imaginaire

Dutch

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Adjective

imaginaire

  1. inflection of imaginair:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin imāginārius, from imāgō (image).

Pronunciation

Adjective

imaginaire (plural imaginaires)

  1. imaginary (created by and existing only in the imagination)
    un danger imaginairean imaginary danger
  2. (mathematics) imaginary
    nombre imaginaireimaginary number

Derived terms

Noun

imaginaire m (plural imaginaires)

  1. imagination
    dans l'imaginaire collectif(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. (mathematics, by ellipsis) imaginary number
    imaginaire pur(please add an English translation of this usage example)

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