imagination
French → English
(creativity) The mental faculty of forming new ideas or creative images; inventiveness
Ce poète a une imagination fertile qui se voit dans ses vers.
(English) This poet has a fertile imagination that shows in his verses.
Il manque d’imagination pour écrire un roman vraiment original.
(English) He lacks the inventiveness to write a truly original novel.
(belief) A notion or opinion formed without foundation or based on fantasy; misconception
Ce miracle est sûrement le produit de l'imagination des villageois.
(English) This miracle is surely the product of the villagers' imagination.
Ces principes n'ont jamais existé que dans l’imagination des auteurs.
(English) These principles have never existed except in the authors' imagination.
(mental) The act of picturing something in the mind that is not present; mental representation
Son imagination lui représente vivement le visage de la mort.
(English) His imagination vividly represents the face of death to him.
Rien ne pouvait combler l’imagination folle de ce jeune aventurier.
(English) Nothing could satisfy the wild imagination of this young adventurer.
Entry ID: fr:en:imagination · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary