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imago en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪˈmɑɡoʊ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪˈmeɪɡəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɪˈmeɪɡoʊ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪˈmɑːɡəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Latin imāgō. Doublet of image. Compare typologically a Russian term for coordinate larva: личи́нка (ličínka) (akin to лик (lik)).

Meanings

1. The final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis.
   • ‘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?’ 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise:
2. 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.

Forms

Deriveds

imagology · imago clipeata · subimago · pseudimago

Relateds

imago Dei

Translations (13)

ga iomágó (development stage of an insect) · ja 成虫 (development stage of an insect) · fi imago (development stage of an insect) · sv imago (development stage of an insect) · de Vollkerf (development stage of an insect) · it imago (development stage of an insect) · pl imago (development stage of an insect) · id imago (development stage of an insect) · cs imago (development stage of an insect) · kk имаго (development stage of an insect) · cmn 成蟲 /成虫 (development stage of an insect) · ru има́го (development stage of an insect) · cs dospělec (development stage of an insect)