transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfik-shən ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English ficcioun, from Middle French fiction, from Latin fiction-, fictio act of fashioning, fiction, from fingere to shape, fashion, feign — more at dough
Date: 14th century
1.
a. : something invented by the imagination or feigned ; specifically : an invented story
b. : fictitious literature (as novels or short stories)
c. : a work of fiction ; especially : novel
2.
a. : an assumption of a possibility as a fact irrespective of the question of its truth
a legal fiction
b. : a useful illusion or pretense
3. : the action of feigning or of creating with the imagination
• fic·tion·al -shnəl, -shə-n ə l adjective
• fic·tion·al·i·ty ˌfik-shə-ˈna-lə-tē noun
• fic·tion·al·ly ˈfik-shnə-lē, -shə-n ə l-ē adverb