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figment
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fig·ment  (fgmnt)
n.
Something invented, made up, or fabricated: just a figment of the imagination.

[Middle English, from Latin figmentum, from fingere, to form; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots.]

figment [ˈfɪgmənt]
n
a fantastic notion, invention, or fabrication a figment of the imagination
[from Late Latin figmentum a fiction, from Latin fingere to shape]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.figment - a contrived or fantastic idea; "a figment of the imagination"
idea, thought - the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"

figment
noun invention, production, fancy, creation, fiction, fable, improvisation, fabrication, falsehood It wasn't just a figment of my imagination.
Translations
figment [ˈfɪgmənt] N a figment of the imaginationun producto de la imaginación

figment [ˈfɪgmənt] n
a figment of sb's imagination → le fruit de l'imagination de qn
The attack wasn't just a figment of my imagination → L'attaque n'était pas juste le fruit de mon imagination.

figment
n a figment of the imaginationpure Einbildung, ein Hirngespinst nt; it’s all a figment of his imaginationdas ist alles eine Ausgeburt seiner Fantasie or Phantasie

figment [ˈfɪgmənt] n it's a figment of the imaginationè frutto dell'immaginazione, è un parto della fantasia
figment [ˈfɪgmənt] n it's a figment of the imaginationè frutto dell'immaginazione, è un parto della fantasia

figment [ˈfigmənt]
something one has imagined and which has no reality. versinsel مِن نَسيج خَيالِه измислица smyšlenka, výmysl tankespind die Einbildung αποκύημα της φαντασίας cosa imaginada kujutluse vili توهم mielikuvituksen tuote invention פְּרִי דִמיוֹן भाग izmišljotina, plod mašte képzelt dolog khayalan hugarburður, ímyndun invenzione 空想の産物 꾸며낸 일 vaizduotės padarinys, pramanas fikcija, izdomājums; iztēles auglis khayalan verzinsel fantasibilde, hjernespinn, fri fantasi wytwór wyobraźni ficção plăsmuire, născocire плод воображения výmysel izmišljotina izmišljotina påfund, påhitt: fantasifoster, hjärnspöke สิ่งที่กุขึ้น hayal mahsulü 虛構的事物 вигадка, фікція خیالی نہ کہ حقیقی điều tưởng tượng; điều bịa đặt


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