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idiomata

idiomata

English

Noun

idiomata

  1. plural form of idiom
    • 1905, M. Junod quoted in Journal of the African Society, Macmillan and Co.; Volume V., page #10:
      When you see the ‘ patois ’ of our own civilised countries surviving for centuries side by side with a literary and official language which ought to have killed them, a fortiori, you must believe in the same survival of the South African idiomata which are so entirely different from the Aryan languages.

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /i.diˈoː.ma.ta/, [ɪ.dɪˈoː.ma.ta]

Noun

idiōmata n

  1. nominative plural of idiōma
  2. accusative plural of idiōma
  3. vocative plural of idiōma