"idiom" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɪdi.əm/ [UK] Audio: en-uk-idiom.ogg [UK], En-us-idiom.ogg [US] Forms: idioms [plural], idiomata [plural], used uncountably [sometimes]
Rhymes: -ɪdi.əm Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|idiome}} Middle French idiome, {{der|en|LL.|-}} Late Latin, {{m|la|idioma}} idioma, {{der|en|grc|ἰδίωμα||a peculiarity, property, a peculiar phraseology, idiom}} Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “a peculiarity, property, a peculiar phraseology, idiom”), {{m|grc|ἰδιοῦσθαι||to make one's own, appropriate to oneself}} ἰδιοῦσθαι (idioûsthai, “to make one's own, appropriate to oneself”), {{m|grc|ἴδιος||one's own, pertaining to oneself, private, personal, peculiar, separate}} ἴδιος (ídios, “one's own, pertaining to oneself, private, personal, peculiar, separate”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|idiomata}} idiom (plural idioms or idiomata)
  1. A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people. Synonyms: idiomaticness, idiomaticity
    Sense id: en-idiom-en-noun-en:language_structure
  2. A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
    (programming) A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language.
    Categories (topical): Programming Synonyms: idiomaticness, idiomaticity
    Sense id: en-idiom-en-noun-en:language_structure1 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  3. A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc. Categories (topical): Figures of speech Synonyms (language variety): dialect [broadly], language [broadly], languoid, lect, vernacular [broadly] Translations (language variety): idioma [masculine] (Catalan), llengua [feminine] (Catalan), 方言 (fāngyán) (Chinese Mandarin), kielimuunnos (Finnish), idiome [masculine] (French), Idiom [masculine] (German), Sprache [feminine] (German), Ausdrucksweise [feminine] (German), נִיב (niv) [masculine] (Hebrew), nyelvváltozat (Hungarian), idióma (Hungarian), idiom (Indonesian), dialetto [masculine] (Italian), vernacolo [masculine] (Italian), 方言 (hōgen) (alt: ほうげん) (Japanese), 訛り (namari) (alt: なまり) (Japanese), 언어 (eoneo) (alt: 言語) (Korean), 어법 (eobeop) (alt: 語法) (Korean), mowa [feminine] (Polish), narzecze [neuter] (Polish), идио́м (idióm) (Russian), idiom [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), idióm (Slovak), idioma [masculine] (Spanish), pårler [masculine] (Walloon), djårgon [masculine] (Walloon), patwès [masculine, pejorative] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-idiom-en-noun-en:language_variety Disambiguation of Figures of speech: 20 20 40 6 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 20 41 5 17 Disambiguation of 'language variety': 20 20 48 3 9 Disambiguation of 'language variety': 20 20 48 3 9
  4. An established phrasal expression whose meaning may not be deducible from the literal meanings of its component words.
