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idea

See also: ideá, -idea, and idea-

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin idea (“a (Platonic) idea; archetype”), from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know; see”). Cognate with French idée. Doublet of idée. Related to idol, idolum, and eidolon.

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Noun

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idea (plural ideas or (philosophy, rare) ideæ)

  1. (philosophy) An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples. [from 14th c.]
    • 2013 October 19, “Trouble at the lab”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8858:
      The idea that the same experiments always get the same results, no matter who performs them, is one of the cornerstones of science’s claim to objective truth. If a systematic campaign of replication does not lead to the same results, then either the original research is flawed (as the replicators claim) or the replications are (as many of the original researchers on priming contend). Either way, something is awry.
  2. (obsolete) The conception of someone or something as representing a perfect example; an ideal. [16th–19th c.]
  3. (obsolete) The form or shape of something; a quintessential aspect or characteristic. [16th–18th c.]
  4. An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory. [from 16th c.]
    The mere idea of you is enough to excite me.
  5. More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking. [from 17th c.]
  6. A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention. [from 17th c.]
    I have an idea of how we might escape.
  7. A purposeful aim or goal; intent
    Yeah, that's the idea.
    • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
      My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
    • 2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:
      Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.
  8. A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression. [from 17th c.]
    He had the wild idea that if he leant forward a little, he might be able to touch the mountain-top.
  9. (music) A musical theme or melodic subject. [from 18th c.]

Synonyms

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  • (mental transcript, image, or picture): image

Derived terms

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Collocations

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Collocations
  • good idea
  • bad idea
  • better idea
  • great idea
  • new idea
  • slightest idea
  • least idea
  • basic idea
  • general idea
  • whole idea
  • fixed idea
  • mistaken idea
  • leading idea
  • guiding idea
  • confused idea
  • following idea
  • controlling idea
  • prevailing idea
  • ruling idea
  • accepted idea
  • clear idea
  • original idea

Descendants

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  • → Japanese: アイディア (aidia), アイデア (aidea)

Translations

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References

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  1. ^ Stanley, Oma (1937) “II. Vowel Sounds in Unstressed and Partially Stressed Syllables”, in The Speech of East Texas (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 2), New York: Columbia University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § I.4, page 40.

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Anagrams

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Asturian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”).

Noun

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idea f (plural idees)

  1. idea
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Catalan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek.

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Noun

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idea f (plural idees)

  1. An idea, a mental representation of a real or imaginary thing
    La idea de justícia. ― The idea of justice.
  2. An elementary or general notion of something
    No en tenia la més petita idea. ― I/She/He didn't have the slightest idea.
  3. A concept to be realized, plan of action, purpose, intention
    M’agrada, la idea'! ― I like the idea!
  4. The fundamental, substantial part of a doctrine, a reasoning, etc
    La idea cristiana. ― The Christian idea.

Usage notes

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  • Often pronounced as ideia.
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Further reading

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Chinese

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Etymology

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From English idea.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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idea

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) idea; plan

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Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa), from εἴδω (eídō).

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Noun

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idea f

  1. idea (that which exists in the mind as the result of mental activity)

Declension

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Declension of idea (feminine in -ea)
singular plural
nominative idea idey, ideje
genitive idey, ideje idejí
dative ideji ideám, idejím
accusative ideu idey, ideje
vocative ideo idey, ideje
locative ideji ideách, idejích
instrumental ideou, idejí ideami, idejemi
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Further reading

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  • “idea”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “idea”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “idea”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Finnish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”).

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Noun

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idea

  1. idea
    Synonyms: ajatus, oivallus

Declension

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Inflection of idea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative idea ideat
genitive idean ideoiden
ideoitten
partitive ideaa ideoita
illative ideaan ideoihin
singular plural
nominative idea ideat
accusative nom. idea ideat
gen. idean
genitive idean ideoiden
ideoitten
ideain rare
partitive ideaa ideoita
inessive ideassa ideoissa
elative ideasta ideoista
illative ideaan ideoihin
adessive idealla ideoilla
ablative idealta ideoilta
allative idealle ideoille
essive ideana ideoina
translative ideaksi ideoiksi
abessive ideatta ideoitta
instructive — ideoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of idea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ideani ideani
accusative nom. ideani ideani
gen. ideani
genitive ideani ideoideni
ideoitteni
ideaini rare
partitive ideaani ideoitani
inessive ideassani ideoissani
elative ideastani ideoistani
illative ideaani ideoihini
adessive ideallani ideoillani
ablative idealtani ideoiltani
allative idealleni ideoilleni
essive ideanani ideoinani
translative ideakseni ideoikseni
abessive ideattani ideoittani
instructive — —
comitative — ideoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ideasi ideasi
accusative nom. ideasi ideasi
gen. ideasi
genitive ideasi ideoidesi
ideoittesi
ideaisi rare
partitive ideaasi ideoitasi
inessive ideassasi ideoissasi
elative ideastasi ideoistasi
illative ideaasi ideoihisi
adessive ideallasi ideoillasi
ablative idealtasi ideoiltasi
allative ideallesi ideoillesi
essive ideanasi ideoinasi
translative ideaksesi ideoiksesi
abessive ideattasi ideoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — ideoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ideamme ideamme
accusative nom. ideamme ideamme
gen. ideamme
genitive ideamme ideoidemme
ideoittemme
ideaimme rare
partitive ideaamme ideoitamme
inessive ideassamme ideoissamme
elative ideastamme ideoistamme
illative ideaamme ideoihimme
adessive ideallamme ideoillamme
ablative idealtamme ideoiltamme
allative ideallemme ideoillemme
essive ideanamme ideoinamme
translative ideaksemme ideoiksemme
abessive ideattamme ideoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — ideoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ideanne ideanne
accusative nom. ideanne ideanne
gen. ideanne
genitive ideanne ideoidenne
ideoittenne
ideainne rare
partitive ideaanne ideoitanne
inessive ideassanne ideoissanne
elative ideastanne ideoistanne
illative ideaanne ideoihinne
adessive ideallanne ideoillanne
ablative idealtanne ideoiltanne
allative ideallenne ideoillenne
essive ideananne ideoinanne
translative ideaksenne ideoiksenne
abessive ideattanne ideoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — ideoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative ideansa ideansa
accusative nom. ideansa ideansa
gen. ideansa
genitive ideansa ideoidensa
ideoittensa
ideainsa rare
partitive ideaansa ideoitaan
ideoitansa
inessive ideassaan
ideassansa 		ideoissaan
ideoissansa
elative ideastaan
ideastansa 		ideoistaan
ideoistansa
illative ideaansa ideoihinsa
adessive ideallaan
ideallansa 		ideoillaan
ideoillansa
ablative idealtaan
idealtansa 		ideoiltaan
ideoiltansa
allative idealleen
ideallensa 		ideoilleen
ideoillensa
essive ideanaan
ideanansa 		ideoinaan
ideoinansa
translative ideakseen
ideaksensa 		ideoikseen
ideoiksensa
abessive ideattaan
ideattansa 		ideoittaan
ideoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — ideoineen
ideoinensa

