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idiomatic

adj
/ˌɪd.iː.əˈmat.ɪk/UK/ˌɪd.iː.əˈmæt.ɪk//ˌɪd.i.əˈmæt.ɪk/CA

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰδιωματικός (idiōmatikós, “related to an idiom”), from ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “idiom”).

  1. derived from ἰδιωματικός — “related to an idiom”

Definitions

  1. Pertaining or conforming to idiom, the natural mode of expression of a language.

    • The inclusion or omission of definite articles follows idiomatic norms in each language and depends on context and intent.

  2. Resembling or characteristic of an idiom.

    • An idiomatic phrase that warns us against Pollyannaism is "don't count your chickens before they're hatched".

  3. Using many idioms.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Relating to parts or pieces which are written both within the natural physical…

      Relating to parts or pieces which are written both within the natural physical limitations of the instrument and human body and, less so or less often, the styles of playing used on specific instruments.

    2. Following the conventions of the language, or doing things in the common way for the…

      Following the conventions of the language, or doing things in the common way for the language, rather than code that is ported from another language and therefore may not follow the common conventions.

    3. Synonym of idiom.

      • A preprocessing (or text normalization) module is necessary as a front end, since TTS [text-to-speech] systems should in principle be able to read any text, including numbers, abbreviations, acronyms, and idiomatics in any format.

The neighborhood

Derived

idiomatically, idiomatize, idiomatology, non-idiomatic

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at idiomatic. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at idiomatic. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at idiomatic

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA