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idea
English
Etymology
From Latin idea (“a (Platonic) idea; archetype”), from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from ???? (eíd?, “I see”). Cognate with French idée. Doublet of idée.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /a??d??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /a??di.?/
- (US, intrusive r) IPA(key): /a??d??/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /?e?di??/
- Rhymes: -??, -i??
- Hyphenation: i?dea, i?de?a
Noun
idea (plural ideas or (rare) ideæ)
- (philosophy) An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples. [from 14th c.]
- (obsolete) The conception of someone or something as representing a perfect example; an ideal. [16th-19th c.]
- (obsolete) The form or shape of something; a quintessential aspect or characteristic. [16th-18th c.]
- An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory. [from 16th c.]
- More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking. [from 17th c.]
- 1952, Alfred Whitney Griswold
- Ideas won't go to jail.
- 1952, Alfred Whitney Griswold
- A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention. [from 17th c.]
- A purposeful aim or goal; intent
- A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression. [from 17th c.]
- (music) A musical theme or melodic subject. [from 18th c.]
Synonyms
- (mental transcript, image, or picture): image
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ????? (aidia), ???? (aidea)
Translations
Further reading
- idea in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- idea in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Adie, aide, daie
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from ???? (eíd?, “I see”).
Noun
idea f (plural idees)
- idea
Related terms
- ideal
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from ???? (eíd?, “I see”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /i?d?.?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /i?d?.a/
Noun
idea f (plural idees)
- idea (clarification of this definition is needed)
Related terms
- ideal
- idear
Further reading
- “idea” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “idea” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “idea” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “idea” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Etymology
From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa), from ???? (eíd?).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?a/
Noun
idea f
- idea (that which exists in the mind as the result of mental activity)
Related terms
- ideace
- idealizace
- idealizovaný
- idealizovat
- ideolog
- ideologický
- ideologie
- ideový
- ideál
- idealista
- idealismus
- ideozlo?in
Further reading
- idea in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- idea in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Finnish
Etymology
From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa, “notion, pattern”).
Noun
idea
- idea
Declension
Synonyms
- ajatus
Galician
Etymology
From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from ???? (eíd?, “I see”).
Noun
idea f (plural ideas)
- idea
Related terms
- ideal
Hungarian
Etymology
From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa, “notion, pattern”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?id??]
- Hyphenation: idea
- Rhymes: -?
Noun
idea (plural ideák)
- idea
Declension
References
Interlingua
Noun
idea (plural ideas)
- idea
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from ???? (eíd?, “I see”).
Noun
idea f (plural idee)
- idea
Related terms
- ideale
- ideare
- ideazione
- ideo-
Etymology 2
Verb
idea
- third-person singular present of ideare
- second-person singular imperative of ideare
Anagrams
- aedi
Further reading
- idea in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???? (idéa, “notion, pattern”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?i.de.a/, [??d?eä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?i.de.a/, [?i?d???]
Noun
idea f (genitive ideae); first declension
- idea
- 1719, Johann Jakob Brucker:
- Tentamen Introductionis in Historiam Doctrinae Logicae de Ideis
- An Essay Introducing the History of the Logical Doctrine of Ideas
- Tentamen Introductionis in Historiam Doctrinae Logicae de Ideis
- 1719, Johann Jakob Brucker:
- prototype (Platonic)
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- idea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- idea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Malay
Etymology
From English idea, from Latin idea (“a (Platonic) idea; archetype”), from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from ???? (eíd?, “I see”).
Noun
idea (plural idea-idea, informal 1st possessive ideaku, impolite 2nd possessive ideamu, 3rd possessive ideanya)
- idea.
Alternative forms
- ide (Indonesia, Timor-Leste)
Maltese
Etymology
From Italian idea, from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??d??.a/, /??d??.ja/
- Homophone: idejha (one pronunciation)
Noun
idea f (plural ideat)
- idea
Northern Sami
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
idea
- idea
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Polish
Etymology
From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa), from ???? (eíd?).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i?d?.a/
Noun
idea f (diminutive idejka)
- idea (image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory)
- Synonym: pomys?
