idée

/ide/

noun #255 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

idea

Grammar

Gender

Examples

C' excellente week-end ressourcer.

It's an excellent idea to go away for the weekend to recharge.

l' créer application résoudre .

He had the idea of creating an app to solve this problem.

' aucune ' absence.

I have no idea what happened while I was away.

Idée est un nom féminin très courant. Avoir une idée (to have an idea) et avoir l'idée de + infinitif (to have the idea of doing) sont les constructions de base. Quelle bonne idée ! (what a good idea!) est une formule d'approbation enthousiaste très répandue.

N'avoir aucune idée (to have no idea) exprime l'ignorance totale. Se faire une idée de (to form an idea of, to get an idea of) et changer d'idée (to change one's mind) sont très utiles. Idée fixe (obsession, fixed idea) est un terme psychiatrique entré dans la langue courante. Avoir les idées noires (to have dark thoughts, to feel depressed) est une expression idiomatique.

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