adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ɪˈmadʒɪnəbəl/
Received-Pronunciation:/-nəbəl/
Received-Pronunciation:/ɪˈmadʒnəbəl/
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General-American:/ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/
General-American:/-nəbəl/
General-American:/ɪˈmæd͡ʒnəbəl/
CMU ARPABET:IH2 M AE1 JH AH0 N AH0 B AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Able to be imagined; conceivable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Able to be imagined; conceivable.
Within the realm of consideration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
capable of being imagined
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
that is one possible answer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conceivable
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English ymaginable, from Latin imāginābilis; equivalent to imagine + -able.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
imaginable
— able to be imagined; conceivable
Chinese Mandarin:
可以想像的
(kěyǐ xiǎngxiàng de)
— able to be imagined; conceivable
Czech:
představitelný
— able to be imagined; conceivable
Esperanto:
imagebla
— able to be imagined; conceivable
Finnish:
kuviteltavissa oleva
— able to be imagined; conceivable
French:
imaginable
— able to be imagined; conceivable
Galician:
imaxinable
— able to be imagined; conceivable
German:
vorstellbar
— able to be imagined; conceivable
Hungarian:
képzelhető
— able to be imagined; conceivable
Hungarian:
elképzelhető
— able to be imagined; conceivable
Italian:
immaginabile
— able to be imagined; conceivable
Japanese:
考えられる
(kangaerareru)
— able to be imagined; conceivable
Japanese:
想像できる
(sōzō dekiru)
— able to be imagined; conceivable
Latin:
cōgitābilis
— able to be imagined; conceivable
Middle English:
ymaginable
— able to be imagined; conceivable
Polish:
wyobrażalny
— able to be imagined; conceivable
Portuguese:
imaginável
— able to be imagined; conceivable
Portuguese:
concebível
— able to be imagined; conceivable
Russian:
вообрази́мый
(voobrazímyj)
— able to be imagined; conceivable
Spanish:
imaginable
— able to be imagined; conceivable
Spanish:
concebible
— able to be imagined; conceivable
Swedish:
tänkbar
— able to be imagined; conceivable
Turkish:
düşünülebilir
— able to be imagined; conceivable