psyche

== English == === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Latin psychē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”). ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: sī'kē (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈsaɪ.ki/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsɑe.ki/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈsaɪ.ki/, [ˈsɑe̯.ki] ==== Noun ==== psyche (plural psyches) The human soul, mind, or spirit. (chiefly psychology) The human mind as the central force in thought, emotion, and behavior of an individual. A small white butterfly, Leptosia nina, family Pieridae, of Asia and Australasia. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Shortened form of psychology, from French psychologie, from Latin psychologia, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”) ==== Alternative forms ==== psych ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈsaɪk/ Rhymes: -aɪk ==== Noun ==== psyche (uncountable) Abbreviation of psychology. ==== Interjection ==== psyche (colloquial) Alternative form of psych. ==== Verb ==== psyche (third-person singular simple present psyches, present participle psyching, simple past and past participle psyched) Alternative form of psych. === Further reading === “psyche”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “psyche”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Dutch == === Etymology === From Latin psychē, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: psy‧che === Noun === psyche f (plural psyches, no diminutive) psyche, soul, spirit ==== Derived terms ==== psychisch ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: psike == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ, “soul, breath”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpsyː.kʰeː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpsiː.ke] === Noun === psȳchē f (genitive psȳchēs); first declension mind spirit ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē). ==== Descendants ==== == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpsɘ.xɛ/ Rhymes: -ɘxɛ Syllabification: psy‧che Homophones: Psyche, psychę === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Latin psychē. ==== Noun ==== psyche f (indeclinable) (literary, psychoanalysis) psyche (human soul, mind, or spirit) Synonym: psychika === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French psyché. ==== Noun ==== psyche f (indeclinable) cheval glass (long mirror, mounted on a swivel in a frame, allowing it to be tilted) ===== Related terms ===== === Further reading === “psyche”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish)