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Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin idea (“a (Platonic) idea; archetype”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”). Cognate with French idée.

Pronunciation

Noun

idea (plural ideas or (rare) ideæ)

  1. (philosophy) An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples. [from 14th c.]
    • 2013 October 19, “Trouble at the lab”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8858:
      The idea that the same experiments always get the same results, no matter who performs them, is one of the cornerstones of science’s claim to objective truth. If a systematic campaign of replication does not lead to the same results, then either the original research is flawed (as the replicators claim) or the replications are (as many of the original researchers on priming contend). Either way, something is awry.
  2. (obsolete) The conception of someone or something as representing a perfect example; an ideal. [16th-19th c.]
  3. (obsolete) The form or shape of something; a quintessential aspect or characteristic. [16th-18th c.]
  4. An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory. [from 16th c.]
    The mere idea of you is enough to excite me.
  5. More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking. [from 17th c.]
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 3, in The Celebrity:
      Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.
    • 1952, Alfred Whitney Griswold
      Ideas won't go to jail.
  6. A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention. [from 17th c.]
    I have an idea of how we might escape.
  7. A purposeful aim or goal; intent
    If you keep sweet-talking her like that, you're going to talk her right out of her pants.
    Yeah, that's the idea.
    • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 3, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
      My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
    • 2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:
      Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.
  8. A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression. [from 17th c.]
    He had the wild idea that if he leant forward a little, he might be able to touch the mountain-top.
  9. (music) A musical theme or melodic subject. [from 18th c.]

Synonyms

  • (mental transcript, image, or picture): image

Derived terms

terms derived from idea

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Related terms

Descendants

  • Japanese: アイディア (aidia)

Translations

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Further reading

Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin idea, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”).

Noun

idea f (plural idees)

  1. idea

Related terms

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”).

Pronunciation

Noun

idea f (plural idees)

  1. idea (clarification of this definition is needed)

Related terms

Further reading

Czech

Etymology

From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa), from εἴδω (eídō).

Pronunciation

Noun

idea f

  1. idea (that which exists in the mind as the result of mental activity)

Related terms

Further reading

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”).

Noun

idea

  1. idea

Declension

Inflection of idea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative idea ideat
genitive idean ideoiden
ideoitten
partitive ideaa ideoita
illative ideaan ideoihin
singular plural
nominative idea ideat
accusative nom. idea ideat
gen. idean
genitive idean ideoiden
ideoitten
ideainrare
partitive ideaa ideoita
inessive ideassa ideoissa
elative ideasta ideoista
illative ideaan ideoihin
adessive idealla ideoilla
ablative idealta ideoilta
allative idealle ideoille
essive ideana ideoina
translative ideaksi ideoiksi
abessive ideatta ideoitta
instructive — ideoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of idea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ideani ideani
accusative nom. ideani ideani
gen. ideani
genitive ideani ideoideni
ideoitteni
ideainirare
partitive ideaani ideoitani
inessive ideassani ideoissani
elative ideastani ideoistani
illative ideaani ideoihini
adessive ideallani ideoillani
ablative idealtani ideoiltani
allative idealleni ideoilleni
essive ideanani ideoinani
translative ideakseni ideoikseni
abessive ideattani ideoittani
instructive — —
comitative — ideoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ideasi ideasi
accusative nom. ideasi ideasi
gen. ideasi
genitive ideasi ideoidesi
ideoittesi
ideaisirare
partitive ideaasi ideoitasi
inessive ideassasi ideoissasi
elative ideastasi ideoistasi
illative ideaasi ideoihisi
adessive ideallasi ideoillasi
ablative idealtasi ideoiltasi
allative ideallesi ideoillesi
essive ideanasi ideoinasi
translative ideaksesi ideoiksesi
abessive ideattasi ideoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — ideoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ideamme ideamme
accusative nom. ideamme ideamme
gen. ideamme
genitive ideamme ideoidemme
ideoittemme
ideaimmerare
partitive ideaamme ideoitamme
inessive ideassamme ideoissamme
elative ideastamme ideoistamme
illative ideaamme ideoihimme
adessive ideallamme ideoillamme
ablative idealtamme ideoiltamme
allative ideallemme ideoillemme
essive ideanamme ideoinamme
translative ideaksemme ideoiksemme
abessive ideattamme ideoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — ideoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ideanne ideanne
accusative nom. ideanne ideanne
gen. ideanne
genitive ideanne ideoidenne
ideoittenne
ideainnerare
partitive ideaanne ideoitanne
inessive ideassanne ideoissanne
elative ideastanne ideoistanne
illative ideaanne ideoihinne
adessive ideallanne ideoillanne
ablative idealtanne ideoiltanne
allative ideallenne ideoillenne
essive ideananne ideoinanne
translative ideaksenne ideoiksenne
abessive ideattanne ideoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — ideoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative ideansa ideansa
accusative nom. ideansa ideansa
gen. ideansa
genitive ideansa ideoidensa
ideoittensa
ideainsarare
partitive ideaansa ideoitaan
ideoitansa
inessive ideassaan
ideassansa 		ideoissaan
ideoissansa
elative ideastaan
ideastansa 		ideoistaan
ideoistansa
illative ideaansa ideoihinsa
adessive ideallaan
ideallansa 		ideoillaan
ideoillansa
ablative idealtaan
idealtansa 		ideoiltaan
ideoiltansa
allative idealleen
ideallensa 		ideoilleen
ideoillensa
essive ideanaan
ideanansa 		ideoinaan
ideoinansa
translative ideakseen
ideaksensa 		ideoikseen
ideoiksensa
abessive ideattaan
ideattansa 		ideoittaan
ideoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — ideoineen
ideoinensa

