imagem

Portuguese

/i.ˈma.ʒẽj̃/, /i.ˈma.ʒɐ̃j̃/

noun
Definitions
  • image; picture; figure optical representation of an object
  • image mental representation of something seen or imagined
  • image outward appearance
  • image; face characteristics that are first perceived by others
  • (computing) image file containing all data of a storage medium
  • (religion) icon small object of religious devotion
  • (geometrical optics) image a group of emitted, reflected or refracted rays of light
  • (mathematics) image values mapped to by a function

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese omage, omagen, ymagen derived from Latin imāginem, imāgō (image, a copy, likeness).

Origin

Latin

imāginem, imāgō

Gloss

image, a copy, likeness

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