idée

UK, US/iːˈdeɪ/

noun

Idea, occurring only in certain set phrases which are borrowings from French

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Meanings

nounidée (plural idées)

plural idées

  1. Idea, occurring only in certain set phrases which are borrowings from French

Origin

  1. Frenchidée“idea”
  2. Englishidée

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with idée

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Cite this entry
APA

idée. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/id%C3%A9e

MLA

“idée.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/id%C3%A9e. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “idée,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/id%C3%A9e.

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