idéal

See also: ideal, Ideal, ideał, and ideál

French

Etymology

From Late Latin ideālis (existing in idea), from Ancient Greek ἰδέᾱ (idéā, idea).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.de.al/
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Noun

idéal m (plural idéaux)

  1. ideal

Adjective

idéal (feminine idéale, masculine plural idéaux, feminine plural idéales)

  1. ideal

Descendants

  • Persian: ایده‌آل (ide'âl)
  • Turkish: ideal

Further reading

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from French idéal, from Late Latin ideālis (existing in idea), from Ancient Greek ἰδέᾱ (idéā, idea).

Noun

idéal m (genitive singular idéil, nominative plural idéil)

  1. ideal

Declension

Declension of idéal (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative idéal idéil
vocative a idéil a idéala
genitive idéil idéal
dative idéal idéil
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-idéal na hidéil
genitive an idéil na n-idéal
dative leis an idéal
don idéal
leis na hidéil

Derived terms

  • idéalach (ideal, adjective)
  • idéalacht (ideality)
  • idéalaí (idealist)
  • idéalaigh (idealize, transitive verb)
  • idéalachas (idealism)
  • idéalaíoch (idealistic, adjective)
  • idéalú (idealization)

Mutation

Mutated forms of idéal
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
idéal n-idéal hidéal t-idéal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “idéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • ideal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “idéal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • idéal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Norman

Etymology

From Late Latin ideālis (existing in idea), from Ancient Greek ἰδέᾱ (idéā, idea).

Adjective

idéal m

  1. (Jersey) ideal

Derived terms