Meaning

4 senses
  1. A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power.

    Idol, Götze

    и́долídol, божество́božestvó, божо́кbožók

    і́долídol, божество́božestvó, божо́кbožók

  2. A cultural icon, or especially popular person.

    Idol, Götze

    и́долídol, куми́рkumír

    і́долídol, куми́рkumýr

  3. A popular entertainer, usually young, captivating and attractive, and often female, with an image of being close to fans.

    Tom Cruise is his idol.

    Sachin Tendulkar is Rohan's idol.

    и́долídol, а́йдолájdol

    і́долídol

  4. (obsolete)An eidolon or phantom; a misleading or elusive image or representation.

More definitions
  • a material effigy that is worshipped
  • someone who is adored blindly and excessively
  • an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept

Examples

53 sentences
  1. Tom is my idol.

    Том — мій ідол.

    ruТом - мой кумир.

    deTom ist mein Idol.

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  2. He was the idol of children.

    Для дітей він був ідолом.

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  3. The rock star is an idol of the teenagers.

    Ця рок-зірка - ідол для молоді.

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  4. The idol of fear will survive in this accursed realm a thousand years.

    Ідол страху переживе в цьому проклятому царстві тисячу років.

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  5. I worshipped the idols.

    Я поклонявся ідолам.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
representation of anything revered:
cultural icon, especially popular person:
Русский
By meaning 2
representation of anything revered:
(Asia, originally Japan) popular performer:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
representation of anything revered:

Origin

From Middle English ydole, from Old French idole, from Latin idolum, from Ancient Greek εἴ

From Middle English ydole, from Old French idole, from Latin idolum, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos (“seeing, image”), from *weyd- (“to see”). Doublet of aidoru, eidolon, and idolum and related to idea.

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Forms

plural: idols
Singularidol
Pluralidols

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
a celebrated person:iconB2starA1superstarA2
honored statue of a deity:pagodpagoda
Close in meaning

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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