idol

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.dl̩/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈaɪ.dl̩]
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• Received-Pronunciation: īʹdl
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈaɪ.dl̩/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˈaɪ.ɾl̩]
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• Canada, General-American: īʹdl
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• Mid-Atlantic, US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Australian: /ˈɑɪ.dl̩/
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• Australian: [ˈɑɪ.ɾl̩]
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• Australian: īʹdl
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• rhymes with -aɪdəl
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• homophone: idle
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• homophone: idyl(l) (US pronunciation)
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• CMU ARPABET: AY1 D AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon)der. Latin īdōlumder. Old French idolebor. Middle English ydole English idol From Middle English ydole, from Old French idole, from Latin idolum, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos (“seeing, image”), from *weyd- (“to see”). Doublet of aidoru, eidolon, and idolum and related to idea.

200 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: idhull — representation of anything revered
• Arabic: صَنَم (ṣanam) — representation of anything revered
• Arabic: وَثَن (waṯan) — representation of anything revered
• Arabic: صنم (ṣanam) — representation of anything revered
• Armenian: կուռք (kuṙkʻ) — representation of anything revered
• Azerbaijani: büt — representation of anything revered
• Azerbaijani: sənəm — representation of anything revered
• Baluchi: بت (but) — representation of anything revered
• Bashkir: бот (bot) — representation of anything revered
• Bashkir: һынташ (hıntaş) — representation of anything revered
• Bashkir: тораташ (torataş) — representation of anything revered
• Belarusian: і́дал (ídal) — representation of anything revered
• Belarusian: бажо́к (bažók) — representation of anything revered
• Belarusian: бо́ства (bóstva) — representation of anything revered
• Bengali: বুত (but) — representation of anything revered
• Bengali: মূর্তি (murti) — representation of anything revered
• Bengali: ভাস্কর্য (bhaskorjo) — representation of anything revered
• Bulgarian: и́дол (ídol) — representation of anything revered
• Bulgarian: куми́р (kumír) — representation of anything revered
• Burmese: ရုပ်တု (ruptu.) — representation of anything revered
• Catalan: ídol — representation of anything revered
• Chinese Cantonese: 偶人 (ngau5 jan4) — representation of anything revered
• Chinese Cantonese: 偶像 (ngau5 zoeng6) — representation of anything revered
• Chinese Mandarin: 偶像 (ǒuxiàng) — representation of anything revered
• Chinese Mandarin: 神像 (shénxiàng) — representation of anything revered
• Chinese Mandarin: 偶人 (ǒurén) — representation of anything revered
• Maore Comorian: sanamwe — representation of anything revered
• Ngazidja Comorian: sinamu — representation of anything revered
• Crimean Tatar: put — representation of anything revered
• Czech: idol — representation of anything revered
• Czech: modla — representation of anything revered
• Danish: idol — representation of anything revered
• Dutch: afgod — representation of anything revered
• Dutch: godenbeeld — representation of anything revered
• Dutch: idool — representation of anything revered
• Esperanto: idolo — representation of anything revered
• Finnish: jumalankuva — representation of anything revered
• Finnish: epäjumalankuva — representation of anything revered
• French: idole — representation of anything revered
• Galician: ídolo — representation of anything revered
• Georgian: კერპი (ḳerṗi) — representation of anything revered
• German: Idol — representation of anything revered
• German: Götze — representation of anything revered
• Greek: είδωλο (eídolo) — representation of anything revered
• Ancient Greek: εἴδωλον (eídōlon) — representation of anything revered
• Gujarati: મૂર્તિ (mūrti) — representation of anything revered
• Gujarati: દેવપ્રતિમા (devapratimā) — representation of anything revered
• Gujarati: પૂતળું (pūtaḷũ) — representation of anything revered
• Hebrew: צלם — representation of anything revered
• Hebrew: פסל — representation of anything revered
• Hebrew: תרפים — representation of anything revered
• Hebrew: בְּעָל — representation of anything revered
• Hindi: बुत (but) — representation of anything revered
• Hindi: मूर्ति (mūrti) — representation of anything revered
• Hindi: प्रतिमा (pratimā) — representation of anything revered
