Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

imagen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables: im-a-gen
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A unit of imagery, analogous to a logogen, but applicable to non-verbal systems.

Etymology

Coined by Allan Paivio, from image + -gen.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: image

Inflected Forms

imagens (plural)

Questions

What does imagen mean?: A unit of imagery, analogous to a logogen, but applicable to non-verbal systems.
Where does imagen come from?: Coined by Allan Paivio, from image + -gen.

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