idee

See also: Idee, idée, and ideé

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch idee, borrowed from Middle French idee, from Old French idee, from Latin idea (a (Platonic) idea; archetype), from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, notion, pattern), from εἴδω (eídō, I see), related to French idée.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈdeː/, [iˈdeː]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: idee
  • Rhymes: -eː

Noun

idee n (plural ideeën, diminutive ideetje n)

  1. idea

Noun

idee n or f (plural ideeën)

  1. (philosophy) idea, notion

Usage notes

This word is normally considered to be a neuter noun (het idee), but it can be considered feminine (de idee) for a philosophical or abstract idea.

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Caribbean Javanese: idhé
  • Indonesian: ide

References

Estonian

Etymology

German Idee.

Noun

idee (genitive idee, partitive ideed)

  1. idea
  2. concept

Inflection

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin idea.

Noun

idee f

  1. idea

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈdɛ.e/
  • Rhymes: -ɛe
  • Hyphenation: i‧dè‧e

Noun

idee f

  1. plural of idea

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French idée, German Idee, from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, notion, pattern), from εἴδω (eídō, I see).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

idee f (plural idei)

  1. idea

Declension

References

Spanish

Verb

idee

  1. inflection of idear:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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