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fantastique

fantastic, great

adjective fahn-tahs-TEEK Less Common
Mind & Emotions Emotions

Origin: Latin fantasticus, Greek phantastikos

Also means

fantastical (genre)

Usage Note

Fantastique serves double duty: in everyday speech it means 'fantastic, wonderful' (c'est fantastique!), while in literary or film criticism it names the genre of the fantastical or supernatural (la littérature fantastique). It is invariable in gender.

Examples

"Le concert était absolument fantastique."

Natural Translation

The concert was absolutely fantastic.

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