English Explanatory Dictionary

fictional

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Invented, as opposed to real.
Containing invented elements.
Occurring in fiction.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɪkʃənəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fictional.wav

Word forms

fictional more fictional most fictional

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 *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English fictional From fiction + -al.

Related words

Derived words

autobiografictional autofictional bifictional fictional documentary fictionalisation fictionalism fictionalist fictionality fictionally fictional other hyperfictional metafictional nonfictional science fictional science-fictional semifictional transfictional

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