idée
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French idée (“idea”). Doublet of idea.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
idée (plural idées)
- Idea, occurring only in certain set phrases which are borrowings from French:
Related terms edit
References edit
- “idée” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin idea (“a (Platonic) idea; archetype”), from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
idée f (plural idées)
- 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?
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: idée
- → German: Idee
- → Norwegian Bokmål: idé
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: idé
- → Swedish: idé
- → Turkish: ide
Further reading edit
- “idée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman edit
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)