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As a child, I wanted to marry a farmer, but no doubt the reality would have been very different to the idyll in my head.
Jane Asher

Meaning of "idyll" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD IDYLL

From Latin īdyllium, from Greek eidullion, from eidos shape, (literary) form.
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PRONUNCIATION OF IDYLL

idyll  [ˈɪdɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IDYLL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Idyll is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES IDYLL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

idyll

Idyll

An idyll or idyl is a short poem, descriptive of rustic life, written in the style of Theocritus' short pastoral poems, the Idylls. Unlike Homer, Theocritus did not engage in heroes and warfare. His idylls are limited to a small intimate world, and describe scenes from everyday life. Later imitators include the Roman poets Virgil and Catullus, Italian poet Leopardi, and the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Goethe called his poem Hermann and Dorothea — which Schiller considered the very climax in Goethe's production — an idyll.

Definition of idyll in the English dictionary

The first definition of idyll in the dictionary is a poem or prose work describing an idealized rural life, pastoral scenes, etc. Other definition of idyll is any simple narrative or descriptive piece in poetry or prose. Idyll is also a charming or picturesque scene or event.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IDYLL


audile
ˈɔːdɪl
condyle
ˈkɒndɪl
daffodil
ˈdæfədɪl
dill
dɪl
dysodil
ˈdɪsəʊˌdɪl
epicondyle
ˌɛpɪˈkɒndɪl
minoxidil
mɪˈnɒksɪˌdɪl
odyl
ˈɒdɪl
odyle
ˈɒdɪl
phosphatidyl
ˌfɒsfəˈtaɪdɪl
piccadill
ˈpɪkəˌdɪl
spadille
spəˈdɪl
spondyl
ˈspɒndɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IDYLL

idolatrizer
idolatrous
idolatrously
idolatrousness
idolatry
idolisation
idoliser
idolism
idolist
idolization
idolize
idolizer
idolum
Idomeneus
IDP
Idun
idylist
idyllic
idyllically
idyllist

WORDS THAT END LIKE IDYLL

argyll
cataphyll
chlorophyll
cladophyll
ghyll
hypsophyll
Jekyll
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
megaphyll
megasporophyll
mesophyll
microphyll
microsporophyll
prophyll
sclerophyll
sporophyll
xanthophyll

Synonyms and antonyms of idyll in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «IDYLL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «idyll» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of idyll

Translation of «idyll» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IDYLL

Find out the translation of idyll to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of idyll from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «idyll» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

牧歌
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

idilio
570 millions of speakers

English

idyll
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सुखद जीवन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التنكر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

идиллия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

idílio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাব্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

idylle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Idyll
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Idylle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

田園風景
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

짧은 서사시
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Idyll
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bài ca
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முல்லை பாட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुंदर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

idil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

idillio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

idylla
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ідилія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

idilă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ειδύλλιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

idille
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

idyllen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

idyll
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of idyll

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IDYLL»

The term «idyll» is regularly used and occupies the 61.113 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IDYLL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about idyll

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QUOTES WITH «IDYLL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word idyll.
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Jane Asher
As a child, I wanted to marry a farmer, but no doubt the reality would have been very different to the idyll in my head.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IDYLL»

Discover the use of idyll in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to idyll and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Paradise Lost: Rural Idyll and Social Change Since 1800
In this remarkable book Jeremy Burchardt traces the influence that attitudes toward the countryside have had on the evolution of modern British life.
Jeremy Burchardt, 2002
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Late Idyll: The Second Symphony of Johannes Brahms
In this elegant book, premier musicologist Reinhold Brinkmann guides us through Brahms's "Second Symphony," examining musical ideas in all their compositional facets and placing them in the context of major trends in the intellectual ...
Reinhold Brinkmann, 1995
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American Idyll: Academic Antielitism as Cultural Critique
American Idyll reveals the unlikely alliance between American pragmatism and proponents of the Frankfurt School and argues for the importance of broad frames of historical thinking in encouraging robust academic debate within democratic ...
Catherine Liu, 2011
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From the Idyll to the Novel: Karamzin's Sentimentalist Prose
Professor Hammarberg shows the range of Sentimentalism, its place in literary evolution, and the ways in which it anticipates the Romantic movement and the modern Russian novel.
Gitta Hammarberg, 2006
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An American Idyll the Life of Carleton H. Parker
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Cornelia Stratton Parker, 2009
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A Reader's Guide to William Faulkner: The Short Stories
"Idyll in the Desert," a story of approximately six thousand words, was written in late 1920 or early 1930 and published in a special edition by Random House in 1931. Seven magazine editors had chosen not to publish the tale. It is undoubtedly ...
Edmond Loris Volpe, 2004
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The Pastoral Narcissus: A Study of the First Idyll of Theocritus
This treatment of the First Idyll demonstrates that Theocritus is evoking the Narcissus myth.
Clayton Zimmerman, 1994
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Hemingway's Neglected Short Fiction: New Perspectives
12 "An Alpine Idyll": The Sun-Struck Mountain Vision and the Necessary Valley Journey Robert E. Gajdusek "An Alpine Idyll," completed in early May 1926, concerns itself with a different rite of spring, an Austrian peasant's journey down from ...
Susan F. Beegel, 1992
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Romantic Prose Fiction
The literary idyll in Germany, England and Scandinavia 1770-1848 Sven Halse 1 . The concept of idyll The history of idyll within the period to be considered in this essay is, to a large extent, also that of its opposite, of counter-idyll. It seems to ...
Gerald Ernest Paul Gillespie, Manfred Engel, Bernard Dieterle, 2008
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The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays
They are brought into close proximity in the crowded little world of the idyll, there are no sharp contrasts among them, and they are all equally valid (in any case that is their tendency). Strictly speaking, the idyll does not know the trivial details of ...
M. M. Bakhtin, Michael Holquist, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IDYLL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term idyll is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rural idyll straight from the pages of a magazine - Birmingham Post
Walking into Frogmore in Fen End, Warwickshire, is like dipping into the pages of an interiors magazine dedicated to country living. From the ... «Birmingham Post, Jul 15»
2
David Hockney does LA again, but differently: 'I stay in, I smoke, I …
His depictions of swimming pools and naked young men helped to define LA's image as a sun-kissed idyll in the 60s and 70s, a period when ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Theater review: 'Guys and Dolls' rolls a natural | Duluth News Tribune
"Guys and Dolls" was based on a pair of newspaperman Damon Runyon short stories, "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure," ... «Duluth News Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Five Tips To Avoid Getting Kidnapped At Gunpoint In Costa Rica
On day cuatro of our Costa Rican idyll, every single thing we'd brought with us and the suitcases and backpacks we'd packed them in was ... «Deadspin, Jul 15»
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'Fidelio: Alice's Journey' review: A sea of one's own - Chicago Tribune
Then duty calls, intruding upon their idyll as Alice is drawn to the ocean, where she must toughen her skin in order to survive for weeks at a time ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
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Big Gigs: Dwight Yoakam, Indigo Girls, Black Joe Lewis and more …
Haydn's First Symphony and Wagner's beguiling Siegfried Idyll are the other pieces, both ideal for the intimate collegiality of the Orpheus ethic. «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
7
Classical Music Listings for July 17-23 - The New York Times
1 in D, Wagner's “Siegfried Idyll” and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7. Seating in front of the bandshell is first come first served; other listeners can ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Summer's signature dish: Crispy chicken and biscuits - The Olympian
It's the stuff of road trip, of picnic, of farmstead idyll. Though indulging in its crunchy, crispy, hot and buttery satisfaction tastes ever-so-slightly of ... «The Olympian, Jul 15»
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Letter: Respect
... skinheads and haters, all ladies and gentlemen who bemoan the passing of an idyll that existed (and could still!) in the context of free labor. «Pacific Sun, Jul 15»
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What Labour's next leader needs to know | Prospect Magazine
It was a delusion to suppose that there was a way back to the idyll of jobs-for-life in which a mass of workers handed their support to leaders ... «Prospect, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Idyll [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/idyll>. May 2024 ».
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