• Hungarian: bálvány — representation of anything revered
• Indonesian: berhala — representation of anything revered
• Indonesian: pujaan — representation of anything revered
• Isoko: ẹdhọ — representation of anything revered
• Italian: idolo — representation of anything revered
• Japanese: 偶像 (gūzō) — representation of anything revered
• Japanese: アイドル (aidoru) — representation of anything revered
• Karaim: abach — representation of anything revered
• Karakhanid: بُرْخَنْ (burχan) — representation of anything revered
• Kazakh: бұт (būt) — representation of anything revered
• Khmer: គារវរូប (kiərĕəʼvĕəʼruup) — representation of anything revered
• Korean: 우상 (usang) — representation of anything revered
• Central Kurdish: بت (bit) — representation of anything revered
• Kyrgyz: бут (but) — representation of anything revered
• Latgalian: dīvaklys — representation of anything revered
• Latin: īdōlum — representation of anything revered
• Latvian: elks — representation of anything revered
• Lingala: nkísi — representation of anything revered
• Lithuanian: stabas — representation of anything revered
• Macedonian: идол (idol) — representation of anything revered
• Macedonian: кумир (kumir) — representation of anything revered
• Malagasy: sampy — representation of anything revered
• Malay: pujaan — representation of anything revered
• Malay: berhala — representation of anything revered
• Malayalam: വിഗ്രഹം (vigrahaṁ) — representation of anything revered
• Māori: whakapakoko — representation of anything revered
• Marathi: मूर्ती (mūrtī) — representation of anything revered
• Middle English: mawmet — representation of anything revered
• Middle English: ydole — representation of anything revered
• Norwegian Bokmål: idol — representation of anything revered
• Old Occitan: ydola — representation of anything revered
• Odia: ମୂର୍ତ୍ତି (murtti) — representation of anything revered
• Church Slavic: коумиръ (kumirŭ) — representation of anything revered
• Old East Slavic: идолъ (idolŭ) — representation of anything revered
• Old East Slavic: кумиръ (kumirŭ) — representation of anything revered
• Old English: wēoh — representation of anything revered
• Old English: hearg — representation of anything revered
• Old English: godġield — representation of anything revered
• Old English: dēofolġield — representation of anything revered
• Pashto: بت (but) — representation of anything revered
• Persian: بُت (bot) — representation of anything revered
• Polish: bożek — representation of anything revered
• Polish: bałwan — representation of anything revered
• Polish: idol — representation of anything revered
• Polish: modła — representation of anything revered
• Portuguese: ídolo — representation of anything revered
• Punjabi: ਮੂਰਤੀ (mūrtī) — representation of anything revered
• Quechua: lanti — representation of anything revered
• Romanian: idol — representation of anything revered
• Russian: и́дол (ídol) — representation of anything revered
• Russian: божество́ (božestvó) — representation of anything revered
• Russian: божо́к (božók) — representation of anything revered
• Russian: истука́н (istukán) — representation of anything revered
• Russian: куми́р (kumír) — representation of anything revered
• Russian: чур (čur) — representation of anything revered
• Sanskrit: देवता (devatā) — representation of anything revered
• Scottish Gaelic: ìomhaigh — representation of anything revered
• Sinhalese: පිළිමය (piḷimaya) — representation of anything revered
• Spanish: ídolo — representation of anything revered
• Swahili: sanamu — representation of anything revered
• Swedish: idol — representation of anything revered
• Swedish: beläte — representation of anything revered
• Swedish: avgudabild — representation of anything revered
• Tajik: бут (but) — representation of anything revered
• Telugu: విగ్రహం (vigrahaṁ) — representation of anything revered
• Telugu: విగ్రహము (vigrahamu) — representation of anything revered
• Thai: เทวรูป (tee-wá-rûup) — representation of anything revered
• Thai: รูปเคารพ (rûup-kao-róp) — representation of anything revered
• Turkish: put — representation of anything revered
• Turkmen: but — representation of anything revered
• Ukrainian: і́дол (ídol) — representation of anything revered
• Ukrainian: божество́ (božestvó) — representation of anything revered
• Ukrainian: божо́к (božók) — representation of anything revered
• Urdu: بُت (but) — representation of anything revered
• Uzbek: but — representation of anything revered
• Uzbek: sanam — representation of anything revered
• Vietnamese: thần tượng — representation of anything revered
• Yiddish: אָפּגאָט (opgot) — representation of anything revered
• Yiddish: צלם (tseylem) — representation of anything revered
