idee

See also: Idee, idée, and ideé

Dutch

Etymology

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From Middle Dutch idee, 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]

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• Hyphenation: idee
• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

idee n (plural ideeën, diminutive ideetje n)

1. idea

idee n or f (plural ideeën)

1. (philosophy) idea, notion

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.

Synonyms

• begrip

References

• (Dutch) Taaladvies
• (Dutch) OnzeTaal

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Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Through what language?”) Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”).

Noun

idee (genitive idee, partitive ideed)

1. idea
2. concept

Inflection

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

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Friulian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin idea.

Noun

idee f

1. idea

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Italian

Noun

idee f

1. plural of idea

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Novial

Noun

1. idea

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French idée, German Idee, from Latin idea.

Noun

idee f (plural idei)

1. idea

Declension

Declension of idee

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) idee	ideea	(niște) idei	ideile
genitive/dative	(unei) idei	ideii	(unor) idei	ideilor
vocative	idee, ideeo		ideilor

References

• Romanian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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Spanish

Verb

idee

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of idear.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of idear.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of idear.