idée

Borrowed from French idée (“idea”).

• (Received Pronunciation, US) enPR: ēdā′, IPA^(key): /iːˈdeɪ/

idée (plural idées)

1. Idea, occurring only in certain set phrases which are borrowings from French:
   • idée fixe
   • idée maîtresse
   • idée mère
   • idée reçue

• “idée” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

• EIDE, Edie, deie

Borrowed from Latin idea (“a (Platonic) idea; archetype”), from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”).

• IPA^(key): /i.de/

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idée f (plural idées)

1. idea

• idée fixe

• “idée” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Borrowed from Latin idea (“a (Platonic) idea; archetype”), from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”).

idée f (plural idées)

1. (Guernsey) idea