Idiom

//ˈɪdiəm//

Synonyms for "idiom" (110 found)

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Closest matches (22)

Strong matches (33)

Related words (55)

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Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

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derived

8 entries

has context

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is a

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related to

8 entries

Translations

187 translations across 74 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • idiomë noun (idiomatic expression)

Arabic

2 entries
  • اِصْطِلَاح noun (idiomatic expression)
  • مُصْطَلَح noun (idiomatic expression)

Armenian

1 entries
  • դարձված noun (idiomatic expression)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • deyim noun (idiomatic expression)
  • idiom noun (idiomatic expression)
  • idioma noun (idiomatic expression)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • ідыёма noun (idiomatic expression)

Bengali

1 entries
  • বাগধারা noun (idiomatic expression)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • и́зразни сре́дства noun (distinct style of art, etc)
  • идио́м noun (idiomatic expression)

Burmese

1 entries
  • အီဒီယမ် noun (idiomatic expression)

Catalan

4 entries
  • dialecte noun (manner of speaking)
  • frase feta noun (idiomatic expression)
  • idioma noun (language variety)
  • idiotisme noun (idiomatic expression)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • زاراوە noun (idiomatic expression)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 成語 /成语 noun (idiomatic expression)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 俗語 /俗语 noun (idiomatic expression)
  • 成語 /成语 noun (idiomatic expression)
  • 文風 /文风 noun (manner of speaking)
  • 方言 noun (language variety)

Czech

1 entries
  • idiom noun (idiomatic expression)

Danish

2 entries
  • idiom noun (idiomatic expression)
  • talemåde noun (manner of speaking)

Dari

1 entries
  • اِصْطِلَاح noun (idiomatic expression)

Dutch

2 entries
  • idioom noun (idiomatic expression)
  • taaleigen noun (idiomatic expression)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • idiotismo noun (idiomatic expression)

Estonian

1 entries
  • idioom noun (idiomatic expression)

Finnish

4 entries
  • idiomi noun (manner of speaking)
  • idiomi noun (idiomatic expression)
  • kielimuunnos noun (language variety)
  • kädenjälki noun (instance of such style)

French

4 entries
  • idiome noun (manner of speaking)
  • idiome noun (language variety)
  • idiome noun (idiomatic expression)
  • idiotisme noun (idiomatic expression)

Georgian

2 entries
  • იდიომატური გამოთქმა noun (idiomatic expression)
  • იდიომი noun (idiomatic expression)

German

4 entries
  • Ausdruck noun (instance of such style)
  • Ausdrucksweise noun (language variety)
  • Ausdrucksweise noun (idiomatic expression)
  • Ausdrucksweise noun (distinct style of art, etc)

Greek

1 entries
  • ιδίωμα noun (idiomatic expression)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • מַטְבֵּעַ לָשׁוֹן noun (idiomatic expression)
  • נִיב noun (language variety)
  • נִיב noun (idiomatic expression)

Hindi

1 entries
  • मुहावरा noun (idiomatic expression)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • beszédfordulat noun (idiomatic expression)
  • fordulat noun (idiomatic expression)
  • idióma noun (manner of speaking)
  • idióma noun (language variety)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • orðatiltæki noun (idiomatic expression)

Ido

1 entries
  • idiotismo noun (idiomatic expression)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • idiom noun (language variety)
  • idiom noun (idiomatic expression)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • اِصْطِلاح noun (idiomatic expression)

Irish

1 entries
  • cor cainte noun (manner of speaking)

Italian

4 entries
  • dialetto noun (language variety)
  • espressione idiomatica noun (idiomatic expression)
  • idioma noun (manner of speaking)
  • idiomatismo noun (idiomatic expression)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 慣用句 noun (idiomatic expression)
  • 慣用語 noun (idiomatic expression)
  • 成句 noun (idiomatic expression)
  • 方言 noun (language variety)

Kapampangan

2 entries
  • panasbuc (Baculud) noun (idiomatic expression)
  • panasbuk (Wawa) noun (idiomatic expression)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • идиома noun (idiomatic expression)