Synonyms

Galician

Etymology

From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”).

Noun

idea f (plural ideas)

  1. idea

Related terms

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”). [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈidɛɒ]
  • Hyphenation: idea

Noun

idea (plural ideák)

  1. idea

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative idea ideák
accusative ideát ideákat
dative ideának ideáknak
instrumental ideával ideákkal
causal-final ideáért ideákért
translative ideává ideákká
terminative ideáig ideákig
essive-formal ideaként ideákként
essive-modal — —
inessive ideában ideákban
superessive ideán ideákon
adessive ideánál ideáknál
illative ideába ideákba
sublative ideára ideákra
allative ideához ideákhoz
elative ideából ideákból
delative ideáról ideákról
ablative ideától ideáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		ideáé ideáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		ideáéi ideákéi
Possessive forms of idea
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ideám ideáim
2nd person sing. ideád ideáid
3rd person sing. ideája ideái
1st person plural ideánk ideáink
2nd person plural ideátok ideáitok
3rd person plural ideájuk ideáik

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Interlingua

Noun

idea (plural ideas)

  1. idea

Italian

Etymology

From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”).

Noun

idea f (plural idee)

  1. idea
    buon'idea ― good idea

Verb

idea

  1. third-person singular present of ideare
  2. second-person singular imperative of ideare

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Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”).

Pronunciation

Noun

idea f (genitive ideae); first declension

  1. idea
  2. prototype (Platonic)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative idea ideae
Genitive ideae ideārum
Dative ideae ideīs
Accusative ideam ideās
Ablative ideā ideīs
Vocative idea ideae

Descendants

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References

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

idea

  1. idea

Inflection

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Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

idea f (genitive singular idey, nominative plural idey, genitive plural ideí, declension pattern of idea)

  1. idea (that which exists in the mind as the result of mental activity)

Declension

Declension of idea
singular plural
nominative idea idey
genitive idey ideí
dative idei ideám
accusative ideu idey
locative idei ideách
instrumental ideou ideami

Related terms

Further reading

  • “idea”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈdea/ [iˈð̞e.a]

Etymology 1

From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”). Compare Portuguese ideia.

Noun

idea f (plural ideas)

  1. idea
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

idea

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of idear.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of idear.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of idear.

Further reading

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