imaginaire
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Adjective
imaginaire
- inflection of imaginair:
- masculine/feminine singular attributive
- definite neuter singular attributive
- plural attributive
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin imāginārius, from imāgō (“image”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
imaginaire (plural imaginaires)
- imaginary (created by and existing only in the imagination)
- un danger imaginaire ― an imaginary danger
- (mathematics) imaginary
- nombre imaginaire ― imaginary number
Derived terms
Noun
imaginaire m (plural imaginaires)
- imagination
- dans l'imaginaire collectif ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (mathematics, by ellipsis) imaginary number
- imaginaire pur ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Further reading
- “imaginaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.