Psyche

Psyche

See also: psyche, Psyché, psyché, and Psýché

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, spirit).

Proper noun

Psyche f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Psychidae – bagworm moths.

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References

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, literally Soul, Spirit).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sī'kē, IPA(key): /ˈsaɪ.ki/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪki

Proper noun

Psyche

  1. (Greco-Roman mythology) The personification of the soul. Originally a mortal princess who later married Eros/Cupid, (the god of love), was deified, and bore him a daughter, Hedone/Voluptas.
  2. 16 Psyche, a main belt asteroid

Derived terms

Translations

See also

German

Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin Psȳchē.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    Psyche f (genitive Psyche, plural Psychen)

    1. psyche, mind
      Synonyms: Geist, Seele

    Declension

    Proper noun

    Psyche f (genitive Psyches or Psyche)

    1. (Greco-Roman mythology) Psyche (personification of the soul)

    Further reading

    Latin

    Etymology

    From Ancient Greek Ψῡχή (Psūkhḗ, literally Soul, Spirit).

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Psȳchē f sg (genitive Psȳchēs); first declension

    1. (Greco-Roman mythology) Psyche (personification of the soul)

    Declension

    First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in ), singular only.

    singular
    nominative Psȳchē
    genitive Psȳchēs
    dative Psȳchae
    accusative Psȳchēn
    ablative Psȳchē
    vocative Psȳchē

    Polish

    Etymology

      Learned borrowing from Latin Psȳchē.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈpsɘ.xɛ/
      