See also: Psyche, Psyché, psyché, and Psýché

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Etymology 1 edit

Learned borrowing from Latin psychē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, soul).

Pronunciation edit

  • enPR: sī'kē, IPA(key): /ˈsaɪ.ki/
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Noun edit

psyche (plural psyches)

  1. The human soul, mind, or spirit.
    • 2022 January 28, Em Beihold, Nick Lopez, Dru DeCaro, “Numb Little Bug”, in Egg in the Backseat[1], performed by Em Beihold:
      I've been driving in L.A. / And the world, it feels too big / Like a floating ball that's bound to break / Snap my psyche like a twig
    • 2023 November 20, Rory Carroll, Lisa O'Carroll, “‘It’s part of our psyche’: why Ireland sides with ‘underdog’ Palestine”, in The Guardian[2], →ISSN:
      We feel we have been victimised over the centuries. It’s part of our psyche – underneath it all we side with the underdog.”
  2. (chiefly psychology) The human mind as the central force in thought, emotion, and behavior of an individual.
  3. A small white butterfly, Leptosia nina, family Pieridae, of Asia and Australasia.
Translations edit

Etymology 2 edit

Shortened form of psychology, from French psychologie, from Latin psychologia, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, soul) and -λογία (-logía, study of)

Alternative forms edit

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Noun edit

psyche (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviation of psychology.

Interjection edit

psyche

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of psych

Verb edit

psyche (third-person singular simple present psyches, present participle psyching, simple past and past participle psyched)

  1. Alternative form of psych

Further reading edit

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Etymology edit

From Latin psychē, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ).

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: psy‧che

Noun edit

psyche f (plural psyches)

  1. psyche, soul, spirit

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

Transliteration of Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, soul, breath)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

psychē f (genitive psychēs); first declension

  1. mind
  2. spirit

Declension edit

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative psychē psychae
Genitive psychēs psychārum
Dative psychae psychīs
Accusative psychēn psychās
Ablative psychē psychīs
Vocative psychē psychae

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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin psychē, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ).

Noun edit

psyche f (indeclinable)

  1. (literary, psychoanalysis) psyche (the human soul, mind, or spirit)
    Synonym: psychika

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from French psyché, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ).

Noun edit

psyche f (indeclinable)

  1. cheval glass
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noun

Further reading edit

  • psyche in Polish dictionaries at PWN