fancy (redirected from taking fancy)

fan·cy  (fns)

n. pl. fan·cies

1. The mental faculty through which whims, visions, and fantasies are summoned up; imagination, especially of a whimsical or fantastic nature. See Synonyms at imagination.

2. An image or a fantastic invention created by the mind.

3. A capricious notion; a whim.

4. A capricious liking or inclination.

5. Critical sensibility; taste.

6. Amorous or romantic attachment; love.

7.

a. The enthusiasts or fans of a sport or pursuit considered as a group.

b. The sport or pursuit, such as boxing, engaging the interest of such a group.

adj. fan·ci·er, fan·ci·est

1. Highly decorated: a fancy hat.

2. Arising in the fancy; capricious.

3. Executed with skill; complex or intricate: the fancy footwork of a figure skater.

4. Of superior grade; fine: fancy preserves.

5. Excessive or exorbitant: paid a fancy price for the car.

6. Bred for unusual qualities or special points.

tr.v. fan·cied, fan·cy·ing, fan·cies

1. To visualize; imagine: "She tried to fancy what the flame of a candle looks like after the candle is blown out" Lewis Carroll.

2. To take a fancy to; like.

3. To suppose; guess.

---

[From Middle English fantsy, imagination, fantasy, from fantasie; see fantasy.]

---

fanci·ly adv.

fanci·ness n.

---

fancy

Adjective

[-cier, -ciest]

1. special, unusual, and elaborate

2. (often used ironically) superior in quality

3. (of a price) higher than expected

Noun

pl -cies

1. a sudden spontaneous idea

2. a sudden or irrational liking for a person or thing

3. Old-fashioned or literary a person's imagination

Verb

[-cies, -cying, -cied]

1. Brit informal to be physically attracted to (another person)

2. Informal to have a wish for

3. to picture in the imagination

4. to think or suppose: I fancy I am redundant here

5. fancy oneself to have a high opinion of oneself

interj

Also: (fancy that!) an exclamation of surprise [Middle English fantsy]

fancily adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fancy - something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy" phantasy, illusion, fantasy misconception - an incorrect conception bubble - an impracticable and illusory idea; "he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble" ignis fatuus, will-o'-the-wisp - an illusion that misleads wishful thinking - the illusion that what you wish for is actually true
	2.	fancy - a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination imagination, imaginativeness, vision - the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be"
	3.	fancy - a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey" fondness, partiality liking - a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin"
Verb	1.	fancy - imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" envision, picture, visualize, image, visualise, figure, see, project realize, see, understand, realise - perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea" visualise, visualize - form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract; "Mathematicians often visualize" conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?"
	2.	fancy - have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window" take to, go for desire, want - feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"
Adj.	1.	fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes" adorned, decorated - provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction rhetorical - given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery" plain - not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"

---

fancy

adjective 1. elaborate, decorated, decorative, extravagant, intricate, baroque, ornamented, ornamental, ornate, elegant, fanciful, embellished << OPPOSITE plain

adjective 2. expensive, high-quality, classy, flashy, swish (informal) showy, ostentatious

noun 3. whim, thought, idea, desire, urge, notion, humour, impulse, inclination, caprice

noun 4. delusion, dream, vision, fantasy, nightmare, daydream, chimera, phantasm

verb 5. (Informal) wish for, want, desire, would like, hope for, dream of, relish, long for, crave, be attracted to, yearn for, thirst for, hanker after, have a yen for

verb 6. Brit. (informal) be attracted to, find attractive, desire, lust after, like, prefer, favour, take to, go for, be captivated by, have an eye for, have a thing about (informal) have eyes for, take a liking to

verb 7. suppose, think, believe, imagine, guess (informal), chiefly U.S., Canad. reckon, conceive, infer, conjecture, surmise, think likely, be inclined to think

fancy yourself think you are God's gift, have a high opinion of yourself, think you are the cat's whiskers take a fancy to something or someone start liking, like, want, be fond of, hanker after, have a partiality for

Translations

fancy [ˈfænsɪ] n (= whim) → capricho, antojo (= imagination); imaginación f

adj (= luxury) → de lujo; [price] → exorbitado

vt (= feel like, want) → tener ganas de (= imagine); imaginarse, figurarse;

to take a fancy to sb → tomar cariño a algn;

when the fancy takes him → cuando se le antoja;

it took or caught my fancy → me cayó en gracia;

to fancy that ... → imaginarse que ...;

he fancies her → le gusta (ella) mucho

fancy [ˈfænsɪ] n (= whim) → fantaisie f, envie f (= imagination); imagination f

adj (= luxury) → de luxe (= elaborate) [jewellery, packaging] → fantaisie inv (= showy); tape-à-l'œil inv (= pretentious) [words] → recherché(e)

vt (= feel like, want) → avoir envie de (= imagine); imaginer;

to take a fancy to → se prendre d'affection pour; s'enticher de;

it took or caught my fancy → ça m'a plu;

when the fancy takes him → quand ça lui prend;

to fancy that ... → se figurer or s'imaginer que ...;

he fancies her → elle lui plaît

fancy [ˈfænsɪ] n → Laune f;

