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Meaning of "the fancy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE FANCY

the fancy play
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WHAT DOES THE FANCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fancy (social network service)

Fancy is a social photo sharing webstore and mobile app created by Joseph Einhorn. The New York-based e-commerce site allows users to engage in socially oriented shopping through picture feeds and sharing. Users can purchase products that they see directly from the website, which acts as an intermediary between the consumer and the retailer. In July 2013, Bloomberg announced that Fancy had raised $53 million in funding, bringing the company's valuation to approximately $600 million.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE FANCY

the f-word
the fact of the matter
the facts of life
the fair sex
the faithful
the Fall
the Family Compact
the Far East
the Far North
the fat is in the fire
the fat of the land
the father of
the Fed
the Federation
the Fens
the few
the Fiend
the Fifteen
the filth
the first thing

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE FANCY

accountancy
buoyancy
Clancy
conservancy
consultancy
discrepancy
expectancy
fancy
infancy
job vacancy
life expectancy
malignancy
nancy
occupancy
pregnancy
redundancy
relevancy
tenancy
unfancy
vacancy

Synonyms and antonyms of the fancy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the fancy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE FANCY

Find out the translation of the fancy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the fancy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the fancy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

花式
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la fantasía
570 millions of speakers

English

the fancy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फैंसी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يتوهم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фантазии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

a fantasia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভিনব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la fantaisie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Yang mewah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die Phantasie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ファンシー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공상
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sing apik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ưa thích
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆடம்பரமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फॅन्सी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fantezi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

la fantasia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fantazyjne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фантазії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fantezie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

το φανταχτερό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die fancy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

den tjusiga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fancy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the fancy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE FANCY»

The term «the fancy» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.918 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of the fancy
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE FANCY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the fancy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the fancy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the fancy

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10 QUOTES WITH «THE FANCY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the fancy.
1
Crystal Bowersox
For me, marriage is about love, not paperwork. I've never been the kid who dreamed of the big white dress, the long veil, the fancy diamond ring.
2
Travis Fimmel
You don't get recognized that much unless you want to get recognized, like if you go to the fancy joints and that. It's like, L.A. - there are 10 restaurants. If you want to be seen, you go.
3
Barton Gellman
'Social engineering,' the fancy term for tricking you into giving away your digital secrets, is at least as great a threat as spooky technology.
4
Todd Gitlin
The fancy term for what America has squandered in the past year and a half or so is legitimacy.
5
Philip Greenspun
Pilots enjoy the fun and challenge of handling the fancy machine.
6
David Hume
The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue.
7
Walter Lord
It would be nice to say the rich people, the fancy people, all behaved like bastards and the poor slobs all came through like heroes. But as a matter of fact, sometimes the poor slobs behave like slobs and the great, noble, privileged characters come off very well, indeed.
8
Debi Mazar
On the morning of Thanksgiving, I would wake up to the home smelling of all good things, wafting upstairs to my room. I would set the table with the fancy silverware and china and hope that my parents and grandmother wouldn't have the annual Thanksgiving fight about Richard Nixon.
9
Amber Rose
I love to eat and I don't believe in denying myself, so I have to work out. I'm not obsessed with it, I don't have a trainer or do any of the fancy classes, but I usually put on my iPod and run on the treadmill for an hour a few days a week.
10
Amber Rose
I love to eat, and I don't believe in denying myself, so I have to work out. I'm not obsessed with it; I don't have a trainer or do any of the fancy classes, but I usually put on my iPod and run on the treadmill for an hour a few days a week. I'd much rather be the girl who worked out more so she could eat more; I could never not eat.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE FANCY»

Discover the use of the fancy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the fancy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth
Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth is the first in a series of delightful middle-grade mysteries. Sassy Fancy Nancy is now a detective.
Jane O'Connor, 2012
2
Fancy Nancy: Bonjour, Butterfly
In this magical new story from bestselling duo Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser, everybody's favorite fancy girl gets a surprise lesson in fancy from her grandparents. Looks like fancy runs in the family after all!
Jane O'connor
3
The Fancy Octopus
Margo the octopus is worried about being a model in an upcoming fashion show because when she gets nervous she squirts ink.
Cari Meister, 2011
4
The fancy dancer
This work of fiction grapples with the sensitive issue of religion and homosexual love.
Patricia Nell Warren, 1988
5
Fancy Nancy at the Museum
Nancy's class is going on a trip to the museum, and Nancy wants to be extra fancy for the occasion.
Jane O'Connor, 2008
6
Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy
Fancy Nancy is back!
Jane O'Connor, 2007
7
The Spuds - The Fancy Dress Party
The Spuds stories are illustrated in colour, easy to read for youngsters and ideal for parent or grandparent storytelling.
David J. Haydon, 2011
8
Fancy Nancy and the Boy from Paris
There's a new boy in school, and he's from Paris. Nancy cannot believe her luck. But this Parisian may not be as fancy as Nancy expects!
Jane O'Connor, 2008
9
Unfettering Poetry: The Fancy in British Romanticism
This poetics, Robinson demonstrates, is an early nineteenth-century version of what will become the visionary, experimental, open-form poetics of the twentieth century.
Jeffrey C. Robinson, 2006
10
Flora the Fancy Dress Fairy
This cheerful and inviting Early Reader brings the blast of colour that Rainbow Magic's youngest fans have been waiting for!
Daisy Meadows, 2012

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. The fancy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/the-fancy>. Oct 2026 ».
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