fantastique
/fæntæsˈtɪk/noun, adjective
fantastique is a noun meaning “A genre of literature and film that is characterized by the intrusion of the supernatural into the realistic framework of a story” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-Q-U-E, and it appears about once in every 15 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fantastique mean?
noun
- 1
A genre of literature and film that is characterized by the intrusion of the supernatural into the realistic framework of a story.
adjective
- 1
Belonging or relating to this genre.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fantastique?
- /fæntæsˈtɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fantastique
- more fantastique comparative
- most fantastique superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fantastique?
Fantastique appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Fantastique in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense French term for a literary and cinematic genre and mode that is characterized by:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fantastique |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fantastique come from?
Unadapted borrowing from French fantastique. Doublet of fantastic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).