Derived terms

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compounds

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /iˈdɛa/ [iˈð̞ɛ.ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛa
  • Hyphenation: i‧de‧a

Noun

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idea f (plural ideas)

  1. idea
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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”). [1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈidɛɒ]
  • Hyphenation: idea
  • Rhymes: -ɒ

Noun

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idea (plural ideák)

  1. (philosophy or formal) idea
    Synonyms: eszme, ötlet, gondolat

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative idea ideák
accusative ideát ideákat
dative ideának ideáknak
instrumental ideával ideákkal
causal-final ideáért ideákért
translative ideává ideákká
terminative ideáig ideákig
essive-formal ideaként ideákként
essive-modal — —
inessive ideában ideákban
superessive ideán ideákon
adessive ideánál ideáknál
illative ideába ideákba
sublative ideára ideákra
allative ideához ideákhoz
elative ideából ideákból
delative ideáról ideákról
ablative ideától ideáktól
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possessive - singular 		ideáé ideáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		ideáéi ideákéi
Possessive forms of idea
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ideám ideáim
2nd person sing. ideád ideáid
3rd person sing. ideája ideái
1st person plural ideánk ideáink
2nd person plural ideátok ideáitok
3rd person plural ideájuk ideáik

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  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

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  • idea in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Interlingua

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idea (plural ideas)

  1. idea

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /iˈdɛ.a/
  • Rhymes: -ɛa
  • Hyphenation: i‧dè‧a

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”).

Noun

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idea f (plural idee)

  1. idea
    buon'idea ― good idea
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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idea

  1. inflection of ideare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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  • idea in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”).

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Noun

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idea f (genitive ideae); first declension

  1. idea
  2. prototype (Platonic)

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative idea ideae
genitive ideae ideārum
dative ideae ideīs
accusative ideam ideās
ablative ideā ideīs
vocative idea ideae

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Malay

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English idea, from Latin idea (“a (Platonic) idea; archetype”), from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”).

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idea (Jawi spelling ايديا, plural idea-idea, informal 1st possessive ideaku, 2nd possessive ideamu, 3rd possessive ideanya)

  1. idea

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  • ide (Indonesia, Timor-Leste)

Maltese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian idea.

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idea f (plural ideat)

  1. idea; thought; opinion
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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈitea̯/

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idea

  1. idea

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin idea.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /iˈdɛ.a/
  • Audio 1:(file)
  • Audio 2:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛa
  • Syllabification: i‧de‧a

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idea f (diminutive idejka)

  1. idea (image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory)
    Synonym: pomysł
  2. (philosophy) idea (abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect)
  3. keynote, mission statement

Declension

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Declension of idea
singular plural
nominative idea idee
genitive idei idei
dative idei ideom
accusative ideę idee
instrumental ideą ideami
locative idei ideach
vocative ideo idee

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adjectives
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nouns

Further reading

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  • idea in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • idea in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian ideare.

Verb

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a idea (third-person singular present ideează, past participle ideat) 1st conjugation

  1. to invent, to conceive

Conjugation

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    conjugation of idea (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a idea
gerund ideând
past participle ideat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present ideez ideezi ideează ideăm ideați ideează
imperfect ideam ideai idea ideam ideați ideau
simple perfect ideai ideași ideă idearăm idearăți ideară
pluperfect ideasem ideaseși idease ideaserăm ideaserăți ideaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să ideez să ideezi să ideeze să ideăm să ideați să ideeze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative ideează ideați
negative nu idea nu ideați

Slovak

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin idea (“a (Platonic) idea; archetype”), from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”).

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idea f (genitive singular idey, nominative plural idey, genitive plural ideí, declension pattern of idea)

  1. idea (that which exists in the mind as the result of mental activity)

Declension

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Declension of idea (pattern žena, loanword ending with -ea)
singularplural
nominativeideaidey
genitiveideyideí
dativeideiideám
accusativeideuidey
locativeideiideách
instrumentalideouideami
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Further reading

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  • “idea”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “to see”). Compare Portuguese ideia.

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Noun

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idea f (plural ideas)

  1. idea
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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idea

  1. inflection of idear:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish idea, from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”).

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ideá or idea (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇᜒᜌ)

  1. idea; opinion
    Synonyms: palagay, opinyon, kuro-kuro
  2. plan; intention
    Synonyms: balak, layon, hangad

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