good story.
Ο συγγραφέας χρησιμοποίησε τη φαντασία του για να δημιουργήσει έναν νέο κόσμο.
The writer used his imagination to create a new world.
Η φαντασία των αρχαίων Ελλήνων γέννησε μύθους που επιβιώνουν ακόμα σήμερα.
The imagination of the ancient Greeks gave birth to myths that still survive today.
Χωρίς την ανθρώπινη φαντασία καμία επιστημονική ανακάλυψη δεν θα ήταν δυνατή, αφού κάθε θεωρία γεννιέται πρώτα στο πεδίο της φαντασίας.
Without human imagination no scientific discovery would be possible, since every theory is first born in the realm of imagination.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η φαντασία | οι φαντασίες |
| Genitive | της φαντασίας | των φαντασιών |
| Accusative | τη φαντασία | τις φαντασίες |
| Vocative | φαντασία | φαντασίες |
Word family
φαντάζομαιto imagine
φανταστικόςfantastic, imaginaryφαντασμένοςconceited, full of oneself
φάντασμαghostEtymology
Φαντασία comes from ancient Greek, built on the verb φαίνομαι, meaning to appear or to be shown. The root sense is the mental power of making things appear before the mind, distinct from direct perception. The word passed into Latin as phantasia and from there into English as fancy and fantasy.
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