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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.
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speculation
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French speculation (compare French spéculation), from Late Latin specul?ti?, specul?ti?nem, from Latin speculor.Morphologically speculate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sp?kj??le???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
- Hyphenation: spec?u?la?tion
Noun
speculation (countable and uncountable, plural speculations)
- The process of thinking or meditating on a subject.
- 2012, Caroline Davies, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce they are expecting first baby (in The Guardian, 3 December 2012)[1]
- The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have ended months of intense speculation by announcing they are expecting their first child, but were forced to share their news earlier than hoped because of the Duchess's admission to hospital on Monday.
- 2012, Caroline Davies, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce they are expecting first baby (in The Guardian, 3 December 2012)[1]
- (philosophy) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
- A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.
- (business, finance) An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.
- The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.
- 1776, Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
- Sudden fortunes, indeed, are sometimes made in such places, by what is called the trade of speculation.
- 1883, Francis Amasa Walker, Political Economy
- Speculation, while confined within moderate limits, is the agent for equalizing supply and demand, and rendering the fluctuations of price less sudden and abrupt than they would otherwise be.
- 1776, Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
- Examination by the eye; view.
- (obsolete) Power of sight.
- A card game in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.
- (programming) The process of anticipating which branch of code will be chosen and executing it in advance.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:supposition
Derived terms
- "on speculation" (on spec) Creating a work with the hope of selling it, as opposed to creating a work "on commission" for hire.
Translations
Anagrams
- peculations, placentious, spinoculate
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