WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
id•i•o•mat•ic /ˌɪdiəˈmætɪk/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Pathologythat sounds natural and correct to a native speaker of a language:answered in fluent, idiomatic German.
id•i•o•mat•ic
(id′ē ə mat′ik),USA pronunciation adj.
id′i•o•mat′i•cal•ly, adv.
id′i•o•mat′i•cal•ness, id•i•o•ma•tic•i•ty
(id′ē ō mə tis′i tē),USA pronunciation n.
- Linguisticspeculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect:idiomatic French.
- Linguisticscontaining or using many idioms.
- having a distinct style or character, esp. in the arts:idiomatic writing; an idiomatic composer.
- Late Greek idiōmatikós, equivalent. to idiōmat- (stem of idíōma) idiom + -ikos -ic
- 1705–15;
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