idea
Polish
noun
Definitions
- idea (image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory)
- (philosophy) idea (abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect)
- keynote, mission statement
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin idea (archetype, a idea, idea) derived from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (notion, pattern, semblance, form).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἰδέα
Gloss
notion, pattern, semblance, form
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
模
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- idea English
- ideo- English
- idea Finnish
- idea Latin
- ideālis Latin
- idēa Latin
- Idee German
- idea Hungarian
- idea Italian
- idée French
- иде́я Russian
- идея Russian
- idea Spanish, Castilian
- ἰδέα Ancient Greek
- *weid- Proto-Indo-European
- *weyd- Proto-Indo-European
- イデア Japanese
- ideogram Polish
- idea Czech
- idee Old French
- ideo Esperanto
- идеја Serbo-Croatian
- idea Catalan, Valencian
- idea Galician
- ideja Latvian
- idée Norman
- идея Bulgarian
- idee Estonian
- идеја Macedonian
- idea Slovak
- idea Asturian
- idee Friulian
- *widéhā Proto-Hellenic
- idyjŏ Silesian