idol

See also Idol

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eidōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eidos, “form”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: īʹd(ə)l, IPA: /ˈaɪd(ə)l/, X-SAMPA: /"aId(@)l/
• Rhymes: -aɪdəl
• Homphones: idle, idyl(l) (US pronunciation)

Noun

idol (plural idols)

1. A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power.
   • 1911 The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God, J. Milton Hayes:

     There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Kathmandu,There's a little marble cross below the town; There's a broken-hearted woman tends the grave of Mad Carew, And the Yellow God forever gazes down.

2. A cultural icon, or especially popular person.

Descendants

• Japanese: アイドル

Derived terms

• idolatry
• idolise, idolize

Translations

representation of anything revered

• Arabic: صنم (ar) (Sánam) m, وثن (ar) (wáthan) m
• Armenian: կուռք (kuṙk')
• Baluchi: بت (but)
• Catalan: ídol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偶像 (cmn) (ǒuxiàng), 萬人迷 (cmn), 万人迷 (cmn) (wànrénmí)

• Czech: idol (cs) m, modla (cs) f
• Dutch: afgod (nl) m, godenbeeld, idool
• Finnish: epäjumalankuva (fi)
• French: idole (fr) m
• Georgian: კერპი (ka) (kerpi)
• German: Idol (de) n, Götze (de) f
• Greek: είδωλο (el) (eídolo) n

  Ancient: εἴδωλον (eidōlon) n

• Japanese: 偶像 (ja) (ぐうぞう, gūzō), アイドル (ja) (aidoru)
• Korean: 우상 (usang)
• Latgalian: dīvaklys
• Latin: īdōlum (la) n
• Latvian: elks (lv)
• Old Provençal: ydola f
• Oriya: ମୂର୍ତ୍ତି (or)
• Polish: idol (pl) m
• Portuguese: ídolo (pt) m
• Romanian: idol (ro) m
• Russian: идол (ru) (ídol) m, божество (ru) (božestvó) n
• Scottish Gaelic: ìomhaigh (gd) m
• Spanish: ídolo (es) m

cultural icon, especially popular person

• Arabic: صنم (ar) (Sánam) m, وثن (ar) (wáthan) m
• Armenian: կուռք (kuṙk')
• Catalan: ídol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偶像 (cmn) (ǒuxiàng), 萬人迷 (cmn), 万人迷 (cmn) (wànrénmí)

• Finnish: idoli (fi), esikuva (fi)
• French: idole (fr) m
• German: Idol (de) n, Götze (de) f
• Greek: είδωλο (el) (eídolo) n, ίνδαλμα (el) (índalma) n

• Indonesian: idola (id)
• Japanese: アイドル (ja) (aidoru)
• Korean: 우상 (usang)
• Polish: idol (pl) m
• Portuguese: ídolo (pt) m, ícone (pt) m
• Romanian: idol (ro) m
• Russian: идол (ru) (ídol) m, кумир (ru) (kumír) m
• Spanish: ídolo (es)
• Swedish: idol (sv) c

Anagrams

• diol
• lido
• Lodi
• OLDI
• olid

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Danish

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Noun

idol n (singular definite idolet, plural indefinite idoler)

1. idol

Inflection

    Inflection of idol

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	idol	idolet	idoler	idolerne
genitive	idols	idolets	idolers	idolernes

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Polish

Pronunciation

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Noun

idol m

1. idol

Declension

    declension of idol

	singular	plural
nominative	idol	idole
genitive	idola	idoli (idolów)
dative	idolowi	idolom
accusative	idola	idoli (idolów)
instrumental	idolem	idolami
locative	idolu	idolach
vocative	idolu	idole

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ǐdoːl/
• Hyphenation: i‧dol

Noun

ìdōl m (Cyrillic spelling ѝдо̄л)

1. idol

Declension

    declension of idol

	singular	plural
nominative	ìdōl	idoli
genitive	idóla	idola
dative	idolu	idolima
accusative	idola	idole
vocative	idole	idoli
locative	idolu	idolima
instrumental	idolom	idolima