imago

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English

Etymology

From Latin imāgō. Doublet of image.

Pronunciation

Noun

imago (plural imagines or imagos or imagoes)

  1. (entomology) The final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis.
    • 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise:
      ‘But still,’ he said to himself, drawing the metamorphoses of a red admiral, egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and imago on his pad, ‘what shall I say to him when we meet?’
  2. (psychology) An idealised concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained unconsciously into adult life, the basis for the psychological formation of personality archetypes.

Derived terms

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Anagrams

Czech

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

imago n

  1. imago (final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis)
    Synonym: dospělec

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • imago”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • imago in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin imago.

Pronunciation

Noun

imago n (plural imago's, diminutive imagootje n)

  1. image
    De Nederlandse fotograaf Anton Corbijn heeft een belangrijke invloed gehad op het imago van de band U2.
    The Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn has had an important influence upon the image of the band U2.
  2. (biology) imago: the full grown form of an insect

Synonyms

(1) * image

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Noun

imago (accusative singular imagon, plural imagoj, accusative plural imagojn)

  1. imagination

Estonian

Etymology

From Latin imago.

Noun

imago (genitive imago, partitive imagot)

  1. image (a characteristic of a person, group or company etc.)
  2. (zoology) imago, fully grown insect

Declension

Declension of imago (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative imago imagod
accusative nom.
gen. imago
genitive imagote
partitive imagot imagoid
illative imagosse imagotesse
imagoisse
inessive imagos imagotes
imagois
elative imagost imagotest
imagoist
allative imagole imagotele
imagoile
adessive imagol imagotel
imagoil
ablative imagolt imagotelt
imagoilt
translative imagoks imagoteks
imagoiks
terminative imagoni imagoteni
essive imagona imagotena
abessive imagota imagoteta
comitative imagoga imagotega

Synonyms

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin imāgō.

Pronunciation

Noun

imago

  1. image (a characteristic of a person, group or company, how one is, or wishes to be, perceived by others)
  2. (entomology) imago

Declension

Inflection of imago (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
nominative imago imagot
genitive imagon imagojen
imagoiden
imagoitten
partitive imagoa imagoja
imagoita
illative imagoon imagoihin
singular plural
nominative imago imagot
accusative nom. imago imagot
gen. imagon
genitive imagon imagojen
imagoiden
imagoitten
partitive imagoa imagoja
imagoita
inessive imagossa imagoissa
elative imagosta imagoista
illative imagoon imagoihin
adessive imagolla imagoilla
ablative imagolta imagoilta
allative imagolle imagoille
essive imagona imagoina
translative imagoksi imagoiksi
abessive imagotta imagoitta
instructive imagoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of imago (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative imagoni imagoni
accusative nom. imagoni imagoni
gen. imagoni
genitive imagoni imagojeni
imagoideni
imagoitteni
partitive imagoani imagojani
imagoitani
inessive imagossani imagoissani
elative imagostani imagoistani
illative imagooni imagoihini
adessive imagollani imagoillani
ablative imagoltani imagoiltani
allative imagolleni imagoilleni
essive imagonani imagoinani
translative imagokseni imagoikseni
abessive imagottani imagoittani
instructive
comitative imagoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative imagosi imagosi
accusative nom. imagosi imagosi
gen. imagosi
genitive imagosi imagojesi
imagoidesi
imagoittesi
partitive imagoasi imagojasi
imagoitasi
inessive imagossasi imagoissasi
elative imagostasi imagoistasi
illative imagoosi imagoihisi
adessive imagollasi imagoillasi
ablative imagoltasi imagoiltasi
allative imagollesi imagoillesi
essive imagonasi imagoinasi
translative imagoksesi imagoiksesi
abessive imagottasi imagoittasi
instructive
comitative imagoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative imagomme imagomme
accusative nom. imagomme imagomme
gen. imagomme
genitive imagomme imagojemme
imagoidemme
imagoittemme
partitive imagoamme imagojamme
imagoitamme
inessive imagossamme imagoissamme
elative imagostamme imagoistamme
illative imagoomme imagoihimme
adessive imagollamme imagoillamme
ablative imagoltamme imagoiltamme
allative imagollemme imagoillemme
essive imagonamme imagoinamme
translative imagoksemme imagoiksemme
abessive imagottamme imagoittamme
instructive
comitative imagoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative imagonne imagonne
accusative nom. imagonne imagonne
gen. imagonne
genitive imagonne imagojenne
imagoidenne
imagoittenne
partitive imagoanne imagojanne
imagoitanne
inessive imagossanne imagoissanne
elative imagostanne imagoistanne
illative imagoonne imagoihinne
adessive imagollanne imagoillanne
ablative imagoltanne imagoiltanne
allative imagollenne imagoillenne
essive imagonanne imagoinanne
translative imagoksenne imagoiksenne
abessive imagottanne imagoittanne
instructive
comitative imagoinenne

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

Noun

imago f (plural imagos)

  1. (entomology) imago (final stage of insect)
  2. (psychology) imago (idealized image of a loved one)

Further reading

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imāgō. Doublet of immagine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈma.ɡo/
  • Rhymes: -aɡo
  • Hyphenation: i‧mà‧go

Noun

imago f (invariable)

  1. (archaic, poetic) Synonym of immagine
  2. (entomology) imago (development stage of an insect)
  3. (psychology) imago (idealised/idealized concept of a loved one)

Further reading

  • imago1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • imago2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *imā + -āgō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (to imitate). Cognate with imitor, aemulus, Old English emn, efn (equal, level, even). More at even.

Pronunciation

Noun

imāgō f (genitive imāginis); third declension

  1. image, imitation, likeness, statue, representation
  2. ancestral image
  3. ghost, apparition
  4. semblance, appearance, shadow
  5. echo
    Synonym: ēchō f
  6. conception, thought
  7. reminder
  8. (rhetoric) comparison
  9. (art) depiction

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative imāgō imāginēs
genitive imāginis imāginum
dative imāginī imāginibus
accusative imāginem imāginēs
ablative imāgine imāginibus
vocative imāgō imāginēs

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • imago”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • imago”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • imago in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • imago in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • an echo: vocis imago, or simply imago
    • creatures of the imagination: rerum imagines
    • to conceive an ideal: singularem quandam perfectionis imaginem animo concipere
    • to sketch the ideal of an orator: imaginem perfecti oratoris adumbrare
  • imago”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 298

Polish

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Etymology

Internationalism; compare English imago, French imago, German Imago, ultimately from Latin imāgō. Doublet of image.

Pronunciation

Noun

imago n (indeclinable)

  1. (entomology, lepidopterology) imago (final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis)
    Synonyms: owad dorosły, owad doskonały
    Coordinate terms: larwa, poczwarka
  2. (psychoanalysis) imago (idealized concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained unconsciously into adult life, the basis for the psychological formation of personality archetypes)
  3. image forming part of an emblem

Declension

or

Indeclinable.

Further reading

  • imago in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • imago in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French imago.

Noun

imago f (uncountable)

  1. (entomology) imago (final stage of insect)

Declension

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈmaɡo/
  • Rhymes: -aɡo
  • Syllabification: i‧ma‧go

Noun

imago m (plural imagos)

  1. (entomology) imago

Noun

imago f (plural imagos)

  1. (psychology) imago

Further reading