idea
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin idea (“a (Platonic) idea; archetype”), from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know; see”). Cognate with French idée. Doublet of idée. Related to idol, idolum, and eidolon.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /aɪˈdɪə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /aɪˈdi.ə/
Audio (US) (file) - (non-rhotic accents, intrusive r) IPA(key): /aɪˈdɪɹ/
- (US, Appalachia, r-epenthesis) IPA(key): /aːˈdɪɹ/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɑeˈdiə̯/
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ), -iːə
- (Southern American English, obsolete) IPA(key): /aɪˈdiː/, /ˈaɪdi/[1]
- Hyphenation: i‧dea, i‧de‧a
Noun edit
idea (plural ideas or (rare) ideæ)
- (philosophy) An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples. [from 14th c.]
- 2013 October 19, “Trouble at the lab”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8858:
- The idea that the same experiments always get the same results, no matter who performs them, is one of the cornerstones of science’s claim to objective truth. If a systematic campaign of replication does not lead to the same results, then either the original research is flawed (as the replicators claim) or the replications are (as many of the original researchers on priming contend). Either way, something is awry.
- (obsolete) The conception of someone or something as representing a perfect example; an ideal. [16th–19th c.]
- (obsolete) The form or shape of something; a quintessential aspect or characteristic. [16th–18th c.]
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 6, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- The remembrance whereof (which yet I beare deepely imprinted in my minde) representing me her visage and Idea so lively and so naturally, doth in some sort reconcile me unto her.
- An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory. [from 16th c.]
- The mere idea of you is enough to excite me.
- More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking. [from 17th c.]
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter III, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
- Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.
- 1952, Alfred Whitney Griswold, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Ideas won't go to jail.
- A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention. [from 17th c.]
- I have an idea of how we might escape.
- A purposeful aim or goal; intent
- Yeah, that's the idea.
- 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
- My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
- 2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:
- Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.
- A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression. [from 17th c.]
- He had the wild idea that if he leant forward a little, he might be able to touch the mountain-top.
- (music) A musical theme or melodic subject. [from 18th c.]
Synonyms edit
- (mental transcript, image, or picture): image
Derived terms edit
- absolute idea
- abstract idea
- buck up one's ideas
- business idea
- fixed idea
- get the idea
- have no idea
- have the first idea
- idea art
- idea'd
- idea dinner
- idea future
- idea hamster
- idea man
- idea monger
- idea of reference
- idea pot
- idea virus
- life-idea
- memory-idea
- mother-idea
- no idea
- not have the faintest idea
- not have the first idea
- one-idea
- overvalued idea
- over-valued idea
- received idea
- sense-idea
- simple idea
- the very idea
- war of ideas
- what's the big idea
Related terms edit
Collocations edit
- good idea
- bad idea
- better idea
- great idea
- new idea
- slightest idea
- least idea
- basic idea
- general idea
- whole idea
- fixed idea
- mistaken idea
- leading idea
- guiding idea
- confused idea
- following idea
- controlling idea
- prevailing idea
- ruling idea
- accepted idea
- clear idea
- original idea
Descendants edit
Translations edit
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References edit
- ^ Stanley, Oma (1937), “II. Vowel Sounds in Unstressed and Partially Stressed Syllables”, in The Speech of East Texas (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 2), New York: Columbia University Press, , →ISBN, § I.4, page 40.
Further reading edit
- “idea”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “idea”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “idea”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “idea”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “idea”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “idea”, in Collins English Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”).
Noun edit
idea f (plural idees)
- idea
Related terms edit
Catalan edit
Alternative forms edit
- ideia (dialectal, proscribed)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [iˈðe.ə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [iˈðɛ.ə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [iˈðe.a]
Audio (file)
Noun edit
idea f (plural idees)
- An idea, a mental representation of a real or imaginary thing
- La idea de justícia. ― The idea of justice.
- An elementary or general notion of something
- No en tenia la més petita idea. ― I/She/He didn't have the slightest idea.
- A concept to be realized, plan of action, purpose, intention
- M’agrada, la idea'! ― I like the idea!
- The fundamental, substantial part of a doctrine, a reasoning, etc
- La idea cristiana. ― The Christian idea.