    Sense id: en-idiom-en-noun-en:phrasal_expression
  5. An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style. Translations (distinct style of art, etc): и́зразни сре́дства (ízrazni srédstva) [neuter, plural] (Bulgarian), käsiala (Finnish), Stil [masculine] (German), Ausdrucksweise [feminine] (German), 様式 (yōshiki) (alt: ようしき) (Japanese), сре́дство выраже́ния (srédstvo vyražénija) [neuter] (Russian) Translations (instance of such style): kädenjälki (Finnish), Vertreter [masculine] (German), Ausdruck [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-idiom-en-noun-en:artistic Disambiguation of 'distinct style of art, etc': 6 25 9 6 55 Disambiguation of 'instance of such style': 10 20 15 7 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: expression [broadly, phrase], form of words [broadly, phrase], idiotism [phrase], locution [broadly, phrase], phrase [broadly, phrase] Derived forms: idiomacy, idiomatic, idiomatical, idiomatically, idiomaticize, idiom blend Related terms: idiolect, idiosyncratic, idiot, phrasal verb Translations (idiomatic expression): idiomë [feminine] (Albanian), اِصْطِلَاح (iṣṭilāḥ) [masculine] (Arabic), مُصْطَلَح (muṣṭalaḥ) [masculine] (Arabic), դարձված (darjvac) (Armenian), deyim (Azerbaijani), idiom (Azerbaijani), idioma (Azerbaijani), ідыёма (idyjóma) [feminine] (Belarusian), বাগ্ধারা (bagdhara) (Bengali), বাগধারা (bagdhara) (Bengali), идио́м (idióm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), အီဒီယမ် (idiyam) (Burmese), idiotisme [masculine] (Catalan), frase feta [Catalan, feminine] (Catalan), زاراوە (zarawe) (Central Kurdish), 成語 (Chinese Cantonese), 成语 (english: sing⁴ jyu⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 成語 (Chinese Mandarin), 成语 (chéngyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 習慣用語 (Chinese Mandarin), 习惯用语 (xíguàn yòngyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 俗語 (Chinese Mandarin), 俗语 (súyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 習語 (Chinese Mandarin), 习语 (xíyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), idiom [masculine] (Czech), idiom [neuter] (Danish), idioom [neuter] (Dutch), taaleigen [neuter] (Dutch), idiotismo (Esperanto), idioom (Estonian), idiomi (Finnish), sanonta (Finnish), idiotisme [masculine] (French), idiome (French), იდიომი (idiomi) (Georgian), იდიომატური გამოთქმა (idiomaṭuri gamotkma) (Georgian), Idiom [neuter] (German), Redewendung [feminine] (German), Redensart [feminine] (German), Ausdrucksweise [feminine] (German), idiomatischer Ausdruck [masculine] (German), ιδίωμα (idíoma) [neuter] (Greek), מַטְבֵּעַ לָשׁוֹן (matbéa' lashón) [masculine] (Hebrew), נִיב (niv) [masculine] (Hebrew), मुहावरा (muhāvrā) [masculine] (Hindi), idióma (Hungarian), beszédfordulat (Hungarian), fordulat (Hungarian), kifejezés (Hungarian), állandósult szókapcsolat (Hungarian), orðatiltæki [neuter] (Icelandic), idiotismo (Ido), idiom (Indonesian), espressione idiomatica [feminine] (Italian), idiotismo [masculine] (Italian), idiomatismo [masculine] (Italian), locuzione [feminine] (Italian), 熟語 (jukugo) (alt: じゅくご) (Japanese), 成句 (seiku) (alt: せいく) (Japanese), идиома (idioma) (Kazakh), 관용구 (gwanyonggu) (alt: 慣用句) (Korean), 숙어 (sugeo) (alt: 熟語) (Korean), идиома (idioma) (Kyrgyz), ສຳນວນ (sam nūan) (Lao), idioma [feminine] (Latvian), idioma [feminine] (Lithuanian), идио́м (idióm) [masculine] (Macedonian), corghlare [feminine] (Manx), kīrehu (Maori), хэлц үг (xelc üg) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), idiom [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), āgensprǣċ [feminine] (Old English), ġecyndesprǣċ [feminine] (Old English), اصطلاح (estelâh) (Persian), idiom [masculine] (Polish), idioma [masculine] (Portuguese), expressão idiomática [feminine] (Portuguese), idiom (Romanian), идио́ма (idióma) [feminine] (Russian), идиомати́ческий оборо́т (idiomatíčeskij oborót) [masculine] (Russian), идиомати́ческое выраже́ние (idiomatíčeskoje vyražénije) [neuter] (Russian), фразеологи́зм (frazeologízm) [masculine] (Russian), gnàthas-cainnt [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), идѝо̄м [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), idìōm [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), idióm (Slovak), idiom [masculine] (Slovene), idiotismo [masculine] (Spanish), idiomatismo [masculine] (Spanish), modismo [masculine] (Spanish), idiom [neuter] (Swedish), idiomatiskt uttryck [neuter] (Swedish), kawikaan (Tagalog), идиома (idioma) (Tajik), истилоҳ (istiloh) (Tajik), జాతీయము (jātīyamu) (Telugu), สำนวน (sǎm-nuuan) (Thai), deyim (Turkish), ідіо́ма (idióma) [feminine] (Ukrainian), محاورہ (muhāvra) [masculine] (Urdu), idioma (Uzbek), istiloh (Uzbek), thành ngữ (Vietnamese), thổ ngữ (Vietnamese), ratourneure [feminine] (Walloon), idiom (Welsh) Translations (manner of speaking): parla [feminine] (Catalan), parlar [masculine] (Catalan), dialecte [feminine] (Catalan), puhetapa (Finnish), puheenparsi (Finnish), idiomi (Finnish), idiome [masculine] (French), Idiom [neuter] (German), Dialekt [masculine] (German), Mundart [feminine] (German), Redeweise [feminine] (German), Sprechweise [feminine] (German), kifejezésmód (Hungarian), szólásmód (Hungarian), idióma (Hungarian), cor cainte [masculine] (Irish), idioma [masculine] (Italian), parlata [feminine] (Italian), kīwaha (Maori), идио́ма (idióma) [feminine] (Russian), оборо́т ре́чи (oborót réči) [masculine] (Russian), gnàthas-cainnt [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), pårler [masculine] (Walloon), cåzaedje [masculine] (Walloon)
Disambiguation of 'idiomatic expression': 27 33 15 21 4 Disambiguation of 'manner of speaking': 41 43 9 3 3

Inflected forms

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          "alt": "語法",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "idióm",
          "sense": "language variety",
          "word": "идио́м"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 20 48 3 9",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "language variety",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "idiom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 20 48 3 9",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "language variety",
          "word": "idióm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 20 48 3 9",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "language variety",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "idioma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 20 48 3 9",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "language variety",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pårler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 20 48 3 9",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "language variety",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "djårgon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 20 48 3 9",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "language variety",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "pejorative"
          ],
          "word": "patwès"
        }
      ]
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      "categories": [],
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        {
          "text": "She often spoke in idioms, pining for salad days and complaining about pots calling the kettle black.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Patricia Hampl, “You’re History”, in Patricia Hampl, Elaine Tyler May, editors, Tell Me True: Memoir, History, and Writing a Life, Minnesota Historical Society, page 134",
          "text": "You’re history, we say […]. Surely it is an American idiom. Impossible to imagine a postwar European saying, “You’re history. . . . That’s history,” meaning fuhgeddaboudit, pal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An established phrasal expression whose meaning may not be deducible from the literal meanings of its component words."
      ],
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        "en:phrasal expression"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "text": "the idiom of the expressionists",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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          "_dis1": "6 25 9 6 55",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ízrazni srédstva",
          "sense": "distinct style of art, etc",
          "tags": [
            "neuter",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "и́зразни сре́дства"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 25 9 6 55",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "distinct style of art, etc",
