Fictional

Fictional
Fictional Fic"tion*al, a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, fiction; fictitious; romantic.``Fictional rather than historical.'' --Latham. [1913 Webster]

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  • ficţional — ficţionál adj. m., pl. ficţionáli; f. sg. ficţionálă, pl. ficţionále Trimis de siveco, 22.05.2008. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  FICŢIONÁL, Ă adj. (Rar) Bazat pe ficţiune. [pron. ţi o . / …   Dicționar Român

  • fictional — fictional, fictitious Fictional means ‘occurring in fiction’, i.e. in a piece of literature, whereas fictitious means ‘invented, unreal; not genuine’. So Oliver Twist is a fictional name when it refers to Dickens s character, and a fictitious… …   Modern English usage

  • fictional — index fictitious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • fictional — pertaining to fiction, 1843, from FICTION (Cf. fiction) + AL (Cf. al) (1). Earlier FICTITIOUS (Cf. fictitious) also was used in this sense (1773) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Fictional 15 — Das amerikanische Forbes Magazin veröffentlicht seit 2005 jährlich die Fictional 15, eine Liste der 15 reichsten fiktiven, aber nicht mythologischen Charaktere.[1] Die Charaktere müssen in einem bestimmten Werk eine Hauptrolle haben und sowohl in …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • fictional — fic|tion|al [ˈfıkʃənəl] adj fictional people, events etc are imaginary and from a book or story ▪ fictional characters ▪ The novel is set in the fictional German town of Kreiswald …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • fictional — [[t]fɪ̱kʃən(ə)l[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n Fictional characters or events occur only in stories, plays, or films and never actually existed or happened. It is drama featuring fictional characters... Ulverton is a fictional village on the Wessex Downs.… …   English dictionary

  • fictional — adjective fictional people or descriptions are imaginary and from a book or story: fictional characters | a fictional description of growing up in Detroit …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • fictional — adjective 1. related to or involving literary fiction (Freq. 7) clever fictional devices a fictional treatment of the train robbery • Ant: ↑nonfictional • Pertains to noun: ↑fiction • …   Useful english dictionary

  • fictional — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ The names of the characters are entirely fictional. ADVERB ▪ completely, entirely, purely, wholly Fictional i …   Collocations dictionary

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