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proverbial
English
Etymology
- From Latin pr?verbi?lis; proverb +? -ial
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p???v??b.i?.?l/
Adjective
proverbial (comparative more proverbial, superlative most proverbial)
- Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale.
- 1947, Miracle on 34th Street (transcript):
- Doris: You're making me feel like the proverbial stepmother.
- 1947, Miracle on 34th Street (transcript):
- Not used in a literal sense, but as the subject of a well-known metaphor.
- Widely known; famous; stereotypical.
- I grew up in a prefab house on Main Street in 1950s suburbia, the second and last child of a proverbial nuclear family.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
proverbial (plural proverbials)
- (euphemistic) Used to replace a word that might be considered unacceptable in a particular situation, when using a well-known phrase.
- I think we should be prepared in case the proverbial hits the fan.
- Are you taking the proverbial?
- (euphemistic) The groin or the testicles.
- You'll find they've got you by the proverbials.
Translations
French
Adjective
proverbial (feminine singular proverbiale, masculine plural proverbiaux, feminine plural proverbiales)
- proverbial
Romanian
Etymology
From French proverbial
Adjective
proverbial m or n (feminine singular proverbial?, masculine plural proverbiali, feminine and neuter plural proverbiale)
- proverbial
Declension
Spanish
Adjective
proverbial (plural proverbiales)
- proverbial
proverbial From the web:
- what proverbially breeds contempt
- proverbial meaning
- what proverbial truth
- what proverbial ride meaning
- what's proverbial cheese
- proverbially what makes wise headteacher
- proverbially what begins at home
- proverbial what does it mean
idiom
- For Wiktionary's handling of idioms, see Wiktionary:Idioms
English
Etymology
From Middle French idiome, and its source, Late Latin idioma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (idí?ma, “a peculiarity, property, a peculiar phraseology, idiom”), from ????????? (idioûsthai, “to make one's own, appropriate to oneself”), from ????? (ídios, “one's own, pertaining to oneself, private, personal, peculiar, separate”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??d??m/
Noun
idiom (countable and uncountable, plural idioms or idiomata)
- A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, person, or group of people.
- Synonyms: idiomaticness, idiomaticity
- A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, "The Other L-Word", Vanity Fair, 13 Jan 2010:
- Many parents and teachers have become irritated to the point of distraction at the way the weed-style growth of "like" has spread through the idiom of the young.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, "The Other L-Word", Vanity Fair, 13 Jan 2010:
- An established expression whose meaning may not be not deducible from the literal meanings of its component words, often peculiar to a given language.
- 2008, Patricia Hampl, “You’re History”, in Patricia Hampl and Elaine Tyler May (editors), Tell Me True: Memoir, History, and Writing a Life, Minnesota Historical Society, ?ISBN, page 134:
- You’re history, we say […] . Surely it is an American idiom. Impossible to imagine a postwar European saying, “You’re history. . . . That’s history,” meaning fuhgeddaboudit, pal.
- 2008, Patricia Hampl, “You’re History”, in Patricia Hampl and Elaine Tyler May (editors), Tell Me True: Memoir, History, and Writing a Life, Minnesota Historical Society, ?ISBN, page 134:
- An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style.
- (programming) A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language.
Synonyms
- (language variety): dialect (loosely), language (loosely), languoid, lect, vernacular (loosely)
- (phrase): expression (loosely), form of words (loosely), idiotism, locution (loosely), phrase (loosely)
Derived terms
Related terms
- idiolect
- idiosyncratic
- idiot
Translations
See also
- Category:Idioms by language
Further reading
- American idioms - a comprehensive list of idioms, browsable through alphabetical links. Includes parts of speech, definitions and example sentences.
- English and American Idioms - RSS subscription channel
- Glossary of Linguistics
- Today's English Idioms at GoEnglish.com
- idiom in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- idiom in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- imido, imido-, modii
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??d?jom]
- Hyphenation: idiom
Noun
idiom m inan
- idiom (established expression whose meaning is not deducible from the literal meanings of its component words)
- 1972, Nový orient:
- P?ed b?žným „Nashledanou", které Peršané vyjad?ují slovy „nech? je B?h vaším opatrovníkem", dáme p?ednost idiomu „vaše laskavost nebo pozornost je (byla) nesmírná" nebo „nech? se vysoká laskavost nezmenší" ...
- 1985, Studie a práce linguistické:
- Stejn? málo významné byly pro IF pokusy p?iblížit význam idiom? ve vágních pojmech p?enesenosti, obraznosti, pr?hlednosti apod.
- 1996, ?asopis pro moderní filologii:
- Trochu konzervativní ?eský uživatel Schemannova slovníku bude možná zpo?átku postrádat u n?kterých idiom? jejich vysv?tlení, jak byl zvyklý kup?íkladu z dosud (do r. 1993) nejobsažn?jšího slovníku tohoto typu ...
- 2005, Zden?k St?íbrný, Proud ?asu:
- Vyjád?il to p?kným anglickým idiomem „They have added insult to your injury“.
- 2014, František ?ermák, Jazyk a slovník. Vybrané lingvistické studie:
- U idiom? pak m?žeme postulovat existenci p?edevším po?etných sekundárních symbol? (otev?ená hlava), pop?. ikon? (kamenný obli?ej), mén? ?asto však už sekundárních index? (co do, kór když).
- 1972, Nový orient:
Declension
Further reading
- idiom in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- idiom in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
- idiom in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
- idiom in Nový encyklopedický slovník ?eštiny, czechency.org
- ?eská frazeologie, Naše ?e? (1984)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch idioom.
Noun
idiom (first-person possessive idiomku, second-person possessive idiommu, third-person possessive idiomnya)
- idiom (idiomatic expression)
- idiom (artistic style)
- (rare, dated) idiom (language or language variety)
Further reading
- “idiom” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?id.j?m/
Noun
idiom m inan
- idiom (idiomatic expression)
- idiom (artistic style)
- (rare, dated) idiom (language or language variety)
Declension
Romanian
Etymology
From French idiome
Noun
idiom n (plural idiomuri)
- idiom
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /id?o?m/
- Hyphenation: i?di?om
Noun
idì?m m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- idiom (idiomatic expression)
- idiom (artistic style)
- (linguistics) idiom (language or language variety)
Declension
idiom From the web:
- what idiom means
- what idiomatic means
- what idioms did shakespeare invent
- what idiomatic expression
- what idioms provide in communication
- what idiomatic expression means
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