          "word": "käsiala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 25 9 6 55",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "distinct style of art, etc",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Stil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 25 9 6 55",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "distinct style of art, etc",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Ausdrucksweise"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 25 9 6 55",
          "alt": "ようしき",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yōshiki",
          "sense": "distinct style of art, etc",
          "word": "様式"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 25 9 6 55",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "srédstvo vyražénija",
          "sense": "distinct style of art, etc",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "сре́дство выраже́ния"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 20 15 7 48",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "instance of such style",
          "word": "kädenjälki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 20 15 7 48",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "instance of such style",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Vertreter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 20 15 7 48",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "instance of such style",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Ausdruck"
        }
      ]
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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        "phrase"
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      "word": "expression"
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      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "phrase"
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      "word": "form of words"
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        "phrase"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
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        "phrase"
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        "broadly",
        "phrase"
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      "word": "phrase"
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    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 9 3 3",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parla"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 9 3 3",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parlar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 9 3 3",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dialecte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 9 3 3",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "word": "puhetapa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 9 3 3",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "word": "puheenparsi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 9 3 3",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "word": "idiomi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 9 3 3",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiome"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 9 3 3",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Idiom"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 9 3 3",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dialekt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 9 3 3",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mundart"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 9 3 3",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Redeweise"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 9 3 3",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sprechweise"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 9 3 3",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "word": "kifejezésmód"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 9 3 3",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "word": "szólásmód"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 9 3 3",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "word": "idióma"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 9 3 3",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cor cainte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 9 3 3",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idioma"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 9 3 3",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parlata"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 9 3 3",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "word": "kīwaha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 9 3 3",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "idióma",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "идио́ма"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 9 3 3",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oborót réči",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "оборо́т ре́чи"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 9 3 3",
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gnàthas-cainnt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 9 3 3",
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pårler"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 9 3 3",
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cåzaedje"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "idiomë"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "iṣṭilāḥ",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اِصْطِلَاح"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muṣṭalaḥ",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُصْطَلَح"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "darjvac",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "դարձված"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "deyim"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "idiom"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "idioma"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "idyjóma",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ідыёма"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "bagdhara",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "বাগ্ধারা"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "bagdhara",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "বাগধারা"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "idióm",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "идио́м"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "idiyam",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "အီဒီယမ်"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiotisme"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "Catalan",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frase feta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "成語"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "sing⁴ jyu⁵",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "成语"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "成語"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chéngyǔ",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "成语"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "習慣用語"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xíguàn yòngyǔ",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "习惯用语"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "俗語"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "súyǔ",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "俗语"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "習語"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xíyǔ",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "习语"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiom"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "idiom"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "idioom"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "taaleigen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "idiotismo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "idioom"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "idiomi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "sanonta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiotisme"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "idiome"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "idiomi",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "იდიომი"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "idiomaṭuri gamotkma",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "იდიომატური გამოთქმა"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Idiom"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Redewendung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Redensart"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ausdrucksweise"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiomatischer Ausdruck"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "idíoma",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ιδίωμα"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "matbéa' lashón",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מַטְבֵּעַ לָשׁוֹן"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "niv",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "נִיב"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "muhāvrā",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मुहावरा"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "idióma"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "జాతీయము"
