idyll

Other forms of idyll

plural

idylls·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about idyll

What does idyll mean?

idyll means "an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in idyll?

idyll has 2 syllables: i-dyll. The stress falls on "i". In IPA it is /ˈaɪdəl/.

What is another word for idyll?

Close synonyms include pastorale, pastoral, idyl, eclogue, bucolic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is idyll a common word?

idyll is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with idyll?

2 words rhyme with idyll. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.