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idiom nghĩa là gì?

thành ngữ

/ˈɪdiəm/

idiom in Vietnamese: thành ngữ, thổ ngữ. In English, idiom means a manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.

Vietnamese words for idiom

idiomatic expression
thành ngữ
language variety
thổ ngữ

English meaning of idiom

  1. noun A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
  2. noun A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language.
  3. noun A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context, etc.
  4. noun An established phrasal expression whose meaning may not be deducible from the literal meanings of its component words.

Full definition of idiom

idiom in a sentence

  • In English, idiom requires the indefinite article in a phrase such as "she's an engineer", whereas in Spanish, idiom forbids it.
  • Some of the usage prescriptions improved clarity and were kept; others that yielded discordant violations of idiom were eventually revised.
  • In the idiom of the day, they were sutlers, although today they'd probably be called vendors.

Synonyms of idiom

All synonyms of idiom

idiom in other languages

Questions about idiom in Vietnamese

What is the meaning of idiom in Vietnamese?
Idiom in Vietnamese is thành ngữ, thổ ngữ.
idiom nghĩa là gì?
Idiom: thành ngữ, thổ ngữ.
What does idiom mean in English?
Idiom means a manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: idiom (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Vietnamese words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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