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Definition: Idiomatic |
IdiomaticAdjective1. Of or relating to or conforming to idiom; "idiomatic English". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "idiomatic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Synonym: IdiomaticSynonym: idiomatical (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Phrase | Adjective: expressed; Verb: idiomatic. |
Speciality | Adjective: special, particular, individual, specific, proper, personal, original, private, respective, definite, determinate, especial, certain, esoteric, endemic, partial, party, peculiar, appropriate, several, characteristic, diagnostic, exclusive; singular; (exceptional); idiomatic; idiotypical; typical. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Idiomatic |
| English words defined with "idiomatic": Anidiomatical ♦ doghouse ♦ idiomatic expression, idiomatically ♦ less ♦ Phrase book. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Idiomatic" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (dialectal, phrasal). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Idiomatic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 96.15% of the time. "Idiomatic" is used about 78 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 96.15% | 75 | 38,535 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.85% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 78 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "idiomatic": idiomatic expression. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "idiomatic": non-idiomatic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
expression idiomatic | 155 |
idiomatic | 21 |
expression french idiomatic | 10 |
english expression idiomatic | 7 |
idiomatic phrase | 5 |
catoon expression idiomatic | 3 |
dictionary expression idiomatic | 3 |
example expression idiomatic | 2 |
chinese expression idiomatic | 2 |
future idiomatic | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "idiomatic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | idiomatik, i folur. (various references) | |
Arabic | إصطلاحي (conventional, formal). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | богат с идиоматични изрази, идиоматичен. (various references) | |
Chinese | 惯"语. (various references) | |
Czech | idiomatický. (various references) | |
Farsi | اصطلاحی (Colloquial). (various references) | |
Finnish | lauseparsi (idiom, idiomatic expression, phrase). (various references) | |
French | idiomatique. (various references) | |
German | idiomatisch (idiomatically). (various references) | |
Greek | ιδιωματικόσ (vernacular). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nyelvi (glossal, idiomatical, lingual, linguistic, neologism). (various references) | |
Italian | idiomatico. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 読み癖 (idiomatic pronunciation or peculiar reading of a kanji or compound), 熟語 (idiom, idiomatic phrase, kanji compound), 慣"語句 (idiom, idiomatic phrase), 慣"句 (common usage, idiomatic usage), 成語 (idiomatic expression, set phrase), 成句 (idiomatic phrase, set phrase), 四字熟語 (four-character idiomatic compounds). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | せい" (afterbirth, correction, idiomatic expression, post-natal, set phrase), せいく (idiomatic phrase, set phrase), か"よう"く (idiom, idiomatic phrase), か"ようく (common usage, idiomatic usage), よじじゅく" (four-character idiomatic compounds), よみくせ (idiomatic pronunciation or peculiar reading of a kanji or compound), じゅく" (idiom, idiomatic phrase, kanji compound). (various references) | |
Manx | dooghyssagh (ancestral, congenital, heritable, inborn, inherent, instinctive, native, natural, unforced, vernacular). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | idiomaticay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | maneira de dizer. (various references) | |
Romanian | referitor la un idiom (idiomatical), bogat în expresii (idiomatical). (various references) | |
Russian | идиоматический. (various references) | |
Scottish | air (about, after, on, prep. after; precedes v.n. with the force of the Eng. past, prep. before; precedes asp.con. of noun in idiomatic, prep.pron. on him; carries the accent, upon). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | idiomatski. (various references) | |
Spanish | idiomático. (various references) | |
Swedish | idiomatisk. (various references) | |
Thai | ซึ่งมีสำนวนแบบเจ้าของ าษา. (various references) | |
Turkish | dil özelliklerini taşıyan, deyimsel, deyimlerle dolu. (various references) | |
Turkmen | idiomatik (r). (various references) | |
Ukranian | ідіоматичний (idiomatical), розмовний (chatty, colloquial, conversational, idiomatical, interlocutory, vocal), багатий на ідіоми (idiomatical). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "idiomatic": idiomatically, idiomaticness, idiomaticnesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "idiomatic": unidiomatic. (additional references) | |
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"Idiomatic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: diomatic, Ideomotor, idiomatick, idomatic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "idiomatic" (pronounced i'dēuma"tik) |