Khmer

1 entries
  • បានតែបង្ហាញ noun (idiomatic expression)

Korean

4 entries
  • 관용구 noun (idiomatic expression)
  • 관용구 noun (idiomatic expression)
  • 관용어 noun (idiomatic expression)
  • 숙어 noun (idiomatic expression)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • идиома noun (idiomatic expression)

Lao

1 entries
  • ສຳນວນ noun (idiomatic expression)

Latvian

1 entries
  • idioma noun (idiomatic expression)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • idioma noun (idiomatic expression)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • идио́м noun (idiomatic expression)

Malay

2 entries
  • loghat noun (language variety)
  • simpulan bahasa noun (idiomatic expression)

Manx

1 entries
  • corghlare noun (idiomatic expression)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хэлц үг noun (idiomatic expression)

Māori

2 entries
  • kīrehu noun (idiomatic expression)
  • kīwaha noun (manner of speaking)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • biwêj noun (idiomatic expression)
  • îdyom noun (idiomatic expression)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • idiom noun (idiomatic expression)

Old English

2 entries
  • āgensprǣċ noun (idiomatic expression)
  • ġecyndesprǣċ noun (idiomatic expression)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • لغت noun (language variety)

Pashto

1 entries
  • اصطلاح noun (idiomatic expression)

Polish

3 entries
  • idiom noun (idiomatic expression)
  • mowa noun (language variety)
  • narzecze noun (language variety)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • expressão idiomática noun (idiomatic expression)
  • idioma noun (idiomatic expression)

Romanian

1 entries
  • idiom noun (idiomatic expression)

Russian

4 entries
  • го́вор noun (language variety)
  • диале́кт noun (language variety)
  • идио́м noun (language variety)
  • идио́ма noun (manner of speaking)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • gnàthas-cainnt noun (manner of speaking)
  • gnàthas-cainnt noun (idiomatic expression)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • idìōm noun (language variety)
  • idìōm noun (idiomatic expression)
  • идѝо̄м noun (language variety)
  • идѝо̄м noun (idiomatic expression)

Slovak

2 entries
  • idióm noun (language variety)
  • idióm noun (idiomatic expression)

Slovene

1 entries
  • idiom noun (idiomatic expression)

Spanish

4 entries
  • idioma noun (language variety)
  • idiomatismo noun (idiomatic expression)
  • idiotismo noun (idiomatic expression)
  • modismo noun (idiomatic expression)

Swedish

2 entries
  • idiom noun (idiomatic expression)
  • idiomatiskt uttryck noun (idiomatic expression)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kawikaan noun (idiomatic expression)

Tajik

2 entries
  • идиома noun (idiomatic expression)
  • истилоҳ noun (idiomatic expression)

Tamil

1 entries
  • மரபுத்தொடர் noun (idiomatic expression)

Telugu

1 entries
  • జాతీయము noun (idiomatic expression)

Thai

1 entries
  • สำนวน noun (idiomatic expression)

Turkish

1 entries
  • deyim noun (idiomatic expression)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • стійки́й зворо́т noun (idiomatic expression)
  • ідіо́ма noun (idiomatic expression)

Urdu

2 entries
  • اِصْطِلاح noun (idiomatic expression)
  • مُحاوَرَہ noun (idiomatic expression)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ئىدىئوم noun (idiomatic expression)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • idioma noun (idiomatic expression)
  • istiloh noun (idiomatic expression)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • thành ngữ noun (idiomatic expression)
  • thổ ngữ noun (language variety)

Walloon

4 entries
  • cåzaedje noun (manner of speaking)
  • djårgon noun (language variety)
  • patwès noun (language variety)
  • pårler noun (manner of speaking)

Welsh

1 entries
  • idiom noun (idiomatic expression)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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I foolishly interpreted the idiom according to its literal sense.

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"Time is gold" a true idiom.

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It's an idiom. You don't have to understand its literal meaning.

Source: tatoeba (2613054)

Goethe used this idiom. Why, then, should it be incorrect today?

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