idyll

See also: Idyll

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin īdyllium, from Ancient Greek εἰδύλλιον (eidúllion), from diminutive of εἶδος (eîdos, “form, shape”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK): IPA(key): /ˈɪdɪl/, /ˈɪdəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪdɪl, -ɪdəl
  • (US): enPR: īʹdəl, IPA(key): /ˈaɪdɪl/, /ˈaɪdəl/
  • Rhymes: -aɪdəl
  • Homophones: idle, idol (US)

Noun

idyll (plural idylls)

  1. Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus' short pastoral poems, the Idylls.
  2. An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience.
  3. (music) A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner.

Translations

See also

References
  • idyll in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • idyll in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

Swedish

Etymology

Cognate with Danish idyl, English idyll and German idyll, used since 1781.

Noun

idyll c

  1. an idyll (a poem)
  2. a place free of distress

Declension
Declension of idyll 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative idyll idyllen idyller idyllerna
Genitive idylls idyllens idyllers idyllernas

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