Etymology

idée

Today it means: Idea, occurring only in certain set phrases which are borrowings from French Full definition →

French idée
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  1. French · borrowed fromidée“idea”
  2. English todayidée

Borrowed from French idée (“idea”). Doublet of idea.

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