idéal

See also: ideal, Ideal, ideał, and ideál

French

Etymology

From Late Latin ideālis (“existing in idea”), from Ancient Greek ἰδέᾱ (idéā, “idea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.de.al/

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Noun

idéal m (plural idéaux)

1. ideal

Adjective

idéal (feminine idéale, masculine plural idéaux, feminine plural idéales)

1. ideal

Related terms

• idéalement
• idée

 

Descendants

• → Persian: ایده‌آل (ide'âl)
• → Turkish: ideal

Further reading

• “idéal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• délai, délia, laide

Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from French idéal, from Late Latin ideālis (“existing in idea”), from Ancient Greek ἰδέᾱ (idéā, “idea”).

Noun

idéal m (genitive singular idéil, nominative plural idéil)

1. ideal

Declension

Declension of idéal (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative idéal idéil vocative a idéil a idéala genitive idéil idéal dative idéal idéil forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-idéal na hidéil genitive an idéil na n-idéal dative leis an idéal don idéal leis na hidéil

Derived terms

• idéalach (“ideal”, adjective)
• idéalacht (“ideality”)
• idéalaí (“idealist”)
• idéalaigh (“idealize”, transitive verb)

 

Related terms

• idéalachas (“idealism”)
• idéalaíoch (“idealistic”, adjective)
• idéalú (“idealization”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of idéal

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
idéal	n-idéal	hidéal	t-idéal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “idéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “ideal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “idéal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “idéal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Norman

Etymology

From Late Latin ideālis (“existing in idea”), from Ancient Greek ἰδέᾱ (idéā, “idea”).

Adjective

idéal m

1. (Jersey) ideal

Derived terms

• idéalement (“ideally”)