English Online Dictionary. What means imagination? What does imagination mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English ymaginacioun, from Old French imaginacion, ymaginacion, from Latin imāginātiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
imagination (countable and uncountable, plural imaginations)
- The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.
- Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.
- Creativity; resourcefulness.
- A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined.
- Synonyms: conception, notion, imagining
Synonyms
- (the representative power): creativity, fancy, imaginativeness, invention, inventiveness
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- imagination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French, from Old French imaginacion, borrowed from Latin imāginātiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.ma.ʒi.na.sjɔ̃/
Noun
imagination f (plural imaginations)
- (countable and uncountable) imagination
Related terms
- image
- imaginer
- imaginatif
Further reading
- “imagination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Alternative forms
- ymagination
Etymology
From Old French imaginacion, borrowed from Latin imāginātiō.
Noun
imagination f (plural imaginations)
- (countable and uncountable) imagination
- thought; reflection; idea
Related terms
- imaginer
Descendants
- French: imagination