imaginal

English

Etymology

From imagine +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈmad͡ʒɪnəl/
• Rhymes: -ædʒɪnəl

Adjective

imaginal (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the imagination, or to a mental image.
   • 1992, Spirited Women Book Company (publisher), At the Crossroads‎, page 48:

     Ring sees both the NDE and UFOE as modern day shamanic initiations in which the journeyer (NDEer or UFOer) enters an "imaginal" reality, an alternative reality that coexists with physical reality and that is equally real.

2. Of or relating to the insect imago.

Derived terms

• imaginal disk / imaginal disc
• preimaginal
• subimaginal

French

Adjective

imaginal (feminine imaginale, masculine plural imaginaux, feminine plural imaginales)

1. (relational) imago; imaginal

Further reading

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

Spanish

Adjective

imaginal m or f (masculine and feminine plural imaginales)

1. imaginal