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

• IPA^(key): /i.ma.ʒi.nɛʁ/

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Adjective

imaginaire (plural imaginaires)

1. imaginary (created by and existing only in the imagination)

   un danger imaginaire ― an imaginary danger

2. (mathematics) imaginary

   nombre imaginaire ― imaginary number

Derived terms

• imaginairement

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)

Further reading

• “imaginaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• imaginerai