idiotisme

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [i.ði.uˈtiz.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [i.ði.oˈtiz.me]

Noun

idiotisme m (plural idiotismes)

1. idiom

   Synonym: modisme

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “idiotisme”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “idiotisme”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌi.di.oːˈtɪs.mə/
• Hyphenation: idi‧o‧tis‧me
• Rhymes: -ɪsmə

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Idiotismus, from French idiotisme.

Noun

idiotisme n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. (derogatory) idiocy, stupidity, moronicness
2. (medicine, dated) idiotism, severe mental retardation

Derived terms

• vakidiotisme

Related terms

• idioot
• idiotie

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from French idiotisme, from Latin idiotismus.

Noun

idiotisme n (plural idiotismen, no diminutive)

1. (linguistics) linguistic idiosyncrasy or regional peculiarity
2. an overly literal translation of an idiom

Related terms

• idioticon

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin idiotismus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.djɔ.tism/ ~ /i.djɔ.tizm/

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Noun

idiotisme m (plural idiotismes)

1. (linguistics) idiom

   Synonyms: expression idiomatique, idiomatisme

   • 1831, Honoré de Balzac, Madame Firmiani, published 1855:

     Déjà, madame Firmiani se métamorphose en maison. Cette maison n’est plus un amas de pierres superposées architectoniquement ; non, ce mot est, dans la langue des Flâneurs, un idiotisme intraduisible.

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Further reading

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