idyll
See also: Idyll
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin īdyllium, from Ancient Greek εἰδύλλιον (eidúllion), from diminutive of εἶδος (eîdos, “form, shape”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) enPR: ĭdʹĭl, ĭdʹəl; IPA(key): /ˈɪd.ɪl/, /ˈɪd.əl/
- Rhymes: -ɪdɪl, -ɪdəl
- (US) enPR: īʹdĭl, īʹdəl; IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.dɪl/, /ˈaɪ.dəl/
- Rhymes: -aɪdɪl, -aɪdəl
- Homophones: idle, idol (US)
Noun edit
idyll (plural idylls)
- Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus's short pastoral poems, the Idylls.
- An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience.
- (music) A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner.
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Translations edit
poem or short written piece
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carefree or lighthearted experience
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composition
See also edit
References edit
- “idyll”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “idyl”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Adjective edit
idyll
- Alternative form of ydel (“empty”)
Noun edit
idyll
- Alternative form of ydel (“idleness”)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin idyllium, from Ancient Greek εἰδύλλιον (eidúllion). Cognate with Danish idyl, English idyll and German Idyll, used since 1781. Doublet of idé and idol.
Noun edit
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Declension edit
| Declension of idyll | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | idyll | idyllen | idyller | idyllerna |
| Genitive | idylls | idyllens | idyllers | idyllernas |
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References edit
- idyll in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- idyll in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- idyll in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)