(imagination) → Fantasie f;

(fantasy) → Fantasievorstellung f

adj (clothes, hat) → toll, chic inv;

(hotel) → fein, vornehm;

(food) → ausgefallen

vt → mögen;

(imagine) → sich dat einbilden;

(think) → glauben;

to take a fancy to sth → Lust auf etw acc bekommen;

when the fancy takes him → wenn ihm gerade danach ist;

it took or caught my fancy → es gefiel mir;

to fancy that ... → meinen, dass ...;

fancy that! → (nein) so was!;

he fancies her (inf) → sie gefällt ihm

fancy [ˈfænsɪ] n → immaginazione f; fantasia (= whim); capriccio

cpd → (di) fantasia inv

vt (= feel like, want) → aver voglia di (= imagine); immaginare, credere;

to take a fancy to → incapricciarsi di;

it took or caught my fancy → mi è piaciuto;

when the fancy takes him → quando ne ha voglia;

to fancy that → immaginare che;

he fancies her → gli piace

---

fancy

n fancy [ˈfӕnsi]

1 a sudden (often unexpected) liking or desire The child had many peculiar fancies. gier, voorliefde, neigings هوى، وَهْم прищявка rozmar, vrtoch grille; indfald die Vorliebe επιθυμία capricho, antojo mõttevälgatus, uid میل؛ هوس mieliteko, päähänpisto envie חִיבָּה असामान्य naklonost, ljubav szeszély keinginan stundarhrifning; duttlungar capriccio 好み 일시적인 애호[] užgaida, kaprizas untums; kaprīze minat lust innfall, lyst, lune upodobanie, zachcianka capricho capriciu, toană каприз želja želja böjelse, smak, förkärlek, svärmeri ความต้องการ หรือความชอบที่เป็นปัจจุบันทันด่วน isteme, canı çekme 幻想 уподобання; пристрасть اچانک غیر متوقع رغبت یا ذوق sự mê thích nhất thời 幻想

2 the power of the mind to imagine things She had a tendency to indulge in flights of fancy. verbeelding, fantasie خَيال въображение fantazie fantasi; indbildning die Phantasie φαντασία fantasía, imaginación kujutlusvõime تخیل mielikuvitus imagination דִמיוֹן कल्पना शक्ति mašta, fantazija képzelőerő imajinasi ímyndun, hugarflug immaginazione, fantasia 空想 공상, 상상력 vaizduotė fantāzija; iztēle imaginasi verbeelding fantasi fantazja, wyobraźnia fantasia fantezie фантазия fantázia domišljija mašta fantasi, inbillningsförmåga ความคิด; จินตนาการ fantezi 想象力 уява, фантазія ذہن کی تصورانہ قدرت sức tưởng tượng 想象力

3 something imagined He had a sudden fancy that he could see Spring approaching. fantasie, gier فِكْرَه وَهْمِيَّه фантазия iluze forestilling; indbildning die Vorstellung φαντασίωση fantasía kujutlus تصور kuvitelma impression רַעיוֹן מְדוּמֶה तरंग, सनक fantazija, misao elképzelés khayalan ímyndun, hugarburður impressione 幻想 생각, 환각 iliuzija, vizija iedoma khayalan idee forestilling, innbilning złudzenie, wizja fantasia/noção vizi­une плод фантазии ilúzia domislek uobrazilja fantasi, föreställning จินตนาการ düş, hayal 設想 вигадка کوئی خیالی چیز cái được tưởng tượng 设想

adj

decorated; not plain fancy cakes. versierde مُزَيَّن، مُزَخْرَف украсен zdobený dekoreret; kunstfærdig verziert φανταχτερός decorado, de fantasía kaunistatud تزئین شده؛ پر نقش و نگار koristeltu de fantaisie מְקוּשָט सजाना, अलंकृत करना ukusno pripravljen; ukrašen díszes hias skreyttur; fínn og dÿr decorato 凝った 잘 꾸며진, 장식을 많이 한, 비싼 įmantrus izrotāts banyak hiasan luxe- pyntet, dekorert, meget kunstferdig wymyślny, ozdobny decorado decorat; ornamentat фигурный ozdobený pisan ukrašen konstnärligt framställd (prydd) หรูหรา süslü, fantezi 花式的,奇特的 прикрашений, незвичайний متزيّن được làm cho đẹp mắt 花式的,奇特的

v

1 to like the idea of having or doing something I fancy a cup of tea. lus wees vir يُحِبُّ، يَرْغَبُ би ми се искало mít chuť na kunne tænke sig; have lyst til sich vorstellen τραβάει η όρεξή μου, κάνω κέφι apetecer, gustar meeldima میل داشتن haluta avoir envie (de) לְהִתחַשֵק पसन्द करना svidjeti se, htjeti kedvére van menginginkan langa í e-ð, geta hugsað sér gradire 好む 좋아하다 norėti vēlēties inginkan zin hebben in (kunne) like, ha lyst på mieć ochotę na desejar/apetecer a-şi dori хотеть mať chuť (na) želeti si želeti vilja ha, önska sig ชอบฝันถึงการมีหรือการทำบางสิ่ง canı çekmek, arzu etmek 喜愛 уявляти собі کچھ کرنے یا کھانے پینے کی خواہش mong ước; muốn 喜爱

2 to think or have a certain feeling or impression (that) I fancied (that) you were angry. dink, meen, glo يَتَخَيَّل струва ми се domnívat se forestille sig sich einbilden νομίζω, φαντάζομαι imaginarse, figurarse ette kujutama گمان کردن luulla croire (que) לְדַמוֹת इच्छा होना činiti se, misliti gondol berpikir hugsa, halda immaginare 想像する ...이라고 생각하다 įsivaizduoti, manyti iedomāties, ka...; šķist, ka... berfikir denken forestille/innbille/tenke seg mieć wrażenie imaginar a‑şi imagina (că) (пред)полагать mať pocit, nazdávať sa domnevati misliti förmoda คิดหรือมีความรู้สึกว่า düşünmek, zannetmek 認為 гадати, припускати کسی بات کو محسوس کرنا tưởng tượng; cho rằng 认为

3 to have strong sexual interest in (a person) He fancies her a lot. hou van يَشْتَهي، يميل إلى харесвам být přitahován være varm på Lust haben γουστάρω ερωτικά gustar, sentirse atraído (por) (kedagi) ihaldama تمایل جنسی داشتن tuntea vetoa johonkin se sentir attiré (par/vers) לְפָתֵח חִיבָּה כְּלַפֵּי सोचना svidati se, zanimati se za (u seksualnom smislu) kíván tertarik, menginginkan vera skotinn í, langa í, þrá piacere ～に気がある 이성으로서 (...에게) 호감을 갖다, 성적인 매력을 느끼다 patikti, traukti patikt tertarik aantrekkelijk vinden forelske seg i, legge sin elsk på mieć pociąg do ter um fraco por a fi atras (de) желать priťahovať želeti si sviđati se gilla, vara förtjust i มีความสิเน่หาใน hoşlanmak, gözüne kestirmek 迷戀 подобатися جنسی طور پر مایل ہونا mến; thích 迷恋

adj ˈfanciful

1 inclined to have fancies, especially strange, unreal ideas She's a very fanciful girl. vol fieterjasies/ grille/ giere نَزَوي، غَريب الأطوار، وهْمي надарен с въображение snivý; s velkou fantazií fantasifuld phantasiereich φαντασιόπληκτος caprichoso luulelennuline خیالباف mielikuvituksekas fantasque שוֹגֶה בְּדִמיוֹנוֹת काल्पनिक podložan fantaziji szeszélyes pengkhayal ímyndunarveikur, haldinn hugarórum fantasioso 空想にふける 공상을 잘하는, 별난 turintis vaizduotę untumains; kaprīzs suka berkhayal grillig fantasirik, lunefull; (for)underlig fantazjujący caprichoso visător капризный snivý čudaški maštovit fantasifull, full av inbillningar, underlig ที่เพ้อฝัน hayalperest 愛空想的 примхливий, капризний غیر حقیقی تصورات رکھنا (người) hay tưởng tượng 爱空想的

2 imaginary or unreal That idea is rather fanciful. vergesog, onrealisties, verbeeldingryk خَيالِي нереален neskutečný, nereálný fantasifuld; usandsynlig wirklichkeitsfremd φανταστικός, εξωπραγματικός fantasioso fantastiline تخیلی mielikuvituksellinen extravagant לֹא מְצִיאוּתִי अवास्तविक, अनोखा nestvaran képzeletszőtte khayalan óraunverulegur, út í hött bizzarro 空想上の 상상의, 비현실적인 nerealus, fantastiškas nereāls; dīvains khayalan grillig fantasifull, uvirkelig zmyślony, urojony fantasioso fantezist нереальный nereálny muhast imaginaran overklig เพ้อฝัน; ไม่จริง hayalî, gerçekten uzak 異想天開的 химерний, фантастичний غیر حقیقی tưởng tượng 异想天开的

