imagination

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• /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/
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From Middle English ymaginacioun, from Old French imaginacion, ymaginacion, from Latin imāginātiō. Equivalent to imagine + -ation.

185 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: verbeelding — image-making power of the mind
• Albanian: imagjinatë — image-making power of the mind
• Arabic: خَيَّال (ḵayyāl) — image-making power of the mind
• Arabic: تَخَيُّل (taḵayyul) — image-making power of the mind
• Arabic: تَصَوُّر (taṣawwur) — image-making power of the mind
• Arabic: مُخَيَّلَة (muḵayyala) — image-making power of the mind
• Armenian: երեւակայություն (erewakayutʻyun) — image-making power of the mind
• Asturian: imaxinación — image-making power of the mind
• Asturian: maxín — image-making power of the mind
• Azerbaijani: təxəyyül — image-making power of the mind
• Azerbaijani: xəyal — image-making power of the mind
• Bashkir: хыял (xıyal) — image-making power of the mind
• Belarusian: выабражэ́нне (vyabražénnje) — image-making power of the mind
• Belarusian: выабражэ́ньне (vyabražénʹnje) — image-making power of the mind
• Belarusian: уяўле́нне (ujawljénnje) — image-making power of the mind
• Belarusian: уяўле́ньне (ujawljénʹnje) — image-making power of the mind
• Bengali: কল্পনা (kolpona) — image-making power of the mind
• Bulgarian: въображе́ние (vǎobražénie) — image-making power of the mind
• Burmese: စိတ်ကူး (citku:) — image-making power of the mind
• Burmese: စိတ်ကူးဉာဏ် (citku:nyan) — image-making power of the mind
• Catalan: imaginació — image-making power of the mind
• Cebuano: handurawan — image-making power of the mind
• Chinese Cantonese: 想像力 (soeng2 zoeng6 lik6) — image-making power of the mind
• Chinese Mandarin: 想像力 (xiǎngxiànglì) — image-making power of the mind
• Czech: představivost — image-making power of the mind
• Danish: fantasi — image-making power of the mind
• Danish: forestillingsevne — image-making power of the mind
• Danish: indbildning — image-making power of the mind
• Dutch: verbeelding — image-making power of the mind
• Dutch: fantasie — image-making power of the mind
• Esperanto: imago — image-making power of the mind
• Estonian: ettekujutus — image-making power of the mind
• Finnish: mielikuvitus — image-making power of the mind
• French: imagination — image-making power of the mind
• Galician: imaxinación — image-making power of the mind
• Galician: maxín — image-making power of the mind
• Georgian: წარმოსახვა (c̣armosaxva) — image-making power of the mind
• Georgian: ფანტაზია (panṭazia) — image-making power of the mind
• Georgian: წარმოდგენა (c̣armodgena) — image-making power of the mind
• German: Vorstellungskraft — image-making power of the mind
• German: Imagination — image-making power of the mind
• German: Einbildungskraft — image-making power of the mind
• German: Fantasie — image-making power of the mind
• Greek: φαντασία (fantasía) — image-making power of the mind
• Ancient Greek: φαντασία (phantasía) — image-making power of the mind
• Ancient Greek: ἐπίνοια (epínoia) — image-making power of the mind
• Hebrew: דִּמְיוֹן (dimyon) — image-making power of the mind
• Hindi: कल्पना (kalpanā) — image-making power of the mind
• Hindi: तसव्वुर (tasavvur) — image-making power of the mind
• Hungarian: képzelet — image-making power of the mind
• Icelandic: ímyndunarafl — image-making power of the mind
• Indonesian: imajinasi — image-making power of the mind
• Irish: íomháineacht — image-making power of the mind
• Italian: immaginazione — image-making power of the mind
• Japanese: 想像力 (sōzōryoku) — image-making power of the mind
• Kazakh: қиял (qiäl) — image-making power of the mind
• Khmer: រូបាទ្យារម្មណ៍ (ruupaatyiərɑm) — image-making power of the mind
• Korean: 상상력 (sangsangnyeok) — image-making power of the mind
• Northern Kurdish: xeyal — image-making power of the mind
• Kyrgyz: кыял (kıyal) — image-making power of the mind
• Lao: ຈິນຕະນາການ (chin ta nā kān) — image-making power of the mind
• Latin: opinio — image-making power of the mind
• Latvian: iztēle — image-making power of the mind
• Lithuanian: vaizduotė — image-making power of the mind
• Macedonian: воо́бразба (voóbrazba) — image-making power of the mind
• Macedonian: имагина́ција (imaginácija) — image-making power of the mind
• Malay: imaginasi — image-making power of the mind
• Māori: pohewatanga — image-making power of the mind
• Middle English: ymaginacioun — image-making power of the mind
• Middle English: ymagynynge — image-making power of the mind
• Mongolian: төсөөлөл (tösöölöl) — image-making power of the mind
• Norwegian: fantasi — image-making power of the mind
• Norwegian: innbilning — image-making power of the mind
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hugleik — image-making power of the mind
• Old English: mōdes hīwung — image-making power of the mind
• Old English: gedwimor — image-making power of the mind
• Pashto: خيال (xyāl) — image-making power of the mind
• Pashto: تخيل (taxayól) — image-making power of the mind
• Pashto: تصور (tasawór) — image-making power of the mind
• Pashto: مخيله (mxayelá) — image-making power of the mind
• Iranian Persian: خِیال (xiyâl) — image-making power of the mind
• Iranian Persian: تَخَیُّل (taxayyol) — image-making power of the mind
• Iranian Persian: تَصَوُّر (tasavvor) — image-making power of the mind