Usage notes edit
- Often pronounced as ideia.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “idea” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “idea”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “idea” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “idea” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Chinese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
idea
References edit
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa), from εἴδω (eídō).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
idea f
- idea (that which exists in the mind as the result of mental activity)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
idea
Declension edit
Inflection of idea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | idea | ideat | ||
genitive | idean | ideoiden ideoitten | ||
partitive | ideaa | ideoita | ||
illative | ideaan | ideoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | idea | ideat | ||
accusative | nom. | idea | ideat | |
gen. | idean | |||
genitive | idean | ideoiden ideoitten ideainrare | ||
partitive | ideaa | ideoita | ||
inessive | ideassa | ideoissa | ||
elative | ideasta | ideoista | ||
illative | ideaan | ideoihin | ||
adessive | idealla | ideoilla | ||
ablative | idealta | ideoilta | ||
allative | idealle | ideoille | ||
essive | ideana | ideoina | ||
translative | ideaksi | ideoiksi | ||
abessive | ideatta | ideoitta | ||
instructive | — | ideoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “idea”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”).
Noun edit
idea f (plural ideas)
Related terms edit
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”). [1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
idea (plural ideák)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | idea | ideák |
accusative | ideát | ideákat |
dative | ideának | ideáknak |
instrumental | ideával | ideákkal |
causal-final | ideáért | ideákért |
translative | ideává | ideákká |
terminative | ideáig | ideákig |
essive-formal | ideaként | ideákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | ideában | ideákban |
superessive | ideán | ideákon |
adessive | ideánál | ideáknál |
illative | ideába | ideákba |
sublative | ideára | ideákra |
allative | ideához | ideákhoz |
elative | ideából | ideákból |
delative | ideáról | ideákról |
ablative | ideától | ideáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
ideáé | ideáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
ideáéi | ideákéi |
Possessive forms of idea | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | ideám | ideáim |
2nd person sing. | ideád | ideáid |
3rd person sing. | ideája | ideái |
1st person plural | ideánk | ideáink |
2nd person plural | ideátok | ideáitok |
3rd person plural | ideájuk | ideáik |
References edit
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading edit
- idea in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
idea (plural ideas)
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”).
Noun edit
idea f (plural idee)
- idea
- buon'idea ― good idea
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
idea
- inflection of ideare:
Further reading edit
- idea in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈi.de.a/, [ˈɪd̪eä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.de.a/, [ˈiːd̪eä]
Noun edit
idea f (genitive ideae); first declension
- idea
- 1719, Johann Jakob Brucker, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Tentamen Introductionis in Historiam Doctrinae Logicae de Ideis
- An Essay Introducing the History of the Logical Doctrine of Ideas
- prototype (Platonic)
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | idea | ideae |
Genitive | ideae | ideārum |
Dative | ideae | ideīs |
Accusative | ideam | ideās |
Ablative | ideā | ideīs |
Vocative | idea | ideae |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “idea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- idea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Malay edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English idea, from Latin idea (“a (Platonic) idea; archetype”), from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”).
Noun edit
idea (Jawi spelling ايديا, plural idea-idea, informal 1st possessive ideaku, 2nd possessive ideamu, 3rd possessive ideanya)
Alternative forms edit
- ide (Indonesia, Timor-Leste)
Maltese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
idea f (plural ideat)
Related terms edit
Northern Sami edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
idea
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading edit
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin idea.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
idea f (diminutive idejka)
- idea (image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory)
- Synonym: pomysł
- (philosophy) idea (abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect)
- keynote, mission statement
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
a idea (third-person singular present ideează, past participle ideat) 1st conj.
Conjugation edit
infinitive | a idea | ||||||
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gerund | ideând | ||||||
past participle | ideat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | ideez | ideezi | ideează | ideăm | ideați | ideează | |
imperfect | ideam | ideai | idea | ideam | ideați | ideau | |
simple perfect | ideai | ideași | ideă | idearăm | idearăți | ideară | |
pluperfect | ideasem | ideaseși | idease | ideaserăm | ideaserăți | ideaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să ideez | să ideezi | să ideeze | să ideăm | să ideați | să ideeze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | ideează | ideați | |||||
negative | nu idea | nu ideați |
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin idea (“a (Platonic) idea; archetype”), from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
idea f (genitive singular idey, nominative plural idey, genitive plural ideí, declension pattern of idea)
- idea (that which exists in the mind as the result of mental activity)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
- ideológ m
- ideologický m
- ideológia f
- ideový m
- ideál m
- idealista m
- idealistický m
- idealizácia f
- idealizmus m
Further reading edit
- “idea”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “to see”). Compare Portuguese ideia.
Noun edit
idea f (plural ideas)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
idea
- inflection of idear:
Further reading edit
- “idea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish idea, from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ideá or idea (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇᜒᜌ)