idyll

See also: Idyll

English

Alternative forms

• idyl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: ĭdʹĭl, ĭdʹəl; IPA^(key): /ˈɪd.ɪl/, /ˈɪd.əl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪdɪl, -ɪdəl
• (US) enPR: īʹdĭl, īʹdəl; IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ.dɪl/, /ˈaɪ.dəl/
• Rhymes: -aɪdɪl, -aɪdəl
• Homophones: idle, idol (US)

Noun

idyll (plural idylls)

1. Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus's 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.

Related terms

• idyllic
• idyllical
• idyllically
• idyllist, idylist

Translations

poem or short written piece

• Bulgarian: идилия f (idilija)
• Catalan: idil·li (ca) m
• Czech: idyla f, selanka f
• Danish: idyl c
• French: idylle (fr) f
• Galician: idilio m
• Greek: ειδύλλιο (el) n (eidýllio)
• Kazakh: идиллия (idilliä)
• Polish: idylla (pl) f
• Portuguese: idílio (pt) m
• Russian: иди́ллия (ru) f (idíllija)
• Slovene: idila (sl) f
• Spanish: idilio (es) m
• Yiddish: אידיליע f (idilye)

carefree or lighthearted experience

• Bulgarian: идилия f (idilija)
• Catalan: idili m
• Czech: idyla f, selanka f
• Danish: idyl c
• Finnish: idylli (fi)
• French: idylle (fr) f
• German: Idyll (de) n, Idylle (de) f
• Greek: ειδύλλιο (el) n (eidýllio)
• Polish: idylla (pl) f, sielanka (pl) f
• Quechua: wayllu
• Russian: иди́ллия (ru) f (idíllija)
• Spanish: idilio (es) m
• Turkish: idil (tr)
• Yiddish: אידיליע f (idilye)

composition

• Czech: idyla f, selanka f
• Russian: иди́ллия (ru) f (idíllija), пастора́ль (ru) f (pastorálʹ)

See also

• idyll on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “idyll”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “idyl”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Dilly, dilly

Middle English

Adjective

idyll

1. Alternative form of ydel (“empty”)

Noun

idyll

1. Alternative form of ydel (“idleness”)

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin idyllium, from Ancient Greek εἰδύλλιον (eidúllion). Cognate with Danish idyl, English idyll and German Idyll, used since 1781. Doublet of idé and idol.

Noun

idyll c

1. an idyllic place or circumstance, an idyll
2. artistic expression dealing with the above, an idyll

Declension

Declension of idyll

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	idyll	idylls
	definite	idyllen	idyllens
plural	indefinite	idyller	idyllers
	definite	idyllerna	idyllernas

Related terms

• idylldiktning
• idylliker
• idyllisera
• idyllisering
• idyllisk
• sörgårdsidyll
• villaidyll

References

• idyll in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• idyll in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• idyll in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• idyll in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)