idée

See also: idee, Idee, and ideé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French idée (“idea”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ēdā′, IPA^(key): /iːˈdeɪ/

Noun

idée (plural idées)

1. Idea, occurring only in certain set phrases which are borrowings from French:
   • idée fixe
   • idée maîtresse
   • idée mère
   • idée reçue

References

• “idée” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

• EIDE, Edie, deie

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.de/

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Noun

idée f (plural idées)

1. idea

Related terms

• idée fixe

Further reading

• “idée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

idée f (plural idées)

1. (Guernsey) idea