idyom

Cebuano

Etymology

From English idiom, from Middle French idiome, and its source, Late Latin idioma, from Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “a peculiarity, property, a peculiar phraseology, idiom”), from ἰδιοῦσθαι (idioûsthai, “to make one's own, appropriate to oneself”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “one's own, pertaining to oneself, private, personal, peculiar, separate”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: id‧yom

Noun

idyom

1. an idiom; an expression peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language, especially when the meaning is illogical or separate from the meanings of its component words