image

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English ymage, borrowed from Old French image, from Latin imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym-; the same PIE root is the source of imitari (“to copy, imitate”); see imitate. Doublet of imago. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɪm.ɪdʒ/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈəm.ədʒ/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ɪˈmedʒ/ Hyphenation: im‧age Rhymes: -ɪmɪdʒ === Noun === image (plural images) A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art. A file on a computer containing a single frame; an image file. A mental picture of something not real or not present. A statue or idol. (computing) A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image and image copy.) A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is or wishes to be perceived by others. (mathematics) The value a function maps some argument to. (mathematics) The subset of the codomain of a function comprising those elements that are the image of some element of its domain. (radio) A form of interference: a weaker "copy" of a strong signal that occurs at a different frequency. (obsolete) Show; appearance; cast. ==== Synonyms ==== (representation): picture (mental picture): idea (something mapped to): value (subset of the codomain): range ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== German: Image Slovak: imidž Russian: и́мидж (ímidž)→ Armenian: իմիջ (imiǰ)→ Azerbaijani: imic ==== Translations ==== === Verb === image (third-person singular simple present images, present participle imaging, simple past and past participle imaged) (transitive) To represent by an image or symbol; to portray. 1718, Alexander Pope, The Iliad of Homer, London: Bernard Lintot, Volume IV, Observations on the Fifteenth Book, Note 14 on verse 252, p. 215,[2] This Representation of the Terrors which must have attended the Conflict of two such mighty Powers as Jupiter and Neptune, whereby the Elements had been mix’d in Confusion, and the whole Frame of Nature endangered, is imaged in these few Lines with a Nobleness suitable to the Occasion. (transitive) To reflect, mirror. (transitive) To create an image of. (transitive, computing) To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “image”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. image in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. Raymond Williams (1983), “Image”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 158. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “image”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “image”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Further reading === image on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Megia, gamie == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English image. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ima‧ge === Noun === image n (plural images, no diminutive) image (characteristic perceived by others) ==== Synonyms ==== imago == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French image, borrowed from Latin imaginem (“a copy, likeness, image”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /i.maʒ/ Rhymes: -aʒ Homophones: images, imagent Hyphenation: image === Noun === image f (plural images) picture, image (television, film) frame A mental representation. ==== Synonyms ==== métaphore reflet symbole vision ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== imager imagerie imaginer ==== Descendants ==== → Franco-Provençal: émâge Haitian Creole: imaj → Turkish: imaj === Verb === image inflection of imager: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “image”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === magie == Middle English == === Noun === image alternative form of ymage == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Borrowed from English image. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪmɪdʂ/ Rhymes: -ɪdʂ === Noun === image m or n (definite singular imagen or imageet, indefinite plural imager or image, definite plural imagene or imagea or imageene) image (how one wishes to be perceived by others) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Borrowed from English image. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪmɪdʂ/ Rhymes: -ɪdʂ === Noun === image m or n (definite singular imagen or imaget, indefinite plural imagar or image, definite plural imagane or imaga) image (how one wishes to be perceived by others) == Old French == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin imāgō, imāginem. === Noun === image oblique singular, f (oblique plural images, nominative singular image, nominative plural images) sight (something which one sees) image (pictorial representation) image (mental or imagined representation) image (likeness) statue (of a person) ==== Descendants ==== → English: image French: image === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “image”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. == Polish == === Etymology === Originally, an unadapted borrowing from French image; later reinforced by an unadapted borrowing from English image, resulting in three possible pronunciations, with the English pronunciations considered pretentious by some. Doublet of imago. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /iˈmaʂ/, /ˈi.mit͡ʂ/, /ˈɘ.mɘt͡ʂ/ Rhymes: -aʂ, -imit͡ʂ, -ɘmɘt͡ʂ Syllabification: i‧mage === Noun === image m inan (indeclinable) image, reputation (way in which a person, an organization, an institution, etc., is perceived and evaluated, resulting from its characteristics or behavior) Synonym: wizerunek ==== Declension ==== or Indeclinable. === Further reading === image in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN image in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English image. First attested in 1960. === Noun === image c image (how one is or works to be perceived by others) Synonym: framtoning ==== Declension ==== === References === “image”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “image”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)