See also: Esprit

EnglishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French esprit (spirit). Doublet of spirit, spiritus, and sprite, possibly also spree.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɛs.ˈpɹiː/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iː

NounEdit

esprit (uncountable)

  1. Spirit, enthusiasm.
  2. A wit.
  3. Liveliness, or active mind and spirit.

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esprit m

  1. esprit

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French esperit, from Old French, borrowed from Latin spiritus through Ecclesiastical Latin and Christian religious texts.

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NounEdit

esprit m (plural esprits)

  1. immaterial or incorporeal substance
  2. disembodied mind
  3. mind (in the wide sense)
  4. mind (as principle of thought)
  5. specific mind aptitude
  6. high mind aptitude
  7. deep intention, sense, or purpose (of a text, action, attitude...); philosophy (in figurative sense)
  8. (metonymically) human being, as possessing abilities of mind
  9. (old) volatile fluid ; (in particular) alcohol

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  • Turkish: espri (humor, joke)

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esprit m (plural esprits) (Limousin)

  1. Misspelling of esperit.