Associations to the word «Idiom»
Noun
- Pronoun
- Romanticism
- Elegance
- Linguist
- Style
- Rhythm
- Speech
- Irony
- Hebrew
- Learner
- Borrowing
- Linguistic
- Sine
- Funk
- Adjective
- Sensibility
- Semantics
- Blues
- Rhetoric
- Discourse
- Tchaikovsky
- English
- Sanskrit
- Rendering
- Sarcasm
- Poke
- Melody
- Wil
- Bluegrass
- Python
- Croatian
- Witchcraft
- Purity
- Texture
- Constituent
- Strauss
- Concerto
- Composition
- Mughal
- Spelling
- Contemporary
Adjective
- Everyday
- Distinctive
- English
- Pervasive
- Eclectic
- Contemporary
- Romantic
- Pointless
- Abstract
- Somatic
- Proto
- Cosmopolitan
- Architectural
- Pragmatic
- Understandable
- Urdu
- Homely
- Characteristic
- Bilingual
- Flemish
- Creole
- Literary
- Punjabi
- Restrained
- Opaque
- Arabic
- Biblical
- Thematic
- Rooted
- Lyric
- Familiar
- Modern
- Prose
- Neutral
- Sicilian
- Greek
- Austere
- Traditional
- Chinese
Verb
Adverb
Wiktionary
IDIOM, noun. (now rare) A manner of speaking, a way of expressing oneself.
IDIOM, noun. A language or dialect.
IDIOM, noun. Specifically, a particular variety of language; a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.
IDIOM, noun. An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style.
IDIOM, noun. An expression peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language, especially when the meaning is illogical or separate from the meanings of its component words.
IDIOM, noun. (programming) A programming construct or phraseology generally held to be the most efficient or elegant means to achieve a particular result or behavior.
IDIOM BLEND, noun. (rare neologism) A malaphor: an error in which two similar figures of speech are merged, producing a nonsensical result.
IDIOM NEUTRAL, proper noun. An artificial language, partially derived from Volapük, with a vocabulary consistently selected on the basis of the maximum internationality of the roots.
Dictionary definition
IDIOM, noun. A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.
IDIOM, noun. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy".
IDIOM, noun. The style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom".
IDIOM, noun. An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up.
Wise words
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