IDIO′TICON. (Gr[eek]) A word of frequent use in Germany, signifying a dictionary confined to a particular dialect, or containing words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country.
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Idioticon
//ˌɪdɪˈəʊtɪk(ə)n//
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16 translations across 10 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- idiotikon noun (dictionary of a specific dialect)
Dutch
1 entries- idioticon noun (dictionary of a specific dialect)
Finnish
1 entries- murresanakirja noun (dictionary of a specific dialect)
French
2 entries- glossaire noun (dictionary of a specific dialect)
- lexique noun (dictionary of a specific dialect)
German
4 entries- Dialektwörterbuch noun (dictionary of a specific dialect)
- Idiotikon noun (dictionary of a specific dialect)
- Mundartwörterbuch noun (dictionary of a specific dialect)
- Regionalismenwörterbuch noun (dictionary of a specific dialect)
Greek
1 entries- ιδιοτικό noun (dictionary of a specific dialect)
Hungarian
3 entries- nyelvjárási szótár noun (dictionary of a specific dialect)
- tájnyelvi szótár noun (dictionary of a specific dialect)
- tájszótár noun (dictionary of a specific dialect)
Italian
1 entries- dizionario dialettale noun (dictionary of a specific dialect)
Spanish
1 entries- idioticón noun (dictionary of a specific dialect)
Swedish
1 entries- dialektlexikon noun (dictionary of a specific dialect)
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There exist in Germany several valuable Idiotica.
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"Wische," says the Westerwald Idioticon, "expresses a quick movement connected with a whizzing or swishing sound."
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This gentleman [Titus Tobler] certainly made a greater name by his work on Palestine than by that on the language of his native land; nevertheless this book marks a great advance in the scientific treatment of an Idioticon, particularly through the more accurate specification of the actual sounds and forms of the popular idiom.
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