idée

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See also: idee, Idee, and ideé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French idée (“idea”). Doublet of idea.

Pronunciation

Noun

idée (plural idées)

  1. Idea, occurring only in certain set phrases which are borrowings from French:

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin idea (“a (Platonic) idea; archetype”), from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.de/
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Noun

idée f (plural idées)

  1. idea
    • 1772, Paul-Henri Thiry (baron d') Holbach, Le Bon-Sens, ou, Idées Naturelles Opposées aux Idées Surnaturelles‎, London: Marc-Michel Rey, →LCCN, →OL, §30, page 22:
      Tous les enfans ſont des athées; ils n’ont aucune idée de Dieu: ſont-ils donc criminels à cauſe de cette ignorance?
      All children are born atheists; they have no idea of God. Are they then criminal on account of their ignorance?
    • 1972, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “Mourir pour des idées”, in Fernande:
      Mourir pour des idées, c’est bien beau mais lesquelles ?
      To die for ideas is all well and good, but which ones?

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: idée
  • → German: Idee
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: idé
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: idé
  • → Swedish: idé
  • → Turkish: ide

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin idea (“a (Platonic) idea; archetype”), from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”).

Noun

idée f (plural idées)

  1. (Guernsey) idea
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