What does "ide" mean?
A freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, found across northern Europe and Asia, especially Leuciscus idus.
Ide
/aɪd/ contraction, name, noun
contraction, name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, found across northern Europe and Asia, especially Leuciscus idus.
- Grammar: ide is listed as contraction, name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: coding software, ides, leuciscus idus, orfe.
- Usage evidence: You use your IDE in light mode? Everyone uses dark mode. What kind of psycho are you?
How to use "ide"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, found across northern Europe and Asia, especially Leuciscus idus.
"a pike says to the pike-folk / a whitefish asked an ide, a / salmon another salmon: / ‘Have they died, the famous men / have Kaleva's sons been lost […]?’"
- 2 Initialism of insulin-degrading enzyme. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
- 3 Initialism of integrated development environment. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
- 4 Initialism of integrated drive electronics. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Contraction
- 1 Obsolete form of I'd. alt-of, contraction, obsolete
"Were it to search the furthest Northern clime / Where frosty Hyems with an ycie Mace / Strikes dead all living things, Ide find it out, / And borrowing fire from those fayre sunny eyne / Thaw Winters frost and warme that dead cold clime: […]"
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname transferred from the given name.
- 2 A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England, named after Saint Ida (OS grid ref SX8990).
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"You use your IDE in light mode? Everyone uses dark mode. What kind of psycho are you?"
Common questions
What is a synonym for "ide"?
Common synonyms include: coding software, ides, leuciscus idus, orfe.
How do you use "ide" in a sentence?
You use your IDE in light mode? Everyone uses dark mode. What kind of psycho are you?
How do you pronounce "ide"?
Pronounced /aɪd/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French ide, from Scientific Latin idus (species name), from Swedish id.
Etymology 2
From the medieval male (and less often female) given name Ida.