idiotisme
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /i.di.uˈtiz.mə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /i.di.oˈtiz.me/
Noun
idiotisme m (plural idiotismes)
- idiom
- Synonym: modisme
Further reading
- “idiotisme” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “idiotisme” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌi.di.oːˈtɪs.mə/
- Hyphenation: idi‧o‧tis‧me
- Rhymes: -ɪsmə
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German Idiotismus, from French idiotisme.[1]
Noun
idiotisme n (uncountable)
- (derogatory) idiocy, stupidity, moronicness
- (medicine, dated) idiotism, severe mental retardation
Derived terms
- vakidiotisme
Related terms
- idioot
- idiotie
Etymology 2
Probably borrowed from French idiotisme, from Latin idiotismus.[1]
Noun
idiotisme n (plural idiotismen)
- (linguistics) linguistic idiosyncracy or regional peculiarity
- an overly literal translation of an idiom
Related terms
- idioticon
References
- Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin idiotismus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.djɔ.tism/, /i.djɔ.tizm/
Audio (file)
Noun
idiotisme m (plural idiotismes)
- (linguistics) idiom
- Synonyms: expression idiomatique, idiomatisme
- 1831, Honoré de Balzac, Madame Firmiani, published 1855:
- Déjà, madame Firmiani se métamorphose en maison. Cette maison n’est plus un amas de pierres superposées architectoniquement ; non, ce mot est, dans la langue des Flâneurs, un idiotisme intraduisible.
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Further reading
- “idiotisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.