• Albanian: idhull — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Arabic: آيْدُول (ʔāydūl) — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Armenian: կուռք (kuṙkʻ) — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Belarusian: і́дал (ídal) — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Belarusian: кумі́р (kumír) — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Bulgarian: и́дол (ídol) — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Bulgarian: куми́р (kumír) — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Catalan: ídol — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Chinese Mandarin: 偶像 (ǒuxiàng) — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Chinese Mandarin: 萬人迷 /万人迷 (wànrénmí) — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Chinese Mandarin: 紅人 /红人 (hóngrén) — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Czech: idol — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Esperanto: idolo — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Estonian: iidol — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Finnish: idoli — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Finnish: esikuva — cultural icon, especially popular person
• French: idole — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Galician: ídolo — cultural icon, especially popular person
• German: Idol — cultural icon, especially popular person
• German: Götze — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Greek: είδωλο (eídolo) — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Greek: ίνδαλμα (índalma) — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Hungarian: idol — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Indonesian: idola — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Italian: idol — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Japanese: アイドル (aidoru) — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Japanese: 偶像 (gūzō) — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Korean: 우상 (usang) — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Korean: 아이돌 (aidol) — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Kyrgyz: аздек (azdek) — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Macedonian: идол (idol) — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Māori: hautupua — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Marathi: आयडल (āyḍal) — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Persian: آیدل (âydol) — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Polish: idol — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Polish: idolka — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Portuguese: ídolo — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Portuguese: ícone — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Romanian: idol — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Russian: и́дол (ídol) — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Russian: куми́р (kumír) — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Serbo-Croatian: ѝдо̄л — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Serbo-Croatian: ìdōl — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Slovak: idol — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Slovene: idol — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Spanish: ídolo — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Swedish: idol — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Thai: ไอดอล (ai-dɔ̂l) — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Turkish: idol — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Ukrainian: і́дол (ídol) — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Ukrainian: куми́р (kumýr) — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Vietnamese: thần tượng — cultural icon, especially popular person
• Belarusian: і́дал (ídal) — (Asia, originally Japan) popular performer
• Bulgarian: и́дол (ídol) — (Asia, originally Japan) popular performer
• Chinese Mandarin: 偶像 (ǒuxiàng) — (Asia, originally Japan) popular performer
• Esperanto: idolo — (Asia, originally Japan) popular performer
• Esperanto: idolkantisto — (Asia, originally Japan) popular performer
• Esperanto: furorulo — (Asia, originally Japan) popular performer
• Finnish: idoli — (Asia, originally Japan) popular performer
• Japanese: アイドル (aidoru) — (Asia, originally Japan) popular performer
• Korean: 아이돌 (aidol) — (Asia, originally Japan) popular performer
• Marathi: आयडल (āyḍal) — (Asia, originally Japan) popular performer
• Russian: и́дол (ídol) — (Asia, originally Japan) popular performer
• Russian: а́йдол (ájdol) — (Asia, originally Japan) popular performer
• Thai: ไอดอล (ai-dɔ̂l) — (Asia, originally Japan) popular performer
• Ukrainian: і́дол (ídol) — (Asia, originally Japan) popular performer