image
im·age/ˈɪm.ɪd͡ʒ/noun, verb
image is spelled I-M-A-G-E: 5 letters and 2 syllables (im·age). It appears 87 times per million words in written English, the 1,223rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, image means “A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of image is images.
How many letters and syllables are in image?
| Letters | 5: I-M-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: im·age |
| In writing | 87 times per million words; the 1,223rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is image?
Image appears 87 times per million words in written English, the 1,223rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce image?
- /ˈɪm.ɪd͡ʒ/
- /ˈɪm.əd͡ʒ/
- /ˈɘm.ɘd͡ʒ/
Image has 2 syllables, split im·age in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-image.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of image
- images plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- imaging participle, present
- imaged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does image mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.
The Bible forbids the worship of graven images.
- 2
A file on a computer containing a single frame; an image file.
- 3
A mental picture of something not real or not present.
- 4
A statue or idol.
- 5
A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image and image copy.)
Most game console emulators do not come with any ROM images for copyright reasons.
- 6
A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is or wishes to be perceived by others.
- 7
The value a function maps some argument to.
The number 6 is the image of 3 under f that is defined as f(x) = 2x.
- 8
The subset of the codomain of a function comprising those elements that are the image of some element of its domain.
The image of this step function is the set of integers.
verb
- 1
To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.
- 2
To reflect, mirror.
- 3
To create an image of.
- 4
To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate image?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of image: NIL.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Image in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | image |
| German | Bild, Abbild , Image, Speicherabbild , reflektieren, spiegeln |
| Portuguese | imagem, figura, fotografia , visão |
| Spanish | imagen, estampa |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does image come from?
From Middle English ymage, borrowed from Old French image, from Latin imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym-; the same PIE root is the source of imitari (“to copy, imitate”); see imitate. Doublet of imago.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).