idea

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from , ultimately from. Cognate with 🇨🇬. . Related to.

Noun

 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  The conception of someone or something as representing a perfect example; an ideal.
 * 3)  The form or shape of something; a quintessential aspect or characteristic.
 * 4) An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory.
 * 5) More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking.
 * 6) A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention.
 * 7) A purposeful aim or goal; intent
 * 8) A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression.
 * 9)  A musical theme or melodic subject.
 * 1) A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention.
 * 2) A purposeful aim or goal; intent
 * 3) A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression.
 * 4)  A musical theme or melodic subject.
 * 1) A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression.
 * 2)  A musical theme or melodic subject.
 * 1) A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression.
 * 2)  A musical theme or melodic subject.
 * 1)  A musical theme or melodic subject.
 * 1)  A musical theme or melodic subject.

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

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, konsept
 * Polish:
 * Russian:


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Italian: ,


 * Afrikaans: idee
 * Albanian:
 * Amharic:
 * Arabic: ,
 * Hijazi Arabic: فكرة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Asturian: idea
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Bashkir: фекер, төшөнсә
 * Belarusian: ,
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Burmese:, အိုင်ဒီယာ
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: hunahuna
 * Chechen: ойла
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏅᏖᏗ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish: begreb, idé
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Ewe: susu
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Friulian: idee
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: იდეა, ცნება
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Guaraní: temimo'ã
 * Haitian Creole: lide
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish: smaoineamh
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, , , ,
 * Kazakh:, идея, пікір
 * Khmer:, ចិន្តា, ,
 * Korean:, ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: بیروڕا
 * Kyrgyz:, ,
 * Lao:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: ideja, doma
 * Lithuanian: idėja,
 * Luxembourgish: Iddi
 * Macedonian: иде́ја, мисла
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Persian: ,
 * Plautdietsch: Iedee
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: beachd, smaoin, beachd-smaoin
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: помисао, замисао, идеја, мисао
 * Roman:, , ,
 * Slovak: nápad,, idea
 * Slovene:, zamisel, ideja
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik:, , ғоя, ақида
 * Tatar:, , ,
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Tocharian B: palskalñe
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: pikir, ideýa
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Uyghur: پىكىر
 * Uzbek:, , , , ,
 * Vietnamese: (意定),  (思想),  (意念)
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: אידעע


 * Bashkir: төшөнсә, фекер
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: smaoineamh, idé, nóisean
 * Italian:, ,
 * Maori: ariā
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: beachd, smaoin, beachd-smaoin
 * Telugu:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Estonian: kavatsus
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:, , , , ,
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: smaoin
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Welsh:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Estonian: aimdus
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Irish: ,
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: beachd, smaoin, beachd-smaoin
 * Welsh:


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Russian:
 * Telugu: స్వరకల్పన


 * Mongolian:

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from.

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) An idea, a mental representation of a real or imaginary thing
 * 2) An elementary or general notion of something
 * 3) A concept to be realized, plan of action, purpose, intention
 * 4) The fundamental, substantial part of a doctrine, a reasoning, etc
 * 1) A concept to be realized, plan of action, purpose, intention
 * 2) The fundamental, substantial part of a doctrine, a reasoning, etc
 * 1) The fundamental, substantial part of a doctrine, a reasoning, etc

Usage notes

 * Often pronounced as.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  ; plan

Etymology
, from, from.

Noun

 * 1)  that which exists in the mind as the result of mental activity

Etymology
Borrowed from, from.

Noun

 * 1) idea

Etymology
, from, from.

Etymology
Borrowed from, from.

Noun

 * 1)  idea

Noun

 * 1) idea

Etymology 1
, from, from.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) idea
 * 2) prototype (Platonic)
 * 1) prototype (Platonic)

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) idea

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) ; thought; opinion

Noun

 * 1) idea

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) keynote, mission statement
 * 1) keynote, mission statement
 * 1) keynote, mission statement
 * 1) keynote, mission statement

Etymology
.

Verb

 * 1) to invent, to conceive

Etymology
, from, from.

Noun

 * 1)  that which exists in the mind as the result of mental activity

Etymology 1
, from, from. Compare 🇨🇬.

Etymology
, from, from.

Noun

 * 1) ; opinion
 * 2) plan; intention
 * 1) plan; intention