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Meanings of idyll in English

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Term for a type of landscape.

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          Catalan
          pastoral

          A musical composition that evokes rural life.

                pastoral
                Portuguese
                idílio
                Catalan
                egloga

                A short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life.

                      idílio
                      Russian
                      идиллия
                      Portuguese
                      idílio
                      Spanish
                      idilio

                      Short rustic poem.

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                              идиллия
                              Usage of idyll in English
                              1
                              Their wild idyll was going to change when the children came home.
                              Daddy
                              2
                              The heart of the idyll comes in a song of the clarinet
                              Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies
                              3
                              When I'd come past on my run I'd seen a peaceful idyll.
                              Into the Water
                              4
                              The opening act offers us happy scenes from a rural, scruffy idyll.
                              The Irish Times
                              5
                              The John Lewis people can only wish for an idyll this delicious.
                              The Irish Times
                              6
                              Such is, in a few words, the history of this heroic idyll.
                              Musicians of To-Day
                              7
                              Something was changing-somethinghad changed since the idyll in the false woods.
                              Halo Primordium
                              8
                              Wasn't it you who once scoffed at my idyll in the wilderness?
                              A Lost Leader
                              9
                              What a rude ending that little wayside idyll was destined to have!
                              The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring; Or, Along the Road That Leads t...
                              10
                              And most people know Landor's idyll, or if they don't, they should.
                              Lore of Proserpine
                              11
                              This is the Caribbean idyll you'd imagine Columbus found over 500 years ago.
                              Independent.ie
                              12
                              The forest idyll was over and Henry was alone in the berry patch.
                              The Eyes of the Woods: A Story of the Ancient Wilderness
                              13
                              Friday 24 April Which countryside idyll from children's fiction would suit you best?
                              The Guardian
                              14
                              When I reached the village administrator's house, my idyll came to an end.
                              The Memoirs of Cleopatra
                              15
                              For Barton, however, there is a plague at the heart of his idyll.
                              The Irish Times
                              16
                              In a utopian idyll today's decisions would be taken by economists.
                              The Guardian
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                              Translations for idyll
                              Portuguese
                              idílio
                              Spanish
                              idilio
                              Idyll through the time
                              Idyll across language varieties
                              Ireland
                              Common
                              United Kingdom
                              Less common