idyll

idyll

See also: Idyll

English

Alternative forms

• idyl

Etymology

From Latin īdyllium, from Ancient Greek εἰδύλλιον (eidúllion), from diminutive of εἶδος (eîdos, “form, shape”).

Pronunciation

• (UK): IPA^(key): /ˈɪdɪl/, /ˈɪdəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪdɪl, -ɪdəl
• (US): enPR: īʹdəl, IPA^(key): /ˈaɪdɪl/, /ˈaɪdəl/
• Rhymes: -aɪdəl
• Homophones: idle, idol (US)

Noun

idyll (plural idylls)

1. Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus' short pastoral poems, the Idylls.
2. An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience.
3. (music) A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner.

Related terms

• idyllic
• idyllical
• idyllically
• idyllist, idylist

Translations

poem or short written piece

Bulgarian: идилия f (idilija) Catalan: idil·li (ca) m Czech: idyla f, selanka f Danish: idyl c Greek: ειδύλλιο (el) n (eidýllio) Polish: idylla (pl) f

Portuguese: idílio (pt) m Russian: иди́ллия (ru) f (idíllija) Slovene: idila (sl) f Spanish: idilio (es) m Yiddish: אידיליע‎ f (idilye)

carefree or lighthearted experience

Bulgarian: идилия f (idilija) Catalan: idili m Czech: idyla f, selanka f Danish: idyl c French: idylle (fr) f German: Idyll (de) n, Idylle (de) f

Greek: ειδύλλιο (el) n (eidýllio) Polish: idylla (pl) f, sielanka (pl) f Quechua: wayllu Russian: иди́ллия (ru) f (idíllija) Spanish: idilio (es) m Yiddish: אידיליע‎ f (idilye)

composition

Czech: idyla f, selanka f

Russian: иди́ллия (ru) f (idíllija), пастора́ль (ru) f (pastorálʹ)

See also

• idyll on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

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

Anagrams

• dilly

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Swedish

Etymology

Cognate with Danish idyl, English idyll and German idyll, used since 1781.

Noun

idyll c

1. an idyll (a poem)
2. a place free of distress

Declension

Declension of idyll
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	idyll	idyllen	idyller	idyllerna
Genitive	idylls	idyllens	idyllers	idyllernas

Related terms

• idylldiktning
• idylliker
• idyllisera
• idyllisering
• idyllisk
• sörgårdsidyll

References

• idyll in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• idyll in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.