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Added 7 October 2026

image

/ˈɪm.ɪd͡ʒ/ noun

In Latin: imāgō Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about image at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.
The Bible forbids the worship of graven images.
A file on a computer containing a single frame; an image file.
A mental picture of something not real or not present.

verb

To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.
To reflect, mirror.
To create an image of.

Origin

From Middle English ymage, borrowed from Old French image, from Latin imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym-; the same PIE root is the source of imitari (“to copy, imitate”); see imitate. Doublet of imago.

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