Definitions For Idiomaticity

Noun

IDIOMATICITY. (countable and uncountable, plural IDIOMATICITYs) (uncountable) The quality of being idiomatic. : Synonym: idiomaticness, q2=rare, idiomacy : {{ant, en, unidiomaticity, unidiomaticness}} (countable, rare) An instance or category of instances of that quality. (linguistics, countable, rare) The state of a linguistic expression which exists when the expression exhibits semantics, semantic-pragmatics, pragmatic divergence, when the semantic value of the expression differs from its pragmatic value; that is to say, idiomaticity exists when the inherent meaning of the words expressed does not match the meaning of the expression as understood by the users: the sayer(s) and hearer(s).

Related terms

idiomatic idiomatical idiomatically

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: {{t-needed, cmn}} Finnish: idiomaattisuus French: idiomaticité, f German: Idi­o­ma­ti­zi­tät, f Irish: nádúrthacht, f, rithim nádúrtha, f Romanian: idiomaticitate, f Slovak: idiomatickosť Spanish: idiomaticidad, f Swedish: idiomacitet, c

Etymology

from idiomatic + ity.

Is Idiomaticity a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK NO
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global NO
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Words with Friends
21

The word Idiomaticity is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends

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