idiom

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• /ˈɪdiəm/
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• [ˈɪdɪəm]
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• [ˈɪɾiəm]
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• rhymes with -iəm
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From Middle French idiome, and its source, Late Latin idioma, from Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “a peculiarity, property, a peculiar phraseology, idiom”), from ἰδιοῦσθαι (idioûsthai, “to make one's own, appropriate to oneself”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “one's own, pertaining to oneself, private, personal, peculiar, separate”). By surface analysis, idi- + -om.

189 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: parla — manner of speaking
• Catalan: parlar — manner of speaking
• Catalan: dialecte — manner of speaking
• Chinese Mandarin: 文風 /文风 (wénfēng) — manner of speaking
• Danish: talemåde — manner of speaking
• Finnish: puhetapa — manner of speaking
• Finnish: puheenparsi — manner of speaking
• Finnish: idiomi — manner of speaking
• French: idiome — manner of speaking
• German: Idiom — manner of speaking
• German: Dialekt — manner of speaking
• German: Mundart — manner of speaking
• German: Redeweise — manner of speaking
• German: Sprechweise — manner of speaking
• Hungarian: kifejezésmód — manner of speaking
• Hungarian: szólásmód — manner of speaking
• Hungarian: idióma — manner of speaking
• Irish: cor cainte — manner of speaking
• Italian: idioma — manner of speaking
• Italian: parlata — manner of speaking
• Māori: kīwaha — manner of speaking
• Russian: идио́ма (idióma) — manner of speaking
• Russian: оборо́т ре́чи (oborót réči) — manner of speaking
• Scottish Gaelic: gnàthas-cainnt — manner of speaking
• Spanish: dicción — manner of speaking
• Spanish: lenguaje — manner of speaking
• Walloon: pårler — manner of speaking
• Walloon: cåzaedje — manner of speaking
• Catalan: idioma — language variety
• Catalan: llengua — language variety
• Chinese Mandarin: 方言 (fāngyán) — language variety
• Finnish: kielimuunnos — language variety
• French: idiome — language variety
• German: Idiom — language variety
• German: Sprache — language variety
• German: Ausdrucksweise — language variety
• Hebrew: נִיב (niv) — language variety
• Hungarian: nyelvváltozat — language variety
• Hungarian: idióma — language variety
• Indonesian: idiom — language variety
• Italian: dialetto — language variety
• Italian: vernacolo — language variety
• Japanese: 方言 (hōgen) — language variety
• Japanese: 訛り (namari) — language variety
• Korean: 언어 (eoneo) — language variety
• Korean: 어법 (eobeop) — language variety
• Malay: loghat — language variety
• Polish: mowa — language variety
• Polish: narzecze — language variety
• Russian: идио́м (idióm) — language variety
• Russian: диале́кт (dialékt) — language variety
• Russian: наре́чие (naréčije) — language variety
• Russian: го́вор (góvor) — language variety
• Serbo-Croatian: идѝо̄м — language variety
• Serbo-Croatian: idìōm — language variety
• Slovak: idióm — language variety
• Spanish: idioma — language variety
• Ottoman Turkish: لغت (lügat) — language variety
• Vietnamese: thổ ngữ — language variety
• Walloon: pårler — language variety
• Walloon: djårgon — language variety
• Walloon: patwès — language variety
• Albanian: idiomë — idiomatic expression
• Arabic: اِصْطِلَاح (iṣṭilāḥ) — idiomatic expression
• Arabic: مُصْطَلَح (muṣṭalaḥ) — idiomatic expression
• Armenian: դարձված (darjvac) — idiomatic expression
• Azerbaijani: deyim — idiomatic expression
• Azerbaijani: idiom — idiomatic expression
• Azerbaijani: idioma — idiomatic expression
• Belarusian: ідыёма (idyjóma) — idiomatic expression
• Bengali: বাগধারা (bagdhara) — idiomatic expression
• Bulgarian: идио́м (idióm) — idiomatic expression
• Burmese: အီဒီယမ် (idiyam) — idiomatic expression
• Catalan: idiotisme — idiomatic expression
• Catalan: frase feta — idiomatic expression
• Chinese Cantonese: 成語 /成语 — idiomatic expression
• Chinese Mandarin: 成語 /成语 (chéngyǔ) — idiomatic expression
• Chinese Mandarin: 習慣用語 /习惯用语 (xíguàn yòngyǔ) — idiomatic expression
• Chinese Mandarin: 俗語 /俗语 (súyǔ) — idiomatic expression
• Chinese Mandarin: 習語 /习语 (xíyǔ) — idiomatic expression
• Czech: idiom — idiomatic expression
• Danish: idiom — idiomatic expression
• Dutch: idioom — idiomatic expression
• Dutch: taaleigen — idiomatic expression
• Esperanto: idiotismo — idiomatic expression
• Estonian: idioom — idiomatic expression
• Finnish: idiomi — idiomatic expression
• Finnish: sanonta — idiomatic expression
• French: idiotisme — idiomatic expression
• French: idiome — idiomatic expression
• Georgian: იდიომი (idiomi) — idiomatic expression
• Georgian: იდიომატური გამოთქმა (idiomaṭuri gamotkma) — idiomatic expression
• German: Idiom — idiomatic expression
