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Pronunciation / Transliteration: Idiotikon
"Das Schweizerische Idiotikon dokumentiert die deutsche Mundart in der Schweiz."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A dictionary or lexicon of a particular dialect, regional idioms, or provincialisms.
"The historian consulted an old Swiss-German idioticon to understand the obscure rural terms used in the 17th-century manuscripts." - 2
A collection of words or phrases peculiar to a specific writer, group, or subject.
"His specialized idioticon of maritime slang proved invaluable to readers of classic sea fiction."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Modern Latin 'idioticum', based on the Ancient Greek 'idiōtikos' meaning 'private, peculiar, proper to an individual or place', combined with the neuter suffix for a dictionary or collection. It entered English in the 19th century primarily through scholarly discourse to denote regional glossaries or collections of local idioms and dialects.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Idioticon" is said worldwide
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idiotikon
Transliteration: idiotikon
"Le chercheur a analysé un idiotikon régional."
Idiotikon
Transliteration: Idiotikon
"Das Schweizerische Idiotikon dokumentiert die deutsche Mundart in der Schweiz."
idioticon
Transliteration: idioticon
"Il dizionario dialettale è un vero e proprio idioticon."
idioticón
Transliteration: idioticon
"El investigador consultó un idioticón local."
idioticon
Transliteration: idioticon
"O glossário regional funciona como um idioticon."
प्रादेशिक शब्दकोश
Transliteration: pradeshik shabdakosh
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"शोधकर्ता ने प्रादेशिक शब्दकोश का अध्ययन किया।"
方言词典
Transliteration: fāngyán cídiǎn
Script: 中文汉字
"这部方言词典记录了许多地方特有的词汇。"
방언 사전
Transliteration: bang-eon sajeon
Script: 한국어 한글
"그 학자는 지역 방언 사전을 참고했다."
方言辞典
Transliteration: hōgen jiten
Script: 日本語
"その研究者は地域の方言辞典を調査した。"
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