idiom
Meaning of idiom
noun
- a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g. over the moon, see the light ).
- a characteristic mode of expression in music or art.
they were both working in a neo-impressionist idiom
late 16th century: from French idiome, or via late Latin from Greek idiōma ‘private property, peculiar phraseology’, from idiousthai ‘make one's own’, from idios ‘own, private’.
Information about idiom
- It is a name.
- The plural form of idiom is: idioms.
- Languages in which idiom is used:
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Hyphenation of idiom
id-iom
- It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
- idiom is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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Meaning a word or phrase, especially an idiomatic one, used to convey an idea:
Meaning a word or phrase, especially with regard to style or idiom:
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