idee

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See also: Idee, idée, and ideé

Dutch

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /iˈdeː/, [iˈdeː]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: idee
  • Rhymes: -eː

Noun

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idee n (plural ideeën, diminutive ideetje n)

  1. idea

Noun

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idee n or f (plural ideeën)

  1. (philosophy) idea, notion
    Synonym: begrip

Usage notes

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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

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Descendants

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  • Caribbean Javanese: idhé
  • Indonesian: ide

References

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Estonian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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idee (genitive idee, partitive ideed)

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

Declension

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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

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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin idea.

Noun

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idee f

  1. idea

Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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idee f

  1. plural of idea

Anagrams

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French idée, German Idee, from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, notion, pattern), from εἴδω (eídō, I see).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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idee f (plural idei)

  1. idea

Declension

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Spanish

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Verb

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idee

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