idioma

See also: idióma and idiòma

Asturian

Etymology

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

Noun

idioma m (plural idiomes)

1. language

Synonyms

• llingua

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [i.ðiˈo.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [i.ðiˈo.ma]

• Audio:

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Noun

idioma m (plural idiomes)

1. language

   Synonym: llengua

Esperanto

Etymology

From idiomo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

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

Adjective

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

1. idiomatic

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

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)

Synonyms

• lingua, linguaggio, vernacolo

Derived terms

• idiomatico

Anagrams

• Di Maio

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i.diˈoː.ma/, [ɪd̪iˈoːmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.diˈo.ma/, [id̪iˈɔːmä]

Noun

idiōma n (genitive idiōmatis); third declension

1. idiom (style of language)

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	idiōma	idiōmata
Genitive	idiōmatis	idiōmatum
Dative	idiōmatī	idiōmatibus
Accusative	idiōma	idiōmata
Ablative	idiōmate	idiōmatibus
Vocative	idiōma	idiōmata

Related terms

• idiōmatologia

Descendants

descendants

• Aragonese: idioma
• Aromanian: idhiumâ
• Asturian: idioma
• Catalan: idioma
• Corsican: idiomu, idioma
• Fala: idioma
• Friulian: idiom
• Galician: idioma
• Ladin: idiom
• Ladino: idioma
• Leonese: idioma
• Middle French: idiome
  • Dutch: idioom
  • English: idiom
  • French: idiome
• Mirandese: eidioma
• Italian: idioma
• Piedmontese: idioma
• Portuguese: idioma
• Romanian: idiom
• Romansch: idiom
• Sicilian: idiuma
• Spanish: idioma
  • Papiamentu: idioma

References

• “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 (2024 November 4 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], 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

Papiamentu

Noun

idioma

1. language

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.d͡ʒiˈõ.mɐ/ [i.d͡ʒɪˈõ.mɐ], (faster pronunciation) /iˈd͡ʒjõ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.d͡ʒiˈõ.mɐ/ [i.d͡ʒɪˈõ.mɐ], (faster pronunciation) /iˈd͡ʒjõ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.d͡ʒiˈo.ma/ [i.d͡ʒɪˈo.ma], (faster pronunciation) /iˈd͡ʒjo.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈdjo.mɐ/ [iˈðjo.mɐ]

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

Noun

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.

Usage notes

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.

Related terms

• idiomático
• idiomografia

Further reading

• “idioma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈdjoma/ [iˈð̞jo.ma]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

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

Noun

idioma m (plural idiomas)

1. language

   Synonym: lengua

   el idioma español ― the Spanish language

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• academia de idiomas
• escuela de idiomas
• idioma extranjero
• intercambio de idiomas
• laboratorio de idiomas

 

Further reading

• “idioma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014