imagination in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for imagination in the English»French Dictionary

imagination [Brit ɪˌmadʒɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n, Am ɪˌmædʒəˈneɪʃ(ə)n] N

imagination

imagination f

to show imagination

faire preuve d'imagination

to have a fertile imagination

avoir l'imagination fertile

to see sth in one's imagination

voir qc en imagination

in his imagination he has a friend called Vic

il s'imagine avoir un ami qui s'appelle Vic

I'll leave the rest to your imagination

je te laisse le soin d'imaginer la suite

it leaves nothing to the imagination

cela ne laisse rien à l'imagination

is it my imagination, or…?

je rêve, ou…?

it's all in your imagination!

c'est tout dans la tête!, tu te fais des idées!

use your imagination!

réfléchis un peu!

not by any stretch of the imagination could you say…

même en faisant un grand effort d'imagination on ne pourrait pas dire…

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fevered imagination

fébrile

flighty person, imagination, account, mind

écervelé

a figment of the/of your imagination

un produit de l'imagination/de ton imagination

creative process, act, energy, imagination

créateur/-trice

freewheeling style, imagination

débridé

overheated imagination

en ébullition

unbridled imagination, sexuality

débridé

Translations for imagination in the French»English Dictionary

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imagination

imagination

avoir de l'imagination

to have imagination, be imaginative

manquer d'imagination

to lack imagination

il a une imagination débordante

he has a very vivid ou fertile imagination

cela a frappé mon imagination

this caught my imagination

faire preuve d'imagination

to show imagination

imaginaire

imagination

l'imaginaire collectif

the collective imagination

être du domaine de l'imaginaire

to belong to the realms of the imagination

imagination in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for imagination in the English»French Dictionary

imagination [ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃən] N

imagination

imagination f

not by any stretch of the imagination

pas même en rêve

to capture sb's imagination

passionner qc

to leave nothing to the imagination

ne rien laisser deviner

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a figment of sb's imagination

le fruit de l'imagination de qn

quicken imagination

exciter

excite imagination

stimuler

Translations for imagination in the French»English Dictionary

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imagination surchauffée

overactive imagination

fertilité d'esprit/d'imagination

fertile mind/imagination

l'imaginaire

the imagination

imagination

imagination

dépasser l'imagination

to be beyond the imagination

vous ne manquez pas d'imagination!

you've got a good imagination!

fantaisie

imagination

être plein de fantaisie personne

to have great imagination

être plein de fantaisie décoration, histoire

to show great imagination

être dépourvu de fantaisie

to lack imagination

fiction

imagination

imagination Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

you let your imagination run away with you

ton imagination s'emballe

not by any stretch of the imagination

pas même en rêve

to capture sb's imagination

passionner qc

to leave nothing to the imagination

ne rien laisser deviner

a figment of sb's imagination

le fruit de l'imagination de qn

by no stretch of imagination

même en faisant un gros effort d'imagination

to fire sb's imagination

stimuler l'imagination de qn

to run riot imagination

s'emballer

the child of a fevered imagination

le fruit d'une imagination délirante

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English

But as a novelist he shows no talent whatsoever and no imagination.

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His work came to rely less on historical incidents than his own imagination.

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Instead, they spend energy, imagination and time in creating new strategies to enter or to stay in a specific market.

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Without imagination, there would be no memory and no projections of the future.

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He was full of imagination, but without taste or knowledge.

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The nearby senses of smell, taste, and touch, as well as the sense of motion, rely on the imagination.

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As imagination replaces reality, they find themselves on the ocean, hunting for a whale.

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Since we were working on a blank stage, we really need to use our imagination.

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The many varieties of color and pattern are limited only by the weaver's imagination.

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His stories are often about differences between realities and imagination.

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