idiom
Meanings
Noun
- a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
- the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
- the style of a particular artist or school or movement
- "an imaginative orchestral idiom"
- an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
- A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
- A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
- A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language.
- A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.
- An established phrasal expression whose meaning may not be deducible from the literal meanings of its component words.
- An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French idiome, and its source, Late Latin idioma, from Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “a peculiarity, property, a peculiar phraseology, idiom”), from ἰδιοῦσθαι (idioûsthai, “to make one's own, appropriate to oneself”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “one's own, pertaining to oneself, private, personal, peculiar, separate”).
Synonyms
accent, artistic style, dialect, expression, form of words, idiomatic expression, idiomaticity, idiomaticness, idiotism, language, languoid, lect, locution, parlance, phrasal idiom, phrase, set phrase, vernacular
Scrabble Score: 8
idiom is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordidiom is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
idiom is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary