idiome
See also: Idiome
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin idiōma (“idiomatic”), from Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “the local dialect of an area that varies from the main dialect from which it came”), from Ancient Greek ἰδιούμαι (idioúmai, “to usurp, appropriate”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “mine, belonging to me”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.djom/
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Noun
idiome m (plural idiomes)
- (rare) language
- idiom (in the sense of a form of language proper to a folk or region)
Related terms
- idiomatique
Descendants
- → Romanian: idiom
Further reading
- “idiome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Noun
idiome m (plural idiomes)
- language