idyll

See also: Idyll

English

Alternative forms

• idyl

Etymology

From Latin īdyllium, from Ancient Greek εἰδύλλιον (eidúllion), from diminutive of εἶδος (eîdos, “form, shape”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: ĭdʹĭl, ĭdʹəl; IPA^(key): /ˈɪd.ɪl/, /ˈɪd.əl/
• Rhymes: -ɪdɪl, -ɪdəl
• (US) enPR: īʹdĭl, īʹdəl; IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ.dɪl/, /ˈaɪ.dəl/
• Rhymes: -aɪdɪl, -aɪdəl
• Homophones: idle, idol (US)

Noun

idyll (plural idylls)

1. Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus' short pastoral poems, the Idylls.
2. An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience.
3. (music) A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner.

Related terms

• idyllic
• idyllical
• idyllically
• idyllist, idylist

Translations

poem or short written piece

• Bulgarian: идилия f (idilija)
• Catalan: idil·li (ca) m
• Czech: idyla f, selanka f
• Danish: idyl c
• French: idylle (fr) f
• Galician: idilio m
• Greek: ειδύλλιο (el) n (eidýllio)
• Kazakh: идиллия (idilliä)
• Polish: idylla (pl) f
• Portuguese: idílio (pt) m
• Russian: иди́ллия (ru) f (idíllija)
• Slovene: idila (sl) f
• Spanish: idilio (es) m
• Yiddish: אידיליע‎ f (idilye)

carefree or lighthearted experience

• Bulgarian: идилия f (idilija)
• Catalan: idili m
• Czech: idyla f, selanka f
• Danish: idyl c
• Finnish: idylli (fi)
• French: idylle (fr) f
• German: Idyll (de) n, Idylle (de) f
• Greek: ειδύλλιο (el) n (eidýllio)
• Polish: idylla (pl) f, sielanka (pl) f
• Quechua: wayllu
• Russian: иди́ллия (ru) f (idíllija)
• Spanish: idilio (es) m
• Turkish: idil (tr)
• Yiddish: אידיליע‎ f (idilye)

composition

• Czech: idyla f, selanka f
• Russian: иди́ллия (ru) f (idíllija), пастора́ль (ru) f (pastorálʹ)

See also

• idyll on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• idyll in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• idyl in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• Dilly, dilly

Middle English

Adjective

idyll

1. Alternative form of ydel (“empty”)

Noun

idyll

1. Alternative form of ydel (“idleness”)

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin idyllium, from Ancient Greek εἰδύλλιον (eidúllion). Cognate with Danish idyl, English idyll and German Idyll, used since 1781. Doublet of idé and idol.

Noun

idyll c

1. an idyll (a poem)
2. a place free of distress

Declension

Declension of idyll
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	idyll	idyllen	idyller	idyllerna
Genitive	idylls	idyllens	idyllers	idyllernas

Related terms

• idylldiktning
• idylliker
• idyllisera
• idyllisering
• idyllisk
• sörgårdsidyll
• villaidyll

References

• idyll in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• idyll in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• idyll in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)