psyche
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Learned borrowing from Latin psychē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
psyche (plural psyches)
- 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
- (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.
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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
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
psyche (uncountable)
Interjection edit
psyche
- (colloquial) Alternative form of psych
Verb edit
psyche (third-person singular simple present psyches, present participle psyching, simple past and past participle psyched)
- Alternative form of psych
Further reading edit
- “psyche”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “psyche”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Latin psychē, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: psy‧che
Noun edit
psyche f (plural psyches)
Derived terms edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Transliteration of Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul, breath”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpsy.kʰeː/, [ˈps̠ʏkʰeː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.ke/, [ˈpsiːke]
- Hyphenation: psy‧che
Noun edit
psychē f (genitive psychēs); first declension
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 |
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin psychē, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ).
Noun edit
psyche f (indeclinable)
- (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)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- psyche in Polish dictionaries at PWN