What does fiction in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word fiction in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use fiction in French.

The word fiction in French means fabrication, fairy tale, fiction, dream, fantasy, ideal, dream, fantasy, docudrama, documentary drama, between reality and fiction, legal fiction, TV drama, television drama, truth is stranger than fiction, fictional character, imaginary character, fictional character, political fiction, when fiction becomes reality, science fiction novel, science fiction. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word fiction

fabrication, fairy tale

nom féminin (récit inventé)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ce témoignage est une pure fiction !
This testimony is a total fabrication.

fiction

nom féminin (style littéraire) (uncountable)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Je n'aime pas beaucoup les récits de fiction.
I don't really like fictional stories.

dream, fantasy, ideal

nom féminin (figuré (utopie)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ne plus payer d'impôts, c'est une fiction !
Not having to pay taxes anymore would be a dream!

dream, fantasy

adjectif (imaginaire)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
3 milliards d'euros, c'est un budget fiction !
Three billion euros? That would be a dream budget!

docudrama

(documentaire avec fiction)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les docu-fictions mêlent histoire et fiction.

documentary drama

nom masculin (documentaire avec fiction)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ce documentaire-fiction prend trop de liberté avec l'histoire à mon avis.

between reality and fiction

locution adverbiale (dont l'irréel n'est pas certain)

legal fiction

nom féminin (droit : concept théorique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

TV drama, television drama

nom féminin (histoire imaginaire à la télévision)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Toutes les fictions télévisées ne se valent pas.

truth is stranger than fiction

(la réalité est encore plus incroyable)

fictional character

nom masculin (personnage inventé)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Hercule Poirot est un personnage de fiction inventé par l'écrivain Agatha Christie.

imaginary character, fictional character

nom féminin (personne irréelle)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Sherlock Holmes est un personnage imaginaire.

political fiction

nom féminin (genre littéraire d'anticipation)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La politique-fiction est un genre littéraire ou cinématographique mettant en scène des épisodes politiques fictionnels.

when fiction becomes reality

(Quand l'improbable se réalise)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

science fiction novel

nom masculin (roman futuriste)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

science fiction

nom féminin (genre littéraire, cinématographique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Star Wars est un exemple très connu des films de science-fiction.

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