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Definitions for Idiom

[1] an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
[2] a language, dialect, or style of speaking peculiar to a people.
[3] a construction or expression of one language whose parts correspond to elements in another language but whose total structure or meaning is not matched in the same way in the second language.
[4] the peculiar character or genius of a language.
[5] a distinct style or character, in music, art, etc.: the idiom of Bach.
[6] a group of words whose meaning cannot be predicted from the meanings of the constituent words, as for example (It was raining ) cats and dogs
[7] linguistic usage that is grammatical and natural to native speakers of a language
[8] the characteristic vocabulary or usage of a specific human group or subject
[9] the characteristic artistic style of an individual, school, period, etc

Words related to Idiom

patois, dialect, locution, vernacular, phrase, parlance, jargon, style, word, language, argot, idiosyncrasy, talk, usage, colloquialism, expression, tongue, lingo, provincialism, localism

Words nearby Idiom

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Origin of Idiom

1565–75; < Latin idiōma < Greek idíōma peculiarity, specific property equivalent to idiō- (variant stem of idioûsthai to make one's own, appropriate, verbal derivative of idiós; see idio-) + -ma noun suffix of result

Word origin for Idiom

C16: from Latin idiōma peculiarity of language, from Greek; see idio-

Synonyms for Idiom

dialect, jargon, locution, parlance, patois, phrase, vernacular, argot, colloquialism, expression, idiosyncrasy, language, lingo, localism, provincialism, style, talk, tongue, usage, word, set phrase, street talk, vernacularism