imago

English

Etymology

From Latin imāgō. Doublet of image.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈmeɪɡəʊ/, /ɪˈmɑːɡəʊ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈmeɪɡoʊ/, /ɪˈmɑɡoʊ/

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

• imago clipeata
• imagology

Translations

development stage of an insect

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 成蟲／成虫 (zh) (chéngchóng)

• Czech: dospělec (cs) m, imago (cs) n
• Finnish: imago (fi)
• German: Vollkerf m
• Irish: iomágó m
• Italian: imago (it) m
• Japanese: 成虫 (ja) (せいちゅう, seichū)
• Kazakh: имаго (imago)
• Polish: imago (pl) n
• Russian: има́го (ru) n (imágo) (indeclinable)
• Swedish: imago (sv) c

Anagrams

• MOGAI, amigo

Czech

Alternative forms

• imágo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪmaɡo]

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

• Audio:

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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

• IPA^(key): [iˈmaɡo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Hyphenation: i‧ma‧go

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

• imidž

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin imāgō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈimɑɡo/, [ˈimɑ̝ɡo̞]
• Rhymes: -imɑɡo
• Hyphenation^(key): ima‧go

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 third-person possessor singular plural nominative imagonsa imagonsa accusative nom. imagonsa imagonsa gen. imagonsa genitive imagonsa imagojensa imagoidensa imagoittensa partitive imagoaan imagoansa imagojaan imagoitaan imagojansa imagoitansa inessive imagossaan imagossansa imagoissaan imagoissansa elative imagostaan imagostansa imagoistaan imagoistansa illative imagoonsa imagoihinsa adessive imagollaan imagollansa imagoillaan imagoillansa ablative imagoltaan imagoltansa imagoiltaan imagoiltansa allative imagolleen imagollensa imagoilleen imagoillensa essive imagonaan imagonansa imagoinaan imagoinansa translative imagokseen imagoksensa imagoikseen imagoiksensa abessive imagottaan imagottansa imagoittaan imagoittansa instructive — — comitative — imagoineen imagoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• imagonrakennus
• imagonrakentaja

 

Further reading

• “imago”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ma.ɡo/

• Audio:

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Noun

imago f (plural imagos)

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

Further reading

• “imago”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Alternative forms

• immago

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

• magio, mogia

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iˈmaː.ɡoː/, [ɪˈmäːɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈma.ɡo/, [iˈmäːɡo]

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

• (image, statue): signum, simulācrum, statua

Derived terms

• imāginābilis
• imāginālis
• imāgināliter
• imāginārius
• imāgineus
• imāginifer
• imāginō
• imāginor
• imāginōsus
• imāguncula

 

Descendants

• Anglo-Norman: ymage, image
  • Norman: image
• Asturian: imaxe
• Catalan: imatge
• Dutch: imago
• English: image, imago
• Esperanto: imago
• Old Francoprovençal: ymage, ymagena
  • Franco-Provençal: image, imagina
• French: image
  • → Franco-Provençal: émâge
  • → Turkish: imaj
• Italian: immagine
  • → Piedmontese: imàgin, imàgine
• Irish: íomhá
• Occitan: imatge
• Old French: image
• Old Irish: ímáig
• Old Galician-Portuguese: ymagen
  • Galician: imaxe
  • Portuguese: imagem
• Piedmontese: image
• Romanian: imagine
• Scottish Gaelic: ìomhaigh
• Sicilian: mmàggini
• Spanish: imagen
• Swedish: imago

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^[2], 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈma.ɡɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɡɔ
• Syllabification: i‧ma‧go

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

Declension of imago

	singular	plural
nominative	imago	imaga/imagines
genitive	imaga	imag
dative	imagu	imagom
accusative	imago	imaga
instrumental	imagiem	imagami
locative	imagu	imagach
vocative	imago	imaga

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/ [iˈma.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Syllabification: i‧ma‧go

Noun

imago m (plural imagos)

1. (entomology) imago

Noun

imago f (plural imagos)

1. (psychology) imago

Further reading

• “imago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28