idee

See also: Idee, idée, and ideé

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch idee, borrowed from Middle French idee, from Old French idee, from Latin idea (“a (Platonic) idea; archetype”), from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”), related to French idée.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈdeː/, [iˈdeː]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: idee
• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

idee n (plural ideeën, diminutive ideetje n)

1. idea

Noun

idee n or f (plural ideeën)

1. (philosophy) idea, notion

   Synonym: begrip

Usage notes

This word is normally considered to be a neuter noun (het idee), but it can be considered feminine (de idee) for a philosophical or abstract idea.

Derived terms

• geen idee hebben
• waanidee

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: idhé
• → Indonesian: ide

References

• (Dutch) Taaladvies
• (Dutch) OnzeTaal

Estonian

Etymology

From French idée, from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈd̥eː/, [iˈd̥eː]
• Rhymes: -eː
• Hyphenation: idee

Noun

idee (genitive idee, partitive ideed)

1. idea (a sudden inventive thought or intention to do something)
2. concept (essential principle, main idea)

Declension

Declension of idee (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		idee	ideed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	idee
genitive			ideede
partitive		ideed	ideid ideesid
illative		ideesse	ideedesse ideisse
inessive		idees	ideedes ideis
elative		ideest	ideedest ideist
allative		ideele	ideedele ideile
adessive		ideel	ideedel ideil
ablative		ideelt	ideedelt ideilt
translative		ideeks	ideedeks ideiks
terminative		ideeni	ideedeni
essive		ideena	ideedena
abessive		ideeta	ideedeta
comitative		ideega	ideedega

Compounds

• juhtidee
• kinnisidee
• olümpiaidee
• peaidee
• põhiidee
• revolutsiooniidee
• saatuseidee
• sundidee
• valgustusidee

References

• idee in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “idee”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Friulian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin idea.

Noun

idee f

1. idea

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈdɛ.e/
• Rhymes: -ɛe
• Hyphenation: i‧dè‧e

Noun

idee f

1. plural of idea

Anagrams

• -eide

Romanian

Alternative forms

• идее (idee) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French idée, from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈde.e/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ee
• Hyphenation: i‧de‧e

Noun

idee f (plural idei)

1. idea

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	idee	ideea		idei	ideile
genitive-dative	idei	ideii		idei	ideilor
vocative	idee, ideeo			ideilor

Derived terms

• în altă ordine de idei

References

• “idee”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
• Romanian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Spanish

Verb

idee

1. inflection of idear:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative