imagery

English

Etymology

From Old French imagerie

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Noun

imagery (countable and uncountable, plural imageries)

The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
Imitation work.
Images in general, or en masse.
(figuratively) Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.

Translations

work

Catalan: imatgeria f
Finnish: kuvaaminen (fi)

Indonesian: perumpamaan (id), tamsil (id)

imitation work — see imitation

images in general

Bulgarian: образи (bg) m pl (obrazi)
Finnish: kuvat (fi) pl, kuvasto

Indonesian: citra (id) sg, citraan (id) pl

unreal show

work of imagination

Finnish: mielikuvitus (fi)

rhetorical decoration

Bulgarian: образен език m (obrazen ezik)

Finnish: kuvailu (fi), maalailu (fi)

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Irish: ^{(please verify)} íomháineachas m

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