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An established expression whose wording is subject to little or no variation, and which may or may not be idiomatic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: phraseme, fixed expression, fixed term
Antonyms: none provided
An idiomatic expression in general.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, phrase
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: saying, expression, locution
Narrower terms: ruralism, rusticism
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Belarusian:
усто́йлівае словазлучэ́нне
(ustójlivaje slovazlučénnje)
— expression subject to little variation
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Catalan:
frase feta
— expression subject to little variation
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Chinese Mandarin:
固定搭配
(gùdìng dāpèi)
— expression subject to little variation
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Dutch:
vaste verbinding
— expression subject to little variation
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Finnish:
kiteymä
— expression subject to little variation
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Finnish:
vakiintunut ilmaus
— expression subject to little variation
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Finnish:
sanaliitto
— expression subject to little variation
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French:
expression consacrée
— expression subject to little variation
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French:
phraséologisme
— expression subject to little variation
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German:
feststehende Wendung
— expression subject to little variation
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German:
formelhafte Wendung
— expression subject to little variation
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German:
Wortverbindung
— expression subject to little variation
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German:
Wortgruppe
— expression subject to little variation
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German:
Redewendung
— expression subject to little variation
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German:
Phrasem
— expression subject to little variation
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Japanese:
慣用句
(kan'yōku)
— expression subject to little variation
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Korean:
관용구
(gwanyonggu)
— expression subject to little variation
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Polish:
frazeologizm
— expression subject to little variation
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Polish:
idiom
— expression subject to little variation
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Polish:
idiomat
— expression subject to little variation
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Polish:
idiomatyzm
— expression subject to little variation
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Polish:
związek frazeologiczny
— expression subject to little variation
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Russian:
усто́йчивое словосочета́ние
(ustójčivoje slovosočetánije)
— expression subject to little variation
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Russian:
усто́йчивое выраже́ние
(ustójčivoje vyražénije)
— expression subject to little variation
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Swedish:
fast uttryck
— expression subject to little variation
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Ukrainian:
уста́лене словосполу́чення
(ustálene slovospolúčennja)
— expression subject to little variation
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Ukrainian:
ста́ле словосполу́чення
(stále slovospolúčennja)
— expression subject to little variation
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Ukrainian:
уста́лений ви́слів
(ustálenyj výsliv)
— expression subject to little variation
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Ukrainian:
ста́лий ви́раз
(stályj výraz)
— expression subject to little variation
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Catalan:
frase feta
— idiomatic expression
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Catalan:
dita
— idiomatic expression
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Chinese Mandarin:
習慣用語 /习惯用语
(xíguànyòngyǔ)
— idiomatic expression
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Chinese Mandarin:
成語 /成语
(chéngyǔ)
— idiomatic expression
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Dutch:
vaste verbinding
— idiomatic expression
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Dutch:
staande uitdrukking
— idiomatic expression
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Finnish:
idiomi
— idiomatic expression
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French:
locution figée
— idiomatic expression
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French:
phraséologisme
— idiomatic expression
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German:
feststehende Redensart
— idiomatic expression
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German:
Floskel
— idiomatic expression
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Hungarian:
állandósult szókapcsolat
— idiomatic expression
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Italian:
frase fatta
— idiomatic expression
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Italian:
locuzione cristallizzata
— idiomatic expression
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Japanese:
成句
(seiku)
— idiomatic expression
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Korean:
성어
(seong'eo)
— idiomatic expression
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Korean:
관용구
(gwanyonggu)
— idiomatic expression
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Korean:
성구
(seonggu)
— idiomatic expression
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Polish:
frazeologizm
— idiomatic expression
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Polish:
idiom
— idiomatic expression
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Polish:
idiomat
— idiomatic expression
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Polish:
idiomatyzm
— idiomatic expression
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Polish:
związek frazeologiczny
— idiomatic expression
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Portuguese:
expressão idiomática
— idiomatic expression
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Russian:
усто́йчивое словосочета́ние
(ustójčivoje slovosočetánije)
— idiomatic expression
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Russian:
фразеологи́ческая едини́ца
(frazeologíčeskaja jediníca)
— idiomatic expression
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Spanish:
frase hecha
— idiomatic expression
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Swedish:
idiom
— idiomatic expression