idiom
61idiom — n 1. expression, locution, phrase, set phrase; turn of phrase or expression, phrasing, wording. 2. language, dialect, tongue, vernacular, speech; jargon, cant, argot, slang, street language, Obs. flash; parlance, Inf. lingo, phraseology, manner… …
62idiom — id·i·om …
63idiom — id•i•om [[t]ˈɪd i əm[/t]] n. 1) ling. an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual grammatical rules of a language or from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket“to die.” 2) ling. a language, dialect,… …
64idiom — n. language or dialect peculiar to a people, region, class, etc.; linguistic expression peculiar to itself in form, grammar, etc.; style of artistic expression characteristic of a person, period, medium etc. ♦ idiomatic, a. ♦ idiomology,… …
65idiom — i|di|om sb., et, er, erne (fast udtryk) …
66Idiom — Idi|om, das; s, e <griechisch> (feste Redewendung; eigentümliche Sprache oder Sprechweise; Mundart) …
67idiom — n. 1 a group of words established by usage and having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (as in over the moon, see the light). 2 a form of expression peculiar to a language, person, or group of people. 3 a the language of… …
68idiom blend — noun A malaphor: an error in which two similar figures of speech are merged, producing a nonsensical result …
69Idiom Neutral — noun An artificial language, partially derived from Volapük, with a vocabulary consistently selected on the basis of the maximum internationality of the roots …
70idiom, idiomatic — Ikeoma …
