# idioma
## Albanian
### Noun

idioma
* inflection of idiomë:
** definite nominative singular
** indefinite nominative/accusative plural

## Asturian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin idioma, from Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “peculiarity; idiom”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈdjoma/ [iˈð̞jo.ma]

### Noun

idioma m (plural idiomes)
* language

#### Synonyms

* llingua

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin idioma, from Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “peculiarity; idiom”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [i.ðiˈo.mə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [i.ðiˈo.ma]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

idioma m (plural idiomes)
* language
    Synonym: llengua

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From idiomo +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [idiˈoma]
* Rhymes: -oma
* Hyphenation: i‧di‧o‧ma

### Adjective

idioma (accusative singular idioman, plural idiomaj, accusative plural idiomajn)
* idiomatic

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin idioma, from Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “peculiarity; idiom”).

### Noun

idioma m (plural idiomi)
* vernacular (the language of a people or a national language)
* idiom (a distinct language variety or dialect)
* languoid (a language or dialect without distinction)

#### Synonyms

* lingua, linguaggio, vernacolo

#### Derived terms

* idiomatico

### Anagrams

* Di Maio

## Latin
### Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /i.diˈoː.ma/, [ɪd̪iˈoːmä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /i.diˈo.ma/, [id̪iˈɔːmä]

### Noun

idiōma n (genitive idiōmatis); third declension
* idiom (style of language)

#### Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

#### Related terms

* idiōmatologia

#### Descendants

* Aragonese: idioma
* Aromanian: idhiumâ
* Asturian: idioma
* Catalan: idioma
* Corsican: idiomu, idioma
* Fala: idioma
* Friulian: idiom
* Galician: idioma
* Ladin: idiom
* Ladino: idioma
* Leonese: idioma
* Middle French: idiome
** Dutch: idioom
** English: idiom
** French: idiome
* Mirandese: eidioma
* Italian: idioma
* Piedmontese: idioma
* Portuguese: idioma
* Romanian: idiom
* Romansch: idiom
* Sicilian: idiuma
* Spanish: idioma
** Papiamentu: idioma

### References

* “ĭdĭōma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* ĭdĭōma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 766/1.
* idioma in Ramminger, Johann (2025 February 28 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
* “idiōma” on page 820/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
* Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “idioma”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 508/1

## Papiamentu
### Noun

idioma
* language

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin idioma, from Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “peculiarity; idiom”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /i.d͡ʒiˈõ.mɐ/ [i.d͡ʒɪˈõ.mɐ], (faster pronunciation) /iˈd͡ʒjõ.mɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /i.d͡ʒiˈõ.mɐ/ [i.d͡ʒɪˈõ.mɐ], (faster pronunciation) /iˈd͡ʒjõ.mɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /i.d͡ʒiˈo.ma/ [i.d͡ʒɪˈo.ma], (faster pronunciation) /iˈd͡ʒjo.ma/
* (Portugal) IPA: /iˈdjo.mɐ/ [iˈðjo.mɐ]
* Rhymes: -omɐ
* Hyphenation: i‧di‧o‧ma

### Noun

idioma m (plural idiomas)
* language (form of communication using words and structured with grammar)
    Synonyms: língua, linguagem, fala
    O idioma português.The Portuguese language.

#### Usage notes

When referring to language as a general concept or as a programming language, linguagem is used rather than idioma. Idioma often refers specifically to the language used by a nation or people, in many cases the official language of that entity.

#### Related terms

* idiomático
* idiomografia

### Further reading

* “idioma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin idioma, from Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “peculiarity; idiom”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈdjoma/ [iˈð̞jo.ma]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -oma
* Syllabification: i‧dio‧ma

### Noun

idioma m (plural idiomas)
* language
    Synonym: lengua
    el idioma español ― the Spanish language

#### Usage notes

* For the particular use of language, as well as programming languages, lenguaje is used rather than idioma.

#### Derived terms

* academia de idiomas
* escuela de idiomas
* idioma extranjero
* intercambio de idiomas
* laboratorio de idiomas

### Further reading

* “idioma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10