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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin idiōma (“idiomatic”), from Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “the local dialect of an area that varies from the main dialect from which it came”), from Ancient Greek ἰδιούμαι (idioúmai, “to usurp, appropriate”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “mine, belonging to me”).
Pronunciation
Noun
idiome m (plural idiomes)
- (rare) language
- idiom (in the sense of a form of language proper to a folk or region)
Descendants
Further reading
Middle French
Noun
idiome m (plural idiomes)
- language