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imaginary

UK
/ɪˈmædʒɪnəri/
US
/ɪˈmædʒɪˌnɛri/

Translations

imaginaryadjective
more imaginary
Comp.
most imaginary
Super.
UK
/ɪˈmædʒɪnəri/
US
/ɪˈmædʒɪˌnɛri/
The child had an imaginary friend that she talked to every day.
L’enfant avait un ami imaginaire à qui elle parlait tous les jours.
Additional translations
irréelS’emploie surtout pour insister sur l’absence de réalité.
Synonyms
hypothetical
make-believe
visionary
dreamed-up
illusory
unreal
fantastical
fictitious
Antonyms
actual
real
imaginarynoun
imaginaries
pl
UK
/ɪˈmædʒɪnəri/
US
/ɪˈmædʒəˌnɛri/
Used chiefly in mathematics to mean an imaginary number.
imaginaireMathématiques.
In the expression a + bi, the term bi is the imaginary.
Dans l’expression a + bi, le terme bi est l’imaginaire.
Synonyms
fabrication
illusion
fantasy
figment
chimera
mirage
phantasm
fancy
daydream
make-believe

Definitions

imaginaryadjective
Existing only in the imagination; not real.
The child had an imaginary friend that she talked to every day.
Pertaining to or involving imagination or fantasy.
The novel is set in an imaginary world filled with magical creatures.
(Mathematics) Of a number or quantity, involving or containing the square root of −1; having an imaginary unit component.
The quadratic equation has two imaginary roots.
imaginarynoun
(Mathematics) An imaginary number.
In the expression a + bi, the term bi is the imaginary.
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