idiotisme

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

idiotisme m (plural idiotismes)

  1. idiom
    Synonym: modisme

Further reading

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)

  1. (derogatory) idiocy, stupidity, moronicness
  2. (medicine, dated) idiotism, severe mental retardation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from French idiotisme, from Latin idiotismus.[1]

Noun

idiotisme n (plural idiotismen)

  1. (linguistics) linguistic idiosyncrasy or regional peculiarity
  2. an overly literal translation of an idiom

References

  1. 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/
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Noun

idiotisme m (plural idiotismes)

  1. (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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