idyll

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus's short pastoral poems, the Idylls.
2. An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience.
3. A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner.

Sinonieme

idyl

eclogue

bucolic

pastoral

pastorale

verse

poem

epic

Vertalings

idillio

idylle

idilio

idílio

idylle

Idylle

ειδύλλιο

idili

bucolica

églogue

Idyll

egloga

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɪd.ɪl/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Latin īdyllium, from Ancient Greek εἰδύλλιον (eidúllion), from diminutive of εἶδος (eîdos, “form, shape”).