l'
/ide/
Translation
idea
Word origin
From Latin idea, borrowed from Greek idea ('form, pattern, notion'), from the root of idein ('to see'). English 'idea' and 'ideal' share this root.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- idea
- English cognates
- idea, ideal, ideology
Grammar
Examples
C' week-end ressourcer.
It's an excellent idea to go away for the weekend to recharge.
l' site résoudre .
He had the idea of creating a website to solve this problem.
' ' absence.
I have no idea what happened while I was away.
Quelle ' .
What a strange idea to leave in the middle of the night.
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We're looking for ideas for mum's present.
Idée est un nom féminin très courant. Avoir une idée (to have an idea) et avoir l'idée de + infinitif (to have the idea of doing) sont les constructions de base. Quelle bonne idée ! (what a good idea!) est une formule d'approbation enthousiaste très répandue.
N'avoir aucune idée (to have no idea) exprime l'ignorance totale. Se faire une idée de (to form an idea of, to get an idea of) et changer d'idée (to change one's mind) sont très utiles. Idée fixe (obsession, fixed idea) est un terme psychiatrique entré dans la langue courante. Avoir les idées noires (to have dark thoughts, to feel depressed) est une expression idiomatique.
Used in
Stories
(9)Le coup de téléphone
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Le dernier train de la nuit
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Le jour du travail
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Le nouveau docteur
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Un après-midi de pluie
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Mathieu revient en ville
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Un ancien ami
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Un voyage difficile
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Une rencontre au marché
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Grammar articles
(10)Comparing French Adverbs: plus vite, le mieux, and the Irregulars
French Comparatives: plus, moins, aussi and the Three Irregulars
French Conditionnel: Polite Requests, Hypothetical 'Would', and the Same Irregular Stems as the Future
French Demonstratives: ce, cet, cette, ces and the -ci / -là Distance Split
French quel and lequel: Which and Which One
French Negation Beyond pas: ne... que, ni... ni, aucun
French Noun Gender: Why Every Noun Is Le or La, and the Endings That Give It Away
French Possessive Pronouns: le mien, le tien, le sien, le nôtre, le vôtre, le leur
The French Subjunctive After Conjunctions
French Superlatives: le plus, le moins, and the Irregulars
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