idyll

English

Alternative forms

• idyl

Etymology

From Latin īdyllium, from Ancient Greek εἰδύλλιον (eidullion), from diminutive of εἶδος (eidos, “form, shape”).

Pronunciation

• (UK): IPA: /ˈɪdɪl/, /ˈɪdəl/, X-SAMPA: /"IdIl/, /"Id@l/
• Rhymes: -ɪdɪl, -ɪdəl
• (US): enPR: īʹdəl, IPA: /ˈaɪdɪl/, /ˈaɪdəl/, X-SAMPA: /"aId@l/
• Rhymes: -aɪdəl

  Homophones: idle, idol (US)

Noun

idyll (plural idylls)

1. Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus's short pastoral poems, the Idylls.
2. An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience.
3. (music) A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner.

Related terms

• idyllic
• idyllical
• idyllically
• idyllist, idylist

Translations

poem or short written piece

• Czech: idyla (cs) f, selanka (cs) f
• Danish: idyl (da) c
• Greek: ειδύλλιο (el) (eidíllio) n
• Portuguese: idílio (pt) m

• Russian: идиллия (ru) (idíllija) f
• Slovene: idila (sl) f
• Spanish: idilio (es) m

carefree or lighthearted experience

• Czech: idyla (cs) f, selanka (cs) f
• Danish: idyl (da) c
• French: idylle (fr) f

• German: Idyll (de) f, Idylle (de) f
• Greek: ειδύλλιο (el) (eidíllio) n
• Russian: идиллия (ru) (idíllija) f

composition

• Czech: idyla (cs) f, selanka (cs) f

• Russian: идиллия (ru) (idíllija) f, пастораль (ru) (pastorál') f

See also

• Idyll on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• idyll in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• idyll in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• dilly