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feminine

/iˈmaxen/

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Translation

image, picture

Word origin

From Latin imago, imaginem ('image, likeness'). The same root gives English image and imagine.

Origin: Latin
Root: imago
English cognates: image, imagine

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralimágenes

Examples

A picture is worth a thousand words.

That image is still in my head since that day.

He needs to look after his public image.

The image of the sky shows that a strong storm is coming.

I have had that image in my mind since my childhood.

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This word is part of lesson 18.