Standard Lemma guide

ide

contraction · name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /aɪd/
  • rhymes with -aɪd
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: eyed
  • homophone: I'd
  • CMU ARPABET: AY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

contraction

Meaning 1

Obsolete form of I'd.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, contraction, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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2

name

Meaning 2

A surname transferred from the given name.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

name

Meaning 3

A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England, named after Saint Ida (OS grid ref SX8990).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, found across northern Europe and Asia, especially Leuciscus idus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Initialism of insulin-degrading enzyme.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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6

noun

Meaning 6

Initialism of integrated development environment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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7

noun

Meaning 7

Initialism of integrated drive electronics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From the medieval male (and less often female) given name Ida.

Borrowed from French ide, from Scientific Latin idus (species name), from Swedish id.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bashkir: опто (opto) — fish
  • Bulgarian: мъздруга (mǎzdruga) — fish
  • Chuvash: ӑптӑ (ăptă) — fish
  • Czech: jelec jesen — fish
  • Dutch: winde — fish
  • Estonian: säinas — fish
  • Finnish: säyne — fish
  • German: Aland — fish
  • Hungarian: jászkeszeg — fish
  • Ingrian: säyne — fish
  • Ingrian: säynes — fish
  • Komi-Zyrian: сын (syn) — fish
  • Eastern Mari: парда́ш (pardáš) — fish
  • Western Mari: пӓрдӓш (pärdäš) — fish
  • Polish: jaź — fish
  • Romanian: văduvioară — fish
  • Romanian: văduviță — fish
  • Russian: язь (jazʹ) — fish
  • Serbo-Croatian: jez — fish
  • Swedish: id — fish
  • Swedish: ort — fish
  • Tatar: упта (upta) — fish
  • Turkish: sarıbalık — fish
  • Udmurt: сон (son) — fish