| 7 | -ē u m a" t i k | axiomatic. |
| 6 | -u m a" t i k | aromatic, asymptomatic, automatic, cinematic, diagrammatic, diplomatic, dramatic, emblematic, mathematic, melodramatic, problematic, programmatic, psychosomatic, schematic, semiautomatic, symptomatic, systematic, undiplomatic. |
| 5 | -m a" t i k | asthmatic, charismatic, climatic, dogmatic, enigmatic, enzymatic, monochromatic, numismatic, pneumatic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, rheumatic, thematic, traumatic. |
| 4 | -a" t i k | acrobatic, aerobatic, aristocratic, attic, autocratic, bureaucratic, democratic, ecstatic, electrostatic, emphatic, erratic, fanatic, hepatic, homeostatic, idiosyncratic, lymphatic, operatic, pancreatic, phosphatic, prostatic, static, technocratic, theocratic, undemocratic. |
| 3 | -t i k | acetic, acoustic, aesthetic, agnostic, alphabetic, altruistic, amniotic, anachronistic, analytic, anesthetic, antagonistic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apathetic, apocalyptic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, arithmetic, arthritic, artistic, ascetic, astronautic, atavistic, atheistic, athletic, authentic, autistic, ballistic, bombastic, capitalistic, catalytic, cathartic, caustic, chaotic, characteristic, chauvinistic, chiropractic, climactic, coloristic, cosmetic, critic, cryptic, cultic, cystic, dendritic, despotic, deterministic, diabetic, diagnostic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diuretic, domestic, drastic, drumstick, dualistic, dynastic, ecclesiastic, eclectic, ecliptic, elastic, electrolytic, electromagnetic, emetic, empathetic, energetic, enthusiastic, epigenetic, epileptic, erotic, euphemistic, evangelistic, exotic, expressionistic, extragalactic, fantastic, fatalistic, ferromagnetic, feudalistic, fiberoptic, frantic, frenetic, futuristic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, granitic, gymnastic, halophytic, hectic, hedonistic, hemolytic, heretic, hermaphroditic, holistic, homiletic, humanistic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, iconoclastic, idealistic, idiotic, imperialistic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, interscholastic, jingoistic, journalistic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, magnetic, majestic, masochistic, materialistic, mechanistic, militaristic, monastic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, narcissistic, narcotic, nationalistic, naturalistic, neritic, neurotic, novelistic, oligopolistic, onomastic, opportunistic, optic, optimistic, orthodontic, pantheistic, paralytic, paramagnetic, parasitic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, paternalistic, pathetic, patriotic, patristic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, peripatetic, pessimistic, phonetic, plastic, pluralistic, poetic, polytheistic, porphyritic, primitivistic, propagandistic, prophetic, prophylactic, prosthetic, psychoanalytic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, puristic, quixotic, realistic, relativistic, ritualistic, robotic, romantic, rustic, sadistic, sarcastic, scholastic, semantic, semiotic, sensationalistic, septic, simplistic, skeptic, socialistic, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, synergistic, synthetic, tactic, terroristic, therapeutic, thermoplastic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, triptych, unapologetic, unauthentic, uncharacteristic, unenthusiastic, unpatriotic, unrealistic, unsympathetic, voyeuristic. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-i-i-i-m-o-t" | |
-1 letter: diatomic. | |
-2 letters: coadmit, comitia, idiotic. | |
-3 letters: amidic, atomic, dacoit, daimio, diatom, imidic, miotic, modica. | |
-4 letters: admit, amici, amido, coati, dicot, dicta, domic, idiom, idiot, imido, iodic, octad, oidia, timid. | |
-5 letters: acid, adit, amid, atom, cadi, caid, ciao, coat, coda, coma, dato, dita, doat, doit, imid, iota, maid, mica, midi, moat, modi, odic, omit, otic, taco, toad. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-i-i-i-m-o-t" | |
+2 letters: domiciliate, unidiomatic. | |
+3 letters: domiciliated, domiciliates, isodiametric, modification, nicotinamide, radiomimetic. | |
+4 letters: discriminator, doctrinairism, domiciliating, domiciliation, idiomatically, idiomaticness, modifications, nicotinamides. | |
+5 letters: decimalization, discrimination, discriminators, discriminatory, doctrinairisms, domiciliations, humidification. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 64 69 6F 6D 61 74 69 63 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -.. .. --- -- .- - .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01100100 01101001 01101111 01101101 01100001 01110100 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I d i o m a t i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0064 0069 006F 006D 0061 0074 0069 0063 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)437075817967867569 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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