idioma

idioma

1. inflection of idiomë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Borrowed from Late Latin idioma, from Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “peculiarity; idiom”).

• IPA^(key): /iˈdjoma/
• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: i‧dio‧ma

idioma m (plural idiomes)

1. language

   Synonym: llingua

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Borrowed from Late Latin idioma, from Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “peculiarity; idiom”).

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• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

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idioma m (plural idiomes)

1. language

   Synonym: llengua

From idiomo +‎ -a.

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• IPA^(key): /idiˈoma/
• Rhymes: -oma
• Hyphenation: i‧di‧o‧ma

idioma (accusative singular idioman, plural idiomaj, accusative plural idiomajn)

1. idiomatic

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Borrowed from Late Latin idioma, from Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “peculiarity; idiom”).

idioma m (plural idiomi)

1. vernacular (the language of a people or a national language)
2. idiom (a distinct language variety or dialect)
3. languoid (a language or dialect without distinction)

• lingua, linguaggio, vernacolo

• idiomatico

• Di Maio

From the Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma).

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idiōma n (genitive idiōmatis); third declension

1. idiom (style of language)

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

• idiōmatologia

• “ĭdĭōma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ĭdĭōma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 766/1.
• idioma in Ramminger, Johann (2025 June 9 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “idiōma” on page 820/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “idioma”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 508/1

idioma

1. language

Borrowed from Late Latin idioma, from Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “peculiarity; idiom”).

• Rhymes: -omɐ
• Hyphenation: i‧di‧o‧ma

idioma m (plural idiomas)

1. language (form of communication using words and structured with grammar)

   Synonyms: língua, linguagem, fala

   O idioma português.

   The Portuguese language.

When referring to language as a general concept or as a programming language, linguagem is used rather than idioma. Idioma often refers specifically to the language used by a nation or people, in many cases the official language of that entity.

• idiomático
• idiomografia

• “idioma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Late Latin idioma, from Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “peculiarity; idiom”).

• IPA^(key): /iˈdjoma/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: i‧dio‧ma

idioma m (plural idiomas)

1. language

   Synonym: lengua

   el idioma español ― the Spanish language

• For the particular use of language, as well as programming languages, lenguaje is used rather than idioma.

• “idioma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10