imagination

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English ymaginacioun, from Old French imaginacion, ymaginacion, from Latin imāginātiō. Equivalent to imagine +‎ -ation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === imagination (countable and uncountable, plural imaginations) The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images. Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing. Creativity; resourcefulness. A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined. Synonyms: conception, notion, imagining ==== Synonyms ==== (the representative power): creativity, fancy, imaginativeness, invention, inventiveness ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== imagination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French, from Old French imaginacion, borrowed from Latin imāginātiōnem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /i.ma.ʒi.na.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === imagination f (plural imaginations) (countable and uncountable) imagination ==== Related terms ==== image imaginer imaginatif === Further reading === “imagination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Alternative forms === ymagination === Etymology === From Old French imaginacion, borrowed from Latin imāginātiō. === Noun === imagination f (plural imaginations) (countable and uncountable) imagination thought; reflection; idea ==== Related terms ==== imaginer ==== Descendants ==== French: imagination