idiom

Meaning

A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.
An established phrasal expression whose meaning may not be deducible from the literal meanings of its component words.
An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style.

phrase

expression

idiomatic phrase

idiomatic expression

artistic style

phrasal idiom

set expression

habit of speech

idiomatical expression

idiomatic wording

wheeling round

critical stage

kanji compound word

multi-word expression

facing

example

idioms

epigram

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪdi.əm/

From Middle French idiome, and its source, Late Latin idioma, from Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “a peculiarity, property, a peculiar phraseology, idiom”), from ἰδιοῦσθαι (idioûsthai, “to make one's own, appropriate to oneself”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “one's own, pertaining to oneself, private, personal, peculiar, separate”).

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