idiom
noun
1 idiom
A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.
synonym: parlance.
Dutch: taal, taaleigen, idioom
2 idiom
The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people.
synonyms: accent, dialect.
Roget 563:
neology,
neologism;
newfangled expression,
nonce expression;
back-formation;
caconym†;
barbarism.
archaism,
black letter,
monkish Latin.
corruption,
missaying†,
malapropism,
antiphrasis†.
pun,
paranomasia†,
play upon words;
word play
etc.
(wit)
842;
double-entendre [Fr.]
etc.
(ambiguity)
520;
palindrome,
paragram†,
anagram,
clinch;
abuse of language,
abuse of terms.
dialect,
brogue,
idiom,
accent,
patois;
provincialism,
regionalism,
localism;
broken English,
lingua franca;
Anglicism,
Briticism,
Gallicism,
Scotticism,
Hibernicism;
Americanism†;
Gypsy lingo,
Romany;
pidgin,
pidgin English,
pigeon English;
Volapuk,
Chinook,
Esperanto,
Hindustani,
kitchen Kaffir.
dog Latin,
macaronics†,
gibberish;
confusion of tongues,
Babel;
babu English†,
chi-chi.
figure of speech
etc.
(metaphor)
521;
byword.
colloquialism,
informal speech,
informal language.
substandard language,
vernacular.
vulgar language,
obscene language,
obscenity,
vulgarity.
jargon,
technical terms,
technicality,
lingo,
slang,
cant,
argot;
St. Gile's Greek,
thieves' Latin,
peddler's French,
flash tongue,
Billingsgate,
Wall Street slang.
pseudology†.
pseudonym
etc.
(misnomer)
565;
Mr.
So-and-so;
wha d'ye call 'em†,
whatchacallim,
what's his name;
thingummy†,
thingumbob;
je ne sais quoi [Fr.].
neologist†,
coiner of words.
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Dutch: mondaard, accent, dialect, patois, streektaal
3 idiom
The style of a particular artist or school or movement:
— An imaginative orchestral idiom.
synonym: artistic style.
Dutch: stijl
4 idiom
An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up.
synonyms: idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, phrase, set phrase.
Roget 566:
phrase,
expression,
set phrase;
sentence,
paragraph;
figure of speech
etc.
521;
idiom,
idiotism†;
turn of expression;
style.
paraphrase
etc.
(synonym)
522;
periphrase
etc.
(circumlocution)
573;
motto
etc.
(proverb)
496†.
phraseology
etc.
569.
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Dutch: idioom, zinswending, frase, zegswijze, uitdrukking
Polish: związek frazeologiczny, frazeologizm
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