imaginative

English

Etymology

From Middle English ymagynatif, from Middle French imaginatif, from Medieval Latin imāginātīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnətɪv/, /-ənətɪv/, /ɪˈmæd͡ʒnətɪv/
• Hyphenation: ima‧gi‧na‧tive

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Adjective

imaginative (comparative more imaginative, superlative most imaginative)

1. Having a lively or creative imagination.

   an imaginative boy

   • 1951 December, Helen Weissenstein, “Readers' Forum”, in Chess Review:

     No doubt kibitzers are highly imaginative. How else could they see wins and brilliant combinations that do not exist?

2. Tending to be fanciful or inventive.

   an imaginative story

3. False or imagined.

Derived terms

• imaginative fiction

Translations

having a lively imagination

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: imaginatiu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} imagema
• Finnish: kekseliäs (fi), mielikuvituksellinen (fi), mielikuvitusrikas
• French: imaginatif (fr)
• Galician: imaxinativo m
• German: einfallsreich (de)
• Greek: ευφάνταστος (el) (effántastos)

  Ancient: εὐφάνταστος (euphántastos)

• Interlingua: imaginative
• Italian: immaginoso (it) m
• Polish: pomysłowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: imaginativo (pt) m
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Scottish Gaelic: mac-meanmnach
• Spanish: imaginativo (es)

tending to be fanciful

• Arabic: خيالي (ar)
• Catalan: imaginatiu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} imagema
• Finnish: luova (fi), mielikuvitusrikas
• French: imaginatif (fr)
• Interlingua: imaginative
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Scottish Gaelic: mac-meanmnach

false or imagined

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: keksitty (fi), kuvitteellinen (fi), kuviteltu (fi)
• French: imaginaire (fr)
• Russian: вообража́емый (ru) (voobražájemyj), мни́мый (ru) (mnímyj), нереа́льный (ru) (nereálʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: mac-meanmnach

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ma.ʒi.na.tiv/

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• Homophone: imaginatives

Adjective

imaginative

1. feminine singular of imaginatif

Latin

Adjective

imāginātīve

1. vocative masculine singular of imāginātīvus