imagery

English

Etymology

From Middle English ymagerie, from Middle French imagerie; equivalent to image +‎ -ry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɹi/, /-ədʒɹi/, /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒəɹi/

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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.

Derived terms

• imagery rescripting

Translations

work

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

imitation work — see imitation

images in general

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

unreal show

work of imagination

• Finnish: mielikuvitus (fi)
• German: Einbildung (de) f, Geschöpf der Einbildung n, Hirngespinst (de) n, Fantasieprodukt (de) n

rhetorical decoration

• Bulgarian: образен език m (obrazen ezik)
• Finnish: kuvailu (fi), maalailu (fi)
• Swedish: bildspråk (sv) n

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Middle English

Noun

imagery

1. Alternative form of ymagerie