• Iranian Persian: مُخَیِّلِه (moxayyele) — image-making power of the mind
• Plautdietsch: Enbildunk — image-making power of the mind
• Polish: fantazja — image-making power of the mind
• Polish: imaginacja — image-making power of the mind
• Polish: wyobraźnia — image-making power of the mind
• Portuguese: imaginação — image-making power of the mind
• Romanian: imaginație — image-making power of the mind
• Romanian: fantezie — image-making power of the mind
• Romanian: forță de imaginare — image-making power of the mind
• Russian: воображе́ние (voobražénije) — image-making power of the mind
• Scottish Gaelic: mac-meanmna — image-making power of the mind
• Serbo-Croatian: ма̀шта — image-making power of the mind
• Serbo-Croatian: имагина́ција — image-making power of the mind
• Serbo-Croatian: màšta — image-making power of the mind
• Serbo-Croatian: imaginácija — image-making power of the mind
• Slovak: predstavivosť — image-making power of the mind
• Slovene: domišljija — image-making power of the mind
• Spanish: imaginación — image-making power of the mind
• Spanish: magín — image-making power of the mind
• Swahili: ubunifu — image-making power of the mind
• Swedish: fantasi — image-making power of the mind
• Swedish: inbillning — image-making power of the mind
• Tagalog: haraya — image-making power of the mind
• Tagalog: imahinasyon — image-making power of the mind
• Tajik: хаёл (xayol) — image-making power of the mind
• Tajik: тахайюл (taxayyul) — image-making power of the mind
• Tajik: мухайяла (muxayyala) — image-making power of the mind
• Tamil: கற்பனை (kaṟpaṉai) — image-making power of the mind
• Tatar: хыял (xıyal) — image-making power of the mind
• Thai: จินตนาการ (jin-dtà-naa-gaan) — image-making power of the mind
• Turkish: hayal gücü — image-making power of the mind
• Turkish: muhayyile — image-making power of the mind
• Turkish: imgelem — image-making power of the mind
• Turkish: hayal — image-making power of the mind
• Turkmen: hyýal — image-making power of the mind
• Ukrainian: уя́ва (ujáva) — image-making power of the mind
• Ukrainian: уя́влення (ujávlennja) — image-making power of the mind
• Urdu: خَیال (xayāl) — image-making power of the mind
• Urdu: تَخَیُّل (taxayyul) — image-making power of the mind
• Urdu: تَصَوُّر (tasavvur) — image-making power of the mind
• Urdu: مُخَیِّلَہ (muxayyila) — image-making power of the mind
• Uyghur: خىيال (xiyal) — image-making power of the mind
• Uzbek: xayol — image-making power of the mind
• Uzbek: taxayyul — image-making power of the mind
• Vietnamese: sự hình dung — image-making power of the mind
• Vietnamese: sự tưởng tượng — image-making power of the mind
• Afrikaans: verbeelding — construction of false images
• Armenian: երեւակայություն (erewakayutʻyun) — construction of false images
• Chinese Mandarin: 想像 (xiǎngxiàng) — construction of false images
• Dutch: verbeelding — construction of false images
• Finnish: kuvittelu — construction of false images
• Finnish: mielikuvitus — construction of false images
• Indonesian: imajinasi — construction of false images
• Irish: íomháineacht — construction of false images
• Japanese: 想像 (sōzō) — construction of false images
• Japanese: 空想 (kūsō) — construction of false images
• Korean: 상상 (sangsang) — construction of false images
• Macedonian: воо́бразба (voóbrazba) — construction of false images
• Middle English: ymaginacioun — construction of false images
• Polish: urojenie — construction of false images
• Portuguese: imaginação — construction of false images
• Romanian: închipuire — construction of false images
• Romanian: imaginare — construction of false images
• Romanian: iluzionare — construction of false images
• Russian: воображе́ние (voobražénije) — construction of false images
• Scottish Gaelic: mac-meanmna — construction of false images
• Swedish: inbillning — construction of false images
• Finnish: mielikuvitus — creativity; resourcefulness — see also creativity
• Middle English: ymaginacioun — creativity; resourcefulness — see also creativity
• Afrikaans: verbeelding — mental image
• Arabic: صُورَة ذِهْنِيَّة (ṣūra ḏihniyya) — mental image
• Armenian: մտապատկեր (mtapatker) — mental image
• Belarusian: выабражэ́нне (vyabražénnje) — mental image
• Belarusian: выабражэ́ньне (vyabražénʹnje) — mental image
• Belarusian: уяўле́нне (ujawljénnje) — mental image
• Belarusian: уяўле́ньне (ujawljénʹnje) — mental image
• Bulgarian: въображе́ние (vǎobražénie) — mental image
• Dutch: verbeelding — mental image
• Finnish: mielikuva — mental image
• German: Vorstellung — mental image
• German: Einbildung — mental image
• Greek: φαντασίωση (fantasíosi) — mental image
• Hungarian: képzelet — mental image
• Icelandic: ímyndun — mental image
• Indonesian: imajinasi — mental image
• Japanese: 想像 (sōzō) — mental image
• Japanese: 空想 (kūsō) — mental image
• Central Kurdish: خەیاڵ (xeyall) — mental image
• Macedonian: воо́бразба (voóbrazba) — mental image
• Māori: pohewatanga — mental image
• Middle English: ymaginacioun — mental image
• Polish: wyobrażenie — mental image
• Portuguese: imaginação — mental image
• Romanian: imagine — mental image
• Romanian: imaginare — mental image
• Romanian: închipuire — mental image
• Russian: воображе́ние (voobražénije) — mental image
• Spanish: imaginación — mental image
• Swedish: fantasi — mental image
• Swedish: inbillning — mental image
• Ukrainian: уя́ва (ujáva) — mental image
• Ukrainian: уя́влення (ujávlennja) — mental image