fiction

A2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈfɪk.ʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #5950

Meanings

1

noun
Stories about imaginary people and events, usually in the form of novels.

I am a great reader of fiction.
2

noun
Something that is not true; an invented account.

The company's accounts contained a number of blatant fictions.

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2 noun · something that is not true;... fabrication

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documentary factnon-fictiontruth

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Forms fictions

Derived forms autobiografictionautofictioncli-ficyberfictiondocufictioneco-fictionecofictionfactionfan-fictionfictionalfictionaryfictioneer

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *dʰi-né-ǵʰ-ti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction From Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion (“dissimulation, ruse, invention”), from Latin fictiō (“a making, fashioning, a feigning, a rhetorical or legal fiction”), from fingō (“to form, mold, shape, devise, feign”). Displaced native Old English lēasspell (literally “false story”).

ficcioun Middle English ficcion Old French fictiō Latin

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# fiction

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈfɪk.ʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 5950

## Meanings
1. Stories about imaginary people and events, usually in the form of novels.
2. Something that is not true; an invented account.

## Examples
- I am a great reader of fiction.
- The company's accounts contained a number of blatant fictions.

## Synonyms
- fabrication
- figment

## Antonyms
- documentary
- fact
- non-fiction
- truth

## Derived Forms
- autobiografiction
- autofiction
- cli-fi
- cyberfiction
- docufiction
- eco-fiction
- ecofiction
- faction
- fan-fiction
- fictional
- fictionary
- fictioneer

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ficcioun
- Root: ficcion
- Root: fictiō

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *dʰi-né-ǵʰ-ti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction From Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion (“dissimulation, ruse, invention”), from Latin fictiō (“a making, fashioning, a feigning, a rhetorical or legal fiction”), from fingō (“to form, mold, shape, devise, feign”). Displaced native Old English lēasspell (literally “false story”).

## AI Etymology
Fiction comes from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion (“dissimulation, ruse, invention”), from Latin fictiō (“a making, fashioning, a feigning, a rhetorical or legal fiction”), from fingō (“to form, mold, shape, devise, feign”). Displaced native Old English lēasspell (literally “false story”). In current use, the main senses are “Stories about imaginary people and events, usually in the form of novels” and “Something that is not true; an invented account”.

## Topics
- People & Society

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