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Definitions: Idyll |
IdyllNoun1. An episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll. 2. A musical composition that evokes rural life. 3. A short descriptive poem of rural or pastoral life. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "idyll" was first used: 1601. (references) |
Synonyms: IdyllSynonyms: bucolic (n), eclogue (n), pastoral (n), pastorale (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Idyll |
| English words defined with "idyll": idyllic ♦ pastoral. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Idyll" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (idyll), Norwegian (idyll), Swedish (idyll). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | An Idyll of the Hills (1915) A Kentucky Idyll (1915) The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914) A Japanese Idyll (1912) Faust's Other: An Idyll (1988) | |
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| "Idyll" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.26% of the time. "Idyll" is used about 73 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 97.26% | 71 | 39,674 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.74% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 73 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
idyll | 17 |
idyll tour | 3 |
idyll ltd | 2 |
arbor idyll | 2 |
idyll untours | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "idyll"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | idil (idyl), roman dashurie (idyl). (various references) | |
Arabic | قصيدة قصصية ملحمة, اللحن الرعوي (idyl), إنشودة رعوية (idyl). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | идилия (idyl). (various references) | |
Chinese | "园诗 (idyllic). (various references) | |
Czech | idyla, selanka. (various references) | |
Dutch | idylle. (various references) | |
Esperanto | idilio. (various references) | |
Faeroese | friðsæla. (various references) | |
Finnish | idylli. (various references) | |
French | idylle (idyl). (various references) | |
Frisian | idylle. (various references) | |
German | idylle, Idyll. (various references) | |
Greek | ειδύλλιο (idyl, love affair, romance). (various references) | |
Hungarian | pásztorköltemény (bucolic, idyl, pastoral), idill (idyl, romance). (various references) | |
Italian | idillio (idyl). (various references) | |
Norwegian | idyll, hyrdedikt. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | idyllay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | idolatrar (adore, deify, worship). (various references) | |
Romanian | idilã (idyl, pastoral). (various references) | |
Russian | идиллия (idyl). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | idila (idyl). (various references) | |
Spanish | idilio (idyl, idyllic). (various references) | |
Swedish | idyll. (various references) | |
Thai | ทัศนีย าพของชนบท, งานวรร"กรรมและเนื้อเพลงที่ว่า"้วยความงามของชนบท, ประสบการ"์หรือเหตุการ"์ที่เต็มไป"้วยความสุขสงบในชนบท. (various references) | |
Turkish | idil (idyl), temiz aşk, rüya gibi durum (idyl), pastoral şiir (bucolic, idyl, pastoral). (various references) | |
Ukranian | ідилія (idyl), пастораль (eclogue, idyl, oat, pastoral). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cảnh điền viên câu chuyện tình thơ mộng đ"ng quê (idyl). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | eidyllion. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "idyll": idyllic, idyllically, idyllist, idyllists, idylls. (additional references) | |
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"Idyll" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adyl, dyl, dyll, euyll, idella, Idil, idila, idiol, idlc, idyl, idyla, idyle, ivyl. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "idyll" (pronounced ī"dul) |
| 4 | ī" d u l | bridal, bridle, homicidal, idle, idol, intertidal, Seidel, sidle, suicidal, tidal. |
| 3 | -d u l | addle, alkaloidal, antipodal, astraddle, backpedal, beadle, Bedell, befuddle, bindle, Boodle, Brindle, bundle, caboodle, candle, caudal, caudle, Coddle, colloidal, cradle, cuddle, dawdle, Doodle, dwindle, feudal, fiddle, fondle, genocidal, girdle, handle, huddle, hurdle, intermodal, kindle, ladle, manhandle, medal, meddle, middle, minoxidil, mishandle, modal, model, mollycoddle, muddle, needle, noodle, paddle, panhandle, pedal, peddle, Piddle, poodle, puddle, pyramidal, rekindle, remodel, rhizoidal, riddle, Ruddle, Rundle, saddle, sandal, scandal, spindle, straddle, supermodel, swindle, toddle, trundle, twaddle, Tweedle, twiddle, unbundle, vandal, Waddle, Wedel, widdle, Windle, yodel. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: dilly. | |
| Words within the letters "d-i-l-l-y" | |
-1 letter: dill, idly, idyl, illy, lily, yill. | |
-2 letters: ill, lid, yid. | |
-3 letters: id, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-i-l-l-y" | |
+1 letter: idylls, mildly, wildly. | |
+2 letters: blindly, childly, daylily, fluidly, gelidly, godlily, ideally, idyllic, lairdly, lividly, lucidly, luridly, psyllid, solidly, tidally, validly. | |
+3 letters: bloodily, bridally, cloudily, dallying, disloyal, dismally, distally, docilely, dollying, floridly, idyllist, ladylike, limpidly, liquidly, medially, pallidly, phylloid, placidly, psyllids, radially, ribaldly, stolidly, veiledly, willyard. | |
+4 letters: bipedally, cordially, cycloidal, darlingly, daylilies, decimally, digitally, direfully, diurnally, dollishly, doltishly, dullishly, dutifully, flaccidly, fluidally, idyllists, indelibly, invalidly, languidly, limitedly, lyophiled, medically, mindfully, oedipally, phyllodia, phylloids, playfield, polyploid, radically, soldierly, squalidly, stiltedly, yodelling. | |
+5 letters: anodically, blindingly, blizzardly, cardinally, childishly, chlamydial, dazzlingly, delicately, delusively, detailedly, devilishly, diagonally, dialyzable, dilatorily, diligently, dillydally, disloyally, disloyalty, distillery, disyllabic, disyllable, drawlingly, dyadically, fiducially, friendlily, glycolipid, illaudably, indolently, involvedly, judicially, kindlessly, lopsidedly, manifoldly, medievally, middlingly, mindlessly, pellucidly, phyllodium, playfields, pleadingly, ploddingly, podophylli, polyploids, polyploidy, pridefully, prodigally, purblindly, relievedly, remedially, residually, splendidly, suicidally, syllogized, toroidally, unladylike, unwieldily, windlessly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 64 79 6C 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -.. -.--. .-.. .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01100100 01111001 01101100 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I d y l l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0064 0079 006C 006C |
| 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)4370917878 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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