Meaning

3 senses
  1. Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus's short pastoral poems, the Idylls.

    иди́ллияidíllija

    a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life

  2. An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience.

    Idyll, Idylle

    иди́ллияidíllija

    an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll

  3. A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner.

    иди́ллияidíllija, пастора́льpastorálʹ

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
poem or short written piece:
composition:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
carefree or lighthearted experience:

Origin

From Latin īdyllium, from Ancient Greek εἰδύλλιον (eidúllion), from diminutive of εἶδος (e

From Latin īdyllium, from Ancient Greek εἰδύλλιον (eidúllion), from diminutive of εἶδος (eîdos, “form, shape”).

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Forms

plural: idylls
Singularidyll
Pluralidylls

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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