See also: idee, Idee, and ideé

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Borrowed from French idée (idea). Doublet of idea.

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idée (plural idées)

  1. Idea, occurring only in certain set phrases which are borrowings from French:

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Borrowed from Latin idea (a (Platonic) idea; archetype), from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, notion, pattern).

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  • IPA(key): /i.de/
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idée f (plural idées)

  1. idea
    • 1772, Paul-Henri Thiry (baron d') Holbach, Le Bon-Sens, ou, Idées Naturelles Opposées aux Idées Surnaturelles[1], London: Marc-Michel Rey, →LCCN, →OL, §30, page 22:
      Tous les enfans ſont des athées; ils n’ont aucune idée de Dieu: ſont-ils donc criminels à cauſe de cette ignorance?
      All children are born atheists; they have no idea of God. Are they then criminal on account of their ignorance?
    • 1972, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “Mourir pour des idées”, in Fernande:
      Mourir pour des idées, c’est bien beau mais lesquelles ?
      To die for ideas is all well and good, but which ones?

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  • English: idée
  • German: Idee
  • Norwegian Bokmål: idé
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: idé
  • Swedish: idé
  • Turkish: ide

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin idea (a (Platonic) idea; archetype), from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, notion, pattern), from εἴδω (eídō, I see).

Noun edit

idée f (plural idées)

  1. (Guernsey) idea