idiom
noun
Meaning
- nounA manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
Example:
In English, idiom requires the indefinite article in a phrase such as "she's an engineer", whereas in Spanish, idiom forbids it.
- nounA programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language.
- nounA language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context, etc.
Example:
In the idiom of the day, they were sutlers, although today they'd probably be called vendors.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,711 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Can be a Play Five answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 5% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 3 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: i