- (philosophy) idea (abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect)
- keynote, mission statement
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) ideowy
Related terms
- (nouns) ideowiec, ideowo??
- (adverb) ideowo
Further reading
- idea in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- idea in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From Italian ideare.
Verb
a idea (third-person singular present ideeaz?, past participle ideat) 1st conj.
- to invent, to conceive
Conjugation
Slovak
Etymology
From Latin idea (“a (Platonic) idea; archetype”), from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from ???? (eíd?, “I see”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?id?a/
Noun
idea f (genitive singular idey, nominative plural idey, genitive plural ideí, declension pattern of idea)
- idea (that which exists in the mind as the result of mental activity)
Declension
Related terms
- ideológ m
- ideologický m
- ideológia f
- ideový m
- ideál m
- idealista m
- idealistický m
- idealizácia f
- idealizmus m
Further reading
- idea in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i?dea/, [i?ð?e.a]
Etymology 1
From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from ???? (eíd?, “to see”). Compare Portuguese ideia.
Noun
idea f (plural ideas)
- idea
Derived terms
Related terms
- ideal
- idear
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
idea
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of idear.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of idear.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of idear.
Further reading
- “idea” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
idea From the web:
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postulate
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin postul?t- (“asked”), from the verb postul?re (“to ask”), from Latin postul? (“request”).
Pronunciation
- Noun
- (UK) enPR: p?s?tyo?o-l?t IPA(key): /?p?stj?l?t/
- (US) enPR: p?s?ch?-l?t, p?s?ch?-l?t', IPA(key): /?p?st??l?t/, /?p?st???le?t/
- Hyphenation: pos?tu?late
- Adjective
- (UK) enPR: p?s?tyo?o-l?t IPA(key): /?p?stj?l?t/
- (US) enPR: p?s?ch?-l?t, IPA(key): /?p?st??l?t/
- Hyphenation: pos?tu?late
- Verb
- (UK) enPR: p?s?tyo?o-l?t IPA(key): /?p?stj?le?t/
- (US) enPR: p?s?ch?-l?t' IPA(key): /?p?st???le?t/
- Hyphenation: pos?tu?late
Noun
postulate (plural postulates)
- Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument. Sometimes distinguished from axioms as being relevant to a particular science or context, rather than universally true, and following from other axioms rather than being an absolute assumption.
- A fundamental element; a basic principle.
- (logic) An axiom.
- A requirement; a prerequisite.
Derived terms
- parallel postulate
- universal postulate
Translations
Adjective
postulate (not comparable)
- Postulated.
Verb
postulate (third-person singular simple present postulates, present participle postulating, simple past and past participle postulated)
- To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.
- 1883, Benedictus de Spinoza, translated by R. H. M. Elwes, Ethics, Part 3, Prop. XXII,
- But this pleasure or pain is postulated to come to us accompanied by the idea of an external cause; […]
- 1911, Encyclopædia Britannica, "Infinite",
- [T]he attempt to arrive at a physical explanation of existence led the Ionian thinkers to postulate various primal elements or simply the infinite ?? ???????.
- 1883, Benedictus de Spinoza, translated by R. H. M. Elwes, Ethics, Part 3, Prop. XXII,
- (transitive, intransitive, Christianity, historical) To appoint or request one's appointment to an ecclesiastical office.
- 1874, John Small (ed.), The Poetical Works of Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld, Vol 1, p. xvi
- [A]lthough Douglas was postulated to it [the Abbacy of Arbroath], and signed letters and papers under this designation his nomination […] was never completed.
- 1874, John Small (ed.), The Poetical Works of Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld, Vol 1, p. xvi
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To request, demand or claim for oneself.
Derived terms
- postulation
- postulational
Translations
Anagrams
- attopulse
Italian
Verb
postulate
- second-person plural present indicative of postulare
- second-person plural imperative of postulare
- feminine plural of postulato
Latin
Verb
postul?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of postul?
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