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English

Etymology

From Middle English ymaginacioun, from Old French imaginacion, ymaginacion, from Latin im?gin?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mæd???ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

imagination (countable and uncountable, plural imaginations)

1. 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.
2. Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.

3. Creativity; resourcefulness.

4. A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined.

   Synonyms: conception, notion, imagining

   • 1597, Francis Bacon, "Of Youth and Age", Essays:

     And yet the invention of young men, is more lively than that of old; and imaginations stream into their minds better, and, as it were, more divinely.

Synonyms

• (the representative power): creativity, fancy, imaginativeness, invention, inventiveness

Translations

Further reading

• imagination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French imaginacion, borrowed from Latin im?gin?ti?, im?gin?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ma.?i.na.sj??/

Noun

imagination f (plural imaginations)

1. (countable and uncountable) imagination

Related terms

• image
• imaginer
• imaginatif

Further reading

• “imagination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Alternative forms

• ymagination

Etymology

From Old French imaginacion, borrowed from Latin im?gin?ti?.

Noun

imagination f (plural imaginations)

1. (countable and uncountable) imagination
2. thought; reflection; idea

Related terms

• imaginer

Descendants

• French: imagination

English

Etymology

From Middle English newnesse, from Old English n?ewnes (“newness, novelty”), equivalent to new +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n(j)u?n?s/

  Rhymes: -u?n?s

Noun

newness (countable and uncountable, plural newnesses)

1. The property of being new; novelty; recency.

   The newness of the car meant it still had that funny smell.

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