# imago
## English
### Etymology

From Latin imāgō. Doublet of image.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɪˈmeɪɡəʊ/, /ɪˈmɑːɡəʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ɪˈmeɪɡoʊ/, /ɪˈmɑɡoʊ/

### Noun

imago (plural imagines or imagos or imagoes)
* (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?’
* (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
### See also

* imago Dei

### Anagrams

* MOGAI, amigo

## Czech
### Alternative forms

* imágo

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɪmaɡo]

### Noun

imago n
* 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 at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Latin imago.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

imago n (plural imago's, diminutive imagootje n)
* 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.
* (biology) imago: the full grown form of an insect

#### Synonyms

(1) * image

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: imago

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [iˈmaɡo]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɡo
* Hyphenation: i‧ma‧go

### Noun

imago (accusative singular imagon, plural imagoj, accusative plural imagojn)
* imagination

## Estonian
### Etymology

From Latin imago.

### Noun

imago (genitive imago, partitive imagot)
* image (a characteristic of a person, group or company etc.)
* (zoology) imago, fully grown insect

#### Synonyms

* imidž

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Latin imāgō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈimɑɡo/, [ˈimɑ̝ɡo̞]
* Rhymes: -imɑɡo
* Hyphenation: ima‧go

### Noun

imago
* image (a characteristic of a person, group or company, how one is, or wishes to be, perceived by others)
* (entomology) imago

#### Declension

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

* imagonrakennus
* imagonrakentaja

### Further reading

* “imago”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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: /i.ma.ɡo/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

imago f (plural imagos)
* (entomology) imago (final stage of insect)
* (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.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch imago, from Latin imāgō.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /iˈmaɡo/ [iˈma.ɡo]
* Rhymes: -aɡo
* Syllabification: i‧ma‧go

### Noun

imago (plural imago-imago)
* imago:
** (entomology) The final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis.
** (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.

### Further reading

* “imago” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* immago

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imāgō. Doublet of immagine.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈma.ɡo/
* Rhymes: -aɡo
* Hyphenation: i‧mà‧go

### Noun

imago f (invariable)
* (archaic, poetic) Synonym of immagine
* (entomology) imago (development stage of an insect)
* (psychology) imago (idealised/idealized concept of a loved one)

### Further reading

* imago$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* imago$^2$ 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: /iˈmaː.ɡoː/, [ɪˈmäːɡoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /iˈma.ɡo/, [iˈmäːɡo]

### Noun

imāgō f (genitive imāginis); third declension
* image, imitation, likeness, statue, representation
* ancestral image
* ghost, apparition
* semblance, appearance, shadow
* echo
    Synonym: ēchō f
* conception, thought
* reminder
* (rhetoric) comparison
* (art) depiction

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### 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, 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: /iˈma.ɡɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɡɔ
* Syllabification: i‧ma‧go

### Noun

imago n (indeclinable)
* (entomology, lepidopterology) imago (final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis)
    Synonyms: owad dorosły, owad doskonały
    Coordinate terms: larwa, poczwarka
* (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)
* image forming part of an emblem

#### Declension

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)
* (entomology) imago (final stage of insect)

#### Declension

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## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈmaɡo/ [iˈma.ɣ̞o]
* Rhymes: -aɡo
* Syllabification: i‧ma‧go

### Noun

imago m (plural imagos)
* (entomology) imago

### Noun

imago f (plural imagos)
* (psychology) imago

### Further reading

* “imago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10