imager

English

Etymology

From Middle English ymageour, from Old French imageor; equivalent to image +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɪmɪdʒə/, /ˈɪmədʒə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɚ/, /ˈɪməd͡ʒɚ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

imager (plural imagers)

1. One who images or forms likenesses; a sculptor.
2. (computing) A system that creates a digital copy such as a disk image.

Derived terms

• bioimager
• neuroimager
• phosphoimager
• phosphorimager

Anagrams

• Margie, gamier, maigre, mirage

French

Etymology

From image +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ma.ʒe/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Verb

imager

1. to embellish with images

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written image- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of imager (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	imager
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	imageant /i.ma.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		imagé /i.ma.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	image /i.maʒ/	images /i.maʒ/	image /i.maʒ/	imageons /i.ma.ʒɔ̃/	imagez /i.ma.ʒe/	imagent /i.maʒ/
	imperfect	imageais /i.ma.ʒɛ/	imageais /i.ma.ʒɛ/	imageait /i.ma.ʒɛ/	imagions /i.ma.ʒjɔ̃/	imagiez /i.ma.ʒje/	imageaient /i.ma.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	imageai /i.ma.ʒe/	imageas /i.ma.ʒa/	imagea /i.ma.ʒa/	imageâmes /i.ma.ʒam/	imageâtes /i.ma.ʒat/	imagèrent /i.ma.ʒɛʁ/
	future	imagerai /i.maʒ.ʁe/	imageras /i.maʒ.ʁa/	imagera /i.maʒ.ʁa/	imagerons /i.maʒ.ʁɔ̃/	imagerez /i.maʒ.ʁe/	imageront /i.maʒ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	imagerais /i.maʒ.ʁɛ/	imagerais /i.maʒ.ʁɛ/	imagerait /i.maʒ.ʁɛ/	imagerions /i.ma.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	imageriez /i.ma.ʒə.ʁje/	imageraient /i.maʒ.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	image /i.maʒ/	images /i.maʒ/	image /i.maʒ/	imagions /i.ma.ʒjɔ̃/	imagiez /i.ma.ʒje/	imagent /i.maʒ/
	imperfect2	imageasse /i.ma.ʒas/	imageasses /i.ma.ʒas/	imageât /i.ma.ʒa/	imageassions /i.ma.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	imageassiez /i.ma.ʒa.sje/	imageassent /i.ma.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	image /i.maʒ/	—	imageons /i.ma.ʒɔ̃/	imagez /i.ma.ʒe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “imager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Noun

imager

1. alternative form of ymageour