Etymology

fantastique

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Today it means: A genre of literature and film that is characterized by the intrusion of the supernatural into the realistic framework of a story. Full definition →

French fantastique
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  1. French · borrowed fromfantastique
  2. English todayfantastique

Unadapted borrowing from French fantastique. Doublet of fantastic.

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