transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈī-d ə l ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French idle, from Late Latin idolum, from Greek eidōlon image, idol; akin to Greek eidos form — more at idyll
Date: 13th century
1. : a representation or symbol of an object of worship ; broadly : a false god
2.
a. : a likeness of something
b. obsolete : pretender , impostor
3. : a form or appearance visible but without substance
an enchanted phantom, a lifeless idol — P. B. Shelley
4. : an object of extreme devotion
a movie idol
also : ideal 2
5. : a false conception : fallacy