different between idol vs idea

English

Alternative forms

• idoll (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French idole, from Latin idolum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (eíd?lon, “image, idol”), from ????? (eîdos, “form”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos (“seeing, image”), from *weyd- (“to see”). Doublet of eidolon and idolum.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ??d(?)l, IPA^(key): /?a?d(?)l/
• Rhymes: -a?d?l
• Homophones: idle, idyl(l) (US pronunciation)

Noun

idol (plural idols)

1. A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power.
   • 1911 The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God, J. Milton Hayes:

     There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Kathmandu, There's a little marble cross below the town; There's a broken-hearted woman tends the grave of Mad Carew, And the Yellow God forever gazes down.

2. A cultural icon, or especially popular person.
3. (Asia, originally Japan) Popular entertainer; usually young, captivating, attractive; and often female, with an image of being close to fans.
   • '26 January 2016, Mariko Oi, The dark side of Asia’s pop music industry - BBC News

4. (obsolete) An eidolon or phantom; something misleading or elusive.

Synonyms

• (a worshipped representation): afgod (obsolete)
• (a celebrated person): icon, star, superstar

Derived terms

• idolatry
• idolise, idolize

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (aidoru)

Translations

Anagrams

• Lodi, OLDI, diol, lido, loid, olid

Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -o?l

Noun

idol n (singular definite idolet, plural indefinite idoler)

1. idol

Inflection

Polish

Etymology

From French idole, from Latin ?d?lum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (eíd?lon, “image; idol”), from ????? (eîdos, “form”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.d?l/

Noun

idol m pers (feminine idolka)

1. idol (cultural icon, especially popular person)

Declension

Noun

idol m inan

1. idol (representation of anything revered)

   Synonyms: bo?ek, ba?wan

Declension

Further reading

• idol in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• idol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From Greek ?????? (eídolo), partially through the intermediate of Old Church Slavonic ????? (idol?). Compare Aromanian idul, Serbo-Croatian idol.

Noun

idol m (plural idoli)

1. idol
2. pagan divinity
3. (popular) demon

Synonyms

• (demon): demon, drac, diavol, aghiu??, naiba

Related terms

• idolatru
• idolatrie

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?do?l/
• Hyphenation: i?dol

Noun

ìd?l m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. idol

Declension

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)

1. (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.]
2. (obsolete) The conception of someone or something as representing a perfect example; an ideal. [16th-19th c.]
3. (obsolete) The form or shape of something; a quintessential aspect or characteristic. [16th-18th c.]
4. An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory. [from 16th c.]

5. 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.

6. A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention. [from 17th c.]

7. A purposeful aim or goal; intent
8. A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression. [from 17th c.]

9. (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)

1. 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)

1. 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

1. 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

1. idea

Declension

Synonyms

• ajatus

Galician

Etymology

From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from ???? (eíd?, “I see”).

Noun

idea f (plural ideas)

1. 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)

1. idea

Declension

References

Interlingua

Noun

idea (plural ideas)

1. idea

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ???? (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from ???? (eíd?, “I see”).

Noun

idea f (plural idee)

1. idea

Related terms

• ideale
• ideare
• ideazione
• ideo-

Etymology 2

Verb

idea

1. third-person singular present of ideare
2. 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

1. idea
   • 1719, Johann Jakob Brucker:

     Tentamen Introductionis in Historiam Doctrinae Logicae de Ideis

     An Essay Introducing the History of the Logical Doctrine of Ideas

2. 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)

1. 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)

1. idea

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

idea

1. 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)

1. idea (image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory)

   Synonym: pomys?

2. (philosophy) idea (abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect)
3. 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.

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. idea

Derived terms

Related terms

• ideal
• idear

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

idea

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of idear.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of idear.
3. 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.