Fictitious — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

formed or conceived by the imagination

adopted in order to deceive

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fɪktˈɪʃəs/

🇬🇧British English

/fɪktˈɪʃəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fɪktˈɪʃəs/

3 syllables Say it as /fɪktˈɪʃəs/.

Examples

a fabricated excuse for his absence
a fancied wrong
a fictional character

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

put on assumed false sham pretended fictive fabricated fictional fancied

Parts of Speech

adjective	formed or conceived by the imagination “a fabricated excuse for his absence”
adjective	adopted in order to deceive “an assumed name”

Word Forms

fiction	noun	a deliberately false or improbable account
falseness	noun	the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical
sham	noun	a person who makes deceitful pretenses

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

fiktiv

durch die Vorstellungskraft geformt oder erdacht

🇫🇷French

fictif

formé ou conçu par l'imagination

🇪🇸Spanish

ficticio

formado o concebido por la imaginación

🇮🇹Italian

fittizio

formato o concepito dall'immaginazione

🇳🇱Dutch

fictief

gevormd of bedacht door de verbeelding

🇵🇹Portuguese

fictício

formado ou concebido pela imaginação

🇷🇺Russian

фиктивный

сформированный или задуманный воображением

India

🇮🇳Hindi

काल्पनिक

कल्पना द्वारा निर्मित या कल्पित

🇧🇩Bengali

কাল্পনিক

কল্পনা দ্বারা গঠিত বা কল্পনা করা হয়

🇮🇳Tamil

கற்பனையான

கற்பனையால் உருவாக்கப்பட்டது அல்லது கருத்தரிக்கப்பட்டது

🇮🇳Telugu

కల్పితం

ఊహ ద్వారా ఏర్పడింది లేదా ఊహించబడింది

🇮🇳Marathi

काल्पनिक

कल्पनेने तयार केलेले किंवा गरोदरलेले

🇮🇳Gujarati

કાલ્પનિક

રચના અથવા કલ્પના દ્વારા કલ્પના

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕಾಲ್ಪನಿಕ

ಕಲ್ಪನೆಯಿಂದ ರೂಪುಗೊಂಡಿದೆ ಅಥವಾ ಕಲ್ಪಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സാങ്കൽപ്പികം

ഭാവനയാൽ രൂപപ്പെട്ടതോ വിഭാവനം ചെയ്തതോ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਫਰਜ਼ੀ

ਕਲਪਨਾ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਬਣਾਈ ਗਈ ਜਾਂ ਕਲਪਨਾ ਕੀਤੀ ਗਈ

🇵🇰Urdu

فرضی

تخیل کے ذریعہ تشکیل دیا گیا یا تصور کیا گیا۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

虚拟

由想象力形成或构想的

🇯🇵Japanese

架空の

想像力によって形成または考案された

🇰🇷Korean

가상의

상상에 의해 형성되거나 구상된 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

hư cấu

được hình thành hoặc hình thành bởi trí tưởng tượng

🇹🇭Thai

เป็นเรื่องโกหก

สร้างขึ้นหรือคิดขึ้นจากจินตนาการ

🇮🇩Indonesian

samaran

dibentuk atau dikandung oleh imajinasi

🇵🇭Filipino

gawa-gawa lang

nabuo o naisip ng imahinasyon

🇲🇾Malay

rekaan

dibentuk atau dibayangkan oleh imaginasi

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

خيالي

تشكلت أو تصورها الخيال

🇮🇷Persian

ساختگی

توسط تخیل شکل گرفته یا تصور می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

hayali

hayal gücü tarafından oluşturulmuş veya tasarlanmış

🇮🇱Hebrew

בָּדוּי

נוצר או נוצר על ידי הדמיון

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