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      "_dis1": "27 33 15 21 4",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/En-us-idiom.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "language variety",
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ],
      "word": "dialect"
    },
    {
      "sense": "language variety",
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ],
      "word": "language"
    },
    {
      "sense": "language variety",
      "word": "languoid"
    },
    {
      "sense": "language variety",
      "word": "lect"
    },
    {
      "sense": "language variety",
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ],
      "word": "vernacular"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "phrase"
      ],
      "word": "expression"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "phrase"
      ],
      "word": "form of words"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "phrase"
      ],
      "word": "idiotism"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "phrase"
      ],
      "word": "locution"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "phrase"
      ],
      "word": "phrase"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parlar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dialecte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "word": "puhetapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "word": "puheenparsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "word": "idiomi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiome"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Idiom"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dialekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mundart"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Redeweise"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sprechweise"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "word": "kifejezésmód"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "word": "szólásmód"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "word": "idióma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cor cainte"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idioma"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parlata"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "word": "kīwaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "idióma",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "идио́ма"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oborót réči",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "оборо́т ре́чи"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gnàthas-cainnt"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pårler"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "manner of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cåzaedje"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idioma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "llengua"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fāngyán",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "word": "方言"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "word": "kielimuunnos"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiome"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Idiom"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sprache"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ausdrucksweise"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "niv",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "נִיב"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "word": "nyelvváltozat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "word": "idióma"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "word": "idiom"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dialetto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vernacolo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほうげん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hōgen",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "word": "方言"
    },
    {
      "alt": "なまり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "namari",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "word": "訛り"
    },
    {
      "alt": "言語",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eoneo",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "word": "언어"
    },
    {
      "alt": "語法",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eobeop",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "word": "어법"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "narzecze"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "idióm",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "word": "идио́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiom"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "word": "idióm"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idioma"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pårler"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "djårgon"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "language variety",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "pejorative"
      ],
      "word": "patwès"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "idiomë"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "iṣṭilāḥ",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اِصْطِلَاح"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muṣṭalaḥ",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُصْطَلَح"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "darjvac",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "դարձված"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "deyim"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "idiom"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "idioma"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "idyjóma",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ідыёма"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "bagdhara",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "বাগ্ধারা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "bagdhara",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "বাগধারা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "idióm",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "идио́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "idiyam",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "အီဒီယမ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiotisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "Catalan",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frase feta"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "成語"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "sing⁴ jyu⁵",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "成语"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "成語"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chéngyǔ",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "成语"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "習慣用語"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xíguàn