idéal, -e, adj., ideal, vain, imaginary, visionary.
idéal, n.m., ideal. Le beau —; the beau-ideal, ideal beauty, or perfection.
idéalement, adv., ideally.
idéaliser, v.a., to idealize. S’—; to become idealized.
idéalisme, n.m., idealism.
idéaliste, n.m., idealist.
idée, n.f., idea, notion, perception; plan; hint; conceit, fancy; sketch, outline; mind, head; thought; meaning, opinion, taste; reason; invention; imagination; just a taste. Selon nos —s; according to our notions. En —; in imagination, in fancy. Il me vient à l’—; it occurs to me. Avoir une —; to have an idea. N’avoir pas d’— de; to have no notion of. Se faire une —; to form an idea. Il me revient en —, à l’—, que ...; it recurs to me that. Changer d’—; to alter one’s mind. Se mettre dans l’—; to take it into one’s head. Oter une chose de l’— de quelqu’un; to get a thing out of any one’s head. Donner une — d’ail à quelque chose; to give just a taste of garlic to anything. On ne peut lui ôter cela de l’—; one cannot get that out of his head. Il me vient une —; an idea strikes me. Perdre l’— de; to lose all recollection of. — creuse; empty notion. — fixe; fixed idea. — plaisante; odd conceit. J’ai —; I rather think. A-t-on —! what an idea! Quelle —! well! I never.
idem (i-dèm), adv., idem, ditto.
identification, n.f., identification.
identifier, v.a., to identify.