• German: Redewendung — idiomatic expression
• German: Redensart — idiomatic expression
• German: Ausdrucksweise — idiomatic expression
• German: idiomatischer Ausdruck — idiomatic expression
• Greek: ιδίωμα (idíoma) — idiomatic expression
• Hebrew: מַטְבֵּעַ לָשׁוֹן (matbéa' lashón) — idiomatic expression
• Hebrew: נִיב (niv) — idiomatic expression
• Hindi: मुहावरा (muhāvrā) — idiomatic expression
• Hungarian: idióma — idiomatic expression
• Hungarian: beszédfordulat — idiomatic expression
• Hungarian: fordulat — idiomatic expression
• Hungarian: kifejezés — idiomatic expression
• Hungarian: állandósult szókapcsolat — idiomatic expression
• Icelandic: orðatiltæki — idiomatic expression
• Ido: idiotismo — idiomatic expression
• Indonesian: idiom — idiomatic expression
• Italian: espressione idiomatica — idiomatic expression
• Italian: idiotismo — idiomatic expression
• Italian: idiomatismo — idiomatic expression
• Italian: locuzione — idiomatic expression
• Japanese: 熟語 (jukugo) — idiomatic expression
• Japanese: 成句 (seiku) — idiomatic expression
• Japanese: 慣用語 (kan'yōgo) — idiomatic expression
• Japanese: 慣用句 (kan'yōku) — idiomatic expression
• Kapampangan: panasbuk (Wawa) — idiomatic expression
• Kapampangan: panasbuc (Baculud) — idiomatic expression
• Kazakh: идиома (idioma) — idiomatic expression
• Khmer: បានតែបង្ហាញ (baan tae bɑɑnghaañ) — idiomatic expression
• Korean: 관용구 (gwanyonggu) — idiomatic expression
• Korean: 숙어 (sugeo) — idiomatic expression
• Korean: 관용어 (gwanyong'eo) — idiomatic expression
• Central Kurdish: زاراوە (zarawe) — idiomatic expression
• Northern Kurdish: biwêj — idiomatic expression
• Northern Kurdish: îdyom — idiomatic expression
• Kyrgyz: идиома (idioma) — idiomatic expression
• Lao: ສໍານວນ (sam nūan) — idiomatic expression
• Latvian: idioma — idiomatic expression
• Lithuanian: idioma — idiomatic expression
• Macedonian: идио́м (idióm) — idiomatic expression
• Malay: simpulan bahasa — idiomatic expression
• Manx: corghlare — idiomatic expression
• Māori: kīrehu — idiomatic expression
• Marathi: वाक्प्रचार (vākpracār) — idiomatic expression
• Mongolian: хэлц үг (xelc üg) — idiomatic expression
• Norwegian Bokmål: idiom — idiomatic expression
• Old English: āgensprǣċ — idiomatic expression
• Old English: ġecyndesprǣċ — idiomatic expression
• Pashto: اصطلاح (estelāh) — idiomatic expression
• Dari: اِصْطِلَاح (istilāh) — idiomatic expression
• Iranian Persian: اِصْطِلاح (estelâh) — idiomatic expression
• Polish: idiom — idiomatic expression
• Portuguese: idioma — idiomatic expression
• Portuguese: expressão idiomática — idiomatic expression
• Romanian: idiom — idiomatic expression
• Russian: идио́ма (idióma) — idiomatic expression
• Russian: идиомати́ческий оборо́т (idiomatíčeskij oborót) — idiomatic expression
• Russian: идиомати́ческое выраже́ние (idiomatíčeskoje vyražénije) — idiomatic expression
• Russian: фразеологи́зм (frazeologízm) — idiomatic expression
• Russian: усто́йчивое выраже́ние (ustójčivoje vyražénije) — idiomatic expression
• Scottish Gaelic: gnàthas-cainnt — idiomatic expression
• Serbo-Croatian: идѝо̄м — idiomatic expression
• Serbo-Croatian: idìōm — idiomatic expression
• Slovak: idióm — idiomatic expression
• Slovene: idiom — idiomatic expression
• Spanish: idiotismo — idiomatic expression
• Spanish: idiomatismo — idiomatic expression
• Spanish: modismo — idiomatic expression
• Swedish: idiom — idiomatic expression
• Swedish: idiomatiskt uttryck — idiomatic expression
• Tagalog: kawikaan — idiomatic expression
• Tajik: идиома (idioma) — idiomatic expression
• Tajik: истилоҳ (istiloh) — idiomatic expression
• Tamil: மரபுத்தொடர் (maraputtoṭar) — idiomatic expression
• Telugu: జాతీయము (jātīyamu) — idiomatic expression
• Thai: สํานวน (sǎm-nuuan) — idiomatic expression
• Turkish: deyim — idiomatic expression
• Ukrainian: ідіо́ма (idióma) — idiomatic expression
• Ukrainian: стійки́й зворо́т (stijkýj zvorót) — idiomatic expression
• Urdu: مُحاوَرَہ (muhāvara) — idiomatic expression
• Urdu: اِصْطِلاح (istilāh) — idiomatic expression
• Uyghur: ئىدىئوم (idi'om) — idiomatic expression
• Uzbek: idioma — idiomatic expression
• Uzbek: istiloh — idiomatic expression
• Vietnamese: thành ngữ — idiomatic expression
• Walloon: ratourneure — idiomatic expression
• Welsh: idiom — idiomatic expression
• Bulgarian: и́зразни сре́дства (ízrazni srédstva) — distinct style of art, etc
• Finnish: käsiala — distinct style of art, etc
• German: Stil — distinct style of art, etc
• German: Ausdrucksweise — distinct style of art, etc
• Japanese: 様式 (yōshiki) — distinct style of art, etc
• Korean: 양식 (yangsik) — distinct style of art, etc
• Russian: сре́дство выраже́ния (srédstvo vyražénija) — distinct style of art, etc
• Finnish: kädenjälki — instance of such style
• German: Vertreter — instance of such style
• German: Ausdruck — instance of such style