imagery

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French imagerie

Pronunciation

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Noun

imagery (countable and uncountable, plural imageries)

1. The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
2. Imitation work.
3. Images in general, or en masse.
4. (figuratively) Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
5. The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
6. Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.

Translations

work

• Catalan: imatgeria f
• Finnish: kuvaaminen (fi)
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• Indonesian: perumpamaan (id), tamsil (id)

imitation work — see imitation

images in general

• Bulgarian: образи (bg) m pl (obrazi)
• Finnish: kuvat (fi) pl, kuvasto (fi)
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• Indonesian: citra (id) sg, citraan (id) pl

unreal show

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work of imagination

• Finnish: mielikuvitus (fi)
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rhetorical decoration

• Bulgarian: образен език m (obrazen ezik)
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• Finnish: kuvailu (fi), maalailu (fi)

• Irish: ^{(please verify)} íomháineachas m
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