adv ˈfancifully

denkbeeldig, verbeeldingryk بِصورَة خَياليَّه нереално nereálně, fantaskně fantasifuldt; usandsynligt phantasiereich φανταστικά caprichosamente luulelennuliselt با خیال پردازی mielikuvituksekkaasti d'une manière extravagante/fantasque בְּגַחמָנוּת विलक्षण ढंग से nestvarno, zamišljeno szeszélyesen secara khayalan skringilega, á óraunverulegan hátt in maniera bizzarra/fantasiosa 空想的に 기발하게 įmantriai, fantastiškai untumaini; nereāli penuh khayalan grillig fantasifullt dziwacznie caprichosamente bizar причудливо nereálne čudaško maštovito fantasifullt, overkligt อย่างเพ้อฝัน hayalî bir şekilde 異想天開地 фантастично غیر حقیقی طور پر kỳ lạ 异想天开地

fancy dress

a fancy-dress party. fantasiekostuum ملابِس تَنَكُّرِيَّه чудноват maškarní kostým; maškarní udklædning; kostume; kostume- das Kostüm κοστούμι μεταμφίεσης disfraz maskikostüüm لباس بالماسکه naamiaispuku déguisement תַּחפּוֹשֶׂת फैंसी ड्रेस nošnja, kostim; svecana odjeca; svecan, kostimiran jelmez pakaian anak-anak grímubúningur costume 仮装服 (가장 무도회 등에서 입는) 여러 가지 특색을 살린 옷 maskaradinis kostiumas maskuballes tērps pakaian beragam kostuum karnevalsdrakt kostium fantasia costum de bal mas­cat маскарадный костюм karnevalový kostým maškaradni kostum; maskiran luksuzan maskeraddräkt ชุดแฟนซี เครื่องแต่งตัวที่แสดงถึงลักษณะทางชนชาติ ประวัติศาสตร์ หรือเครื่องแต่งตัวแบบแปลก ๆ karnaval elbisesi 化裝服飾 маскарадний костюм انوکھا بھیس جو کسی قوم ، تہذیب ، یا تاریخی دور سے لیا گیا ہو quần áo cải trang 化装服饰

take a fancy to

to become fond of, often suddenly or unexpectedly They bought that house because they took a fancy to it. 'n voorliefde vir iets ontwikkel; baie van iets begin hou يَميل إلى ، يَستَهْوي، يُعْجَبُ جِنسِيَّا харесвам oblíbit si, najít zalíbení komme til at synes godt om Gefallen finden an μου αρέσει tomar cariño meeldima hakkama دوست داشتن mieltyä prendre goût â לְפַתֵח חִיבָּה כְּלַפֵּי आकर्षित करना, प्रसन्न करना zavoljeti, svidjeti se kedvet kap vmihez menyukai verða hrifinn af, fá mætur á affezionarsi a; incapricciarsi di ～が好きになる 좋아하게 되다 pamėgti, susižavėti iepatikties; iemīlēties [] menyukai een voorliefde opvatten voor få lyst på, legge sin elsk på upodobać sobie vestido de fantasia/enamorar-se de, encantar-se de (com?) a începe să îndrăgească прийтись по душе obľúbiť si vzljubiti zavoleti bli förtjust i, fatta tycke för ชอบ (แบบทันทีทันใดหรือไม่ได้คาดคิด) hoşlanmak (忽然)愛上 полюбити, покохати تصور کرنا ، خیال میں لانا yêu thích ai/cái gì （忽然）爱上

take one's fancy

to be liked or wanted by (someone) When I go shopping I just buy anything that takes my fancy. baie van iets hou يَميل إلى، يُحِبُّ харесва ми zalíbit si friste; falde i ens smag jemandem gefallen με τραβάει atraer a alguien, cautivar a alguien (kellelegi) meelepärane olema علاقمند کردن miellyttää avoir envie (de) לִמצוֹא חֵן בְּעֵינֵי किसी के द्वारा पसंद किया जाना voljeti, željeti megtetszik neki disukai langa í e-ð piacere a ～の気に入る 좋아하게 만들다 kristi į akį iepatikties; iekrist acīs yang disukai bij iemand in de smaak vallen falle i smak spodobać się apreciar/agradar, apetecer, cair no capricho a-i plăcea нравиться zapáčiť sa ugajati svideti falla i smaken โดนใจ; ถูกใจ hoşuna gitmek, beğenmek 讓...喜愛 сподобатися پسندیدگی یا دلچسپی ہونا lôi cuốn, thu hút ai 爱...喜爱