IDIOM


Meaning of IDIOM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈi-dē-əm ]

noun

Etymology: Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French idiome, from Late Latin idioma individual peculiarity of language, from Greek idiōmat-, idiōma, from idiousthai to appropriate, from idios

Date: 1588

1.

a. : the language peculiar to a people or to a district, community, or class : dialect

b. : the syntactical, grammatical, or structural form peculiar to a language

2. : an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either grammatically (as no, it wasn't me ) or in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (as Monday week for “the Monday a week after next Monday”)

3. : a style or form of artistic expression that is characteristic of an individual, a period or movement, or a medium or instrument

the modern jazz idiom

broadly : manner , style

a new culinary idiom

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.