libido

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin libīdō (“lust, desire”). Used originally in psychoanalytic contexts. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /lɪˈbiː.dəʊ/ (UK) IPA(key): /ləˈbi.doʊ/, /lɪˈ-/ Rhymes: -iːdəʊ === Noun === libido (countable and uncountable, plural libidos) (common usage) Sexual urges or drives. Synonym: (vulgar) horniness Antonym: frigidity (psychology) Drives or mental energies related to or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves. Antonyms: destrudo, mortido Hypernym: drive (astronomy, archaic or misused, an occasional carry-over from astrology to astronomy) Synonym of albedo in terms of a planet's, such as that of Mars, average surface spectral reflectivity. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Mandarin: 力比多 (lìbǐduō) → Irish: libídeo → Japanese: リビドー (ribidō) → Korean: 리비도 (ribido) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== nymphomaniac, hypersexuality, masturbator == Catalan == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin libīdō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [liˈβi.ðu] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [liˈbi.ðo] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [liˈβi.ðo] === Noun === libido f (plural libidos) libido ==== Related terms ==== libidinal libidinós === Further reading === “libido”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 == Czech == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin libīdō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlɪbɪdo] Hyphenation: li‧bi‧do === Noun === libido n libido ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “libido”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “libido”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Finnish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin libīdō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlibido/, [ˈlibido̞] Rhymes: -ibido Syllabification(key): li‧bi‧do Hyphenation(key): li‧bi‧do === Noun === libido libido ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “libido”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin libīdō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /li.bi.do/ === Noun === libido f (usually uncountable, plural libidos) sex drive, libido ==== Derived terms ==== libidinal libidineux ==== Descendants ==== → Turkish: libido === Further reading === “libido”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin libīdō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /liˈβið̞ʊ/ === Noun === libido f (plural libidos) libido ==== Related terms ==== libidonoso === Further reading === “libido”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Italian == === Noun === libido f (invariable) (psychoanalysis) libido === See also === libidine === Anagrams === bolidi == Latin == === Alternative forms === lubīdō === Etymology === From libet (“it is pleasing”) +‎ -īdō. De Vaan suggests that the suffix was originally -ēdō, but it was altered under the influence of cupīdō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [lɪˈbiː.doː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [liˈbiː.do] === Noun === libīdō f (genitive libīdinis); third declension desire, fancy, inclination, longing, pleasure, caprice, passion, wantonness Synonyms: cupīdō, studium, appetītiō, dēsīderium, appetītus, amor, impetus, ardor, inclīnātiō, prōpēnsiō, avāritia lust, sensuality Synonyms: amor, cupīdō ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “libido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “libido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “libido”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co. == Polish == === Etymology === From Latin libīdō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /liˈbi.dɔ/ Rhymes: -idɔ Syllabification: li‧bi‧do === Noun === libido n (indeclinable) (common usage) libido (sexual urges or drives) Synonyms: popęd seksualny, pożądanie seksualne, chuć (psychoanalysis) libido (drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves) === Further reading === “libido”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “libido”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish) == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === líbido === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: li‧bi‧do === Noun === libido m or f (plural libidos) (psychology) libido (sexual urges or drives) (psychology) libido (drives based on sexual instincts) === Further reading === “libido”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “libido”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin libido or French libido. === Noun === libido n (uncountable) sex drive, libido ==== Declension ==== == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === From Latin libīdō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lǐbido/ Hyphenation: li‧bi‧do === Noun === lìbido m inan (Cyrillic spelling лѝбидо) libido ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== lȉbidinōzan == Slovak == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin libīdō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʎibidɔ/, (high register) [ˈʎibidɔ], (common) [ˈlibidɔ] Rhymes: -idɔ Hyphenation: li‧bi‧do === Noun === libido n libido ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “libido”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Slovene == === Etymology === From Latin libīdō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /líːbidɔ/ === Noun === lȋbido m inan libido ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== libidinózen == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin libīdō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /liˈbido/ [liˈβ̞i.ð̞o] Rhymes: -ido Syllabification: li‧bi‧do ==== Usage notes ==== There is a certain tendency to pronounce libido as /ˈli.bi.do/ due to the influence of lívido, but this pronunciation is incorrect according to the Spanish orthography and thus not recommended. === Noun === libido f (plural libidos) libido, sex drive === References === === Further reading === “libido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swahili == === Etymology === Borrowed from English libido. === Noun === libido class IX (plural libido class X) libido Synonyms: ashiki, nyege == Swedish == === Noun === libido c libido (sexual urges or drives) Synonym: könsdrift (psychology) libido ==== Declension ==== === References === “libido”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “libido”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)