different between idiomatic vs everyday

English

Alternative forms

• idiomatick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????????? (idi?matikós, “related to an idiom”), from ?????? (idí?ma, “idiom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??di.??mæt?k/

Adjective

idiomatic (comparative more idiomatic, superlative most idiomatic)

1. Pertaining or conforming to idiom, the natural mode of expression of a language.

   The inclusion or omission of definite articles follows idiomatic norms in each language and depends on context and intent.

   In English, the only idiomatic position for a pronoun as the object of a phrasal verb is before the particle, whereas a noun as object can fall either before or after the particle; thus only he picked them up but either he picked his tools up or he picked up his tools.

2. Resembling or characteristic of an idiom.

   an idiomatic phrase that warns us against pollyannaism is counting one's chickens before they hatch

3. (music) Parts or pieces which are written both within the natural physical limitations of the instrument and human body and, less so or less often, the styles of playing used on specific instruments.

Antonyms

• nonidiomatic
• unidiomatic

Related terms

• idiom
• idiomatical
• idiomatically
• idiomaticity
• idiomaticize
• idiomaticness

Translations

Noun

idiomatic (plural idiomatics)

1. Synonym of idiom

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French idiomatique

Adjective

idiomatic m or n (feminine singular idiomatic?, masculine plural idiomatici, feminine and neuter plural idiomatice)

1. idiomatic

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English everidayes, every daies, every dayes (“everyday, daily, continual, constant”, adjective, literally “every day's”), equivalent to every +? day.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??v?i?de?/

Adjective

everyday (not comparable)

1. appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions
   • 1906, Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter 4: The engine-burglar,

     When they had gone, Bobbie put on her everyday frock, and went down to the railway.

2. commonplace, ordinary
   • 2010, Malcolm Knox, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 42:

     Although it is an everyday virus, there is something about influenza that inspires awe.

Synonyms

• mundane
• quotidian
• routine
• unremarkable
• workaday

Translations

Adverb

everyday

1. Misspelling of every day. (compare everywhere, everyway, etc.).

Usage notes

When describing the frequency of an action denoted by a verb, it is considered correct to separate the individual words: every hour, every day, every week, etc.

Noun

everyday (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Literally every day in succession, or every day but Sunday. [14th–19th c.]
2. (rare) the ordinary or routine day or occasion

   Putting away the tableware for everyday, a chore which is part of the everyday.

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Everyday”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 345, column 1.