Spiritus

== German == === Etymology === 15th century, borrowed from Latin spiritus. Doublet of Esprit, Spirit, and Sprit. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃpiː.ʁi.tʊs/, /ˈʃpɪ-/ (in the linguistic sense usually, otherwise dated) IPA(key): /ˈspiː.ʁi.tʊs/, /ˈspɪ-/ (learnedly in the plural) IPA(key): /-ˌtuːs/ Hyphenation: Spi‧ri‧tus === Noun === Spiritus m (strong, genitive Spiritus, plural Spiritus or Spiritusse) alcohol, chiefly for technical use (linguistics, primarily in Ancient Greek) breathing; a glottal consonant, usually /h/; a (diacritical) mark for its presence or absence (rare) breath, whiff ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Spiritus”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) Spiritus on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de