yòngyǔ",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "习惯用语"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "俗語"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "súyǔ",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "俗语"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "習語"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xíyǔ",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "习语"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiom"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "idiom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "idioom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "taaleigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "idiotismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "idioom"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "idiomi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "sanonta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiotisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "idiome"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "idiomi",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "იდიომი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "idiomaṭuri gamotkma",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "იდიომატური გამოთქმა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Idiom"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Redewendung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Redensart"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ausdrucksweise"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiomatischer Ausdruck"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "idíoma",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ιδίωμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "matbéa' lashón",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מַטְבֵּעַ לָשׁוֹן"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "niv",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "נִיב"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "muhāvrā",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मुहावरा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "idióma"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "beszédfordulat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "fordulat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "kifejezés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "állandósult szókapcsolat"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "orðatiltæki"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "idiotismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "idiom"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "espressione idiomatica"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiotismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiomatismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "locuzione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じゅくご",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jukugo",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "熟語"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せいく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seiku",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "成句"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "idioma",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "идиома"
    },
    {
      "alt": "慣用句",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gwanyonggu",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "관용구"
    },
    {
      "alt": "熟語",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sugeo",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "숙어"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "zarawe",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "زاراوە"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "idioma",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "идиома"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sam nūan",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "ສຳນວນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "idioma"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "idioma"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "idióm",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "идио́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "corghlare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "kīrehu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xelc üg",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "хэлц үг"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "idiom"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "āgensprǣċ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ġecyndesprǣċ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "estelâh",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "اصطلاح"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiom"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idioma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "expressão idiomática"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "idiom"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "idióma",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "идио́ма"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "idiomatíčeskij oborót",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "идиомати́ческий оборо́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "idiomatíčeskoje vyražénije",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "идиомати́ческое выраже́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "frazeologízm",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фразеологи́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gnàthas-cainnt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "идѝо̄м"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idìōm"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "idióm"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiom"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiotismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiomatismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "modismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "idiom"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "idiomatiskt uttryck"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "kawikaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "idioma",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "идиома"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "istiloh",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "истилоҳ"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "jātīyamu",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "జాతీయము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǎm-nuuan",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "สำนวน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "deyim"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "idióma",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ідіо́ма"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "muhāvra",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "محاورہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "idioma"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "istiloh"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "thành ngữ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "thổ ngữ"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ratourneure"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "idiomatic expression",
      "word": "idiom"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ízrazni srédstva",
      "sense": "distinct style of art, etc",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "и́зразни сре́дства"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "distinct style of art, etc",
      "word": "käsiala"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "distinct style of art, etc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stil"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "distinct style of art, etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ausdrucksweise"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ようしき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yōshiki",
      "sense": "distinct style of art, etc",
      "word": "様式"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "srédstvo vyražénija",
      "sense": "distinct style of art, etc",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сре́дство выраже́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "instance of such style",
      "word": "kädenjälki"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "instance of such style",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vertreter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "instance of such style",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ausdruck"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "idiom (language structure)"
  ],
  "word": "idiom"
}

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