idole
See also: Idole
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.dɔl/
Audio (file)
Noun
idole f (plural idoles)
- idol (graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power)
- 1689, Jean Racine, Esther:
- Peut-être, Assuérus, frémissant de courroux,
Si nous ne courbons les genoux
Devant une muette idole,
Commandera qu’on nous immole.- Perhaps Ahasuerus, quivering with wrath,
If we do not kneel down
Before a silent idol,
Will give the order to sacrifice us.
- Perhaps Ahasuerus, quivering with wrath,
- idol (cultural icon, or especially popular person)
- 1834, Honoré de Balzac, La duchesse de Langeais:
- Monsieur Armand de Montriveau se trouvait en ce moment, sans le savoir, l’objet d’une curiosité générale, et le méritait plus qu’aucune de ces idoles passagères dont Paris a besoin et dont il s’amourache pour quelques jours, afin de satisfaire cette passion d’engouement et d’enthousiasme factice dont il est périodiquement travaillé.
- M. Armand de Montriveau, at that moment all unwittingly the object of general curiosity, better deserved attention than any of the idols that Paris needs must set up to worship for a brief space, for the city is vexed by periodical fits of craving, a passion for engouement and sham enthusiasm, which must be satisfied.
Further reading
- “idole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iˈdɔ.lɛ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔlɛ
- Syllabification: i‧do‧le
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