What does idiomatic mean?
Definitions for idiomatic
ˌɪd i əˈmæt ɪkid·iomat·ic
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Princeton's WordNet
idiomatic, idiomaticaladjective
of or relating to or conforming to idiom
"idiomatic English"
Wiktionary
idiomaticadjective
Pertaining or conforming to the mode of expression characteristic of a language.
idiomaticadjective
Resembling or characteristic of an idiom.
idiomaticadjective
Using many idioms.
idiomaticadjective
Parts or pieces which are written both within the natural physical limitations of the instrument and human body and, less so or less often, the styles of playing used on specific instruments.
Wikipedia
idiomatic
Idiom, also called idiomaticness or idiomaticity, is the syntactical, grammatical, or structural form peculiar to a language. Idiom is the realized structure of a language, as opposed to possible but unrealized structures that could have developed to serve the same semantic functions but did not. The grammar of a language (its morphology, phonology, and syntax) is inherently arbitrary and peculiar to a specific language (or group of related languages). For example, although in English it is idiomatic (accepted as structurally correct) to say "cats are associated with agility", other forms could have developed, such as "cats associate toward agility" or "cats are associated of agility". Unidiomatic constructions sound wrong to fluent speakers, although they are often entirely comprehensible. For example, the title of the classic book English as She Is Spoke is easy to understand (its idiomatic counterpart is English as It Is Spoken), but it deviates from English idiom in the gender of the pronoun and the inflection of the verb. Lexical gaps are another key example of idiom.
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idiomatic
Idiomatic refers to expressions, phrases, or sayings that have a figurative or symbolic meaning different from their literal interpretation. This term is often used in context with a language, where an idiomatic phrase refers to a statement whose understood meaning through common usage is not deducible from the meaning of its individual words.
Webster Dictionary
Idiomaticadjective
alt. of Idiomatical
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of idiomatic in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of idiomatic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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Translations for idiomatic
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- المألوف في اللغةArabic
- idiomatickýCzech
- idiomatiskDanish
- idiomatischGerman
- ιδιωματικόςGreek
- idiotikaEsperanto
- idiomáticoSpanish
- ایدیوماتیکPersian
- idiomaattinenFinnish
- idiomatiqueFrench
- daonnaIrish
- gnàthasachScottish Gaelic
- corghlaraghManx
- आभासिकHindi
- kifejezésbeliHungarian
- իդիոմատիկ, լեզվաբառArmenian
- idiomatikIndonesian
- idiomaticoItalian
- אִידִיּוֹמָטִיHebrew
- 熟語Japanese
- ನಾಡಿಕವಾದKannada
- 관용적인Korean
- Idiomatic - idiomaticusLatin
- idioomDutch
- idiomatiskNorwegian
- idiomatycznyPolish
- idiomáticoPortuguese
- idiomaticRomanian
- идиоматическийRussian
- idiomatski, идио̀матскӣSerbo-Croatian
- idiomatiskSwedish
- இது உரையாடக்கூடியTamil
- ఇదియమోదిక్Telugu
- สำนวนThai
- deyimselTurkish
- ідіоматичнийUkrainian
- Idiomatic ادبیUrdu
- phiên ngữVietnamese
- אידיאמאטישYiddish
- 慣用的Chinese
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