créature imaginaire

Definitions of créature imaginaire
  1. noun
    a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction
    synonyms: être imaginaire
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    mort
    the personification of death
    lilliputien
    a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
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    créature hypothétique
    a creature that has not been observed but is hypothesized to exist
    être mythique
    an imaginary being of myth or fable
    géant
    an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales
    monstre
    an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
    fictionnalité
    an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
    licorne
    an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead
    extraterrestre
    a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere
    Père Fouettard, coque-mitaine
    an imaginary monster used to frighten children
    géante
    a female giant
    ogre
    (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
    monstre mythique
    a monster renowned in folklore and myth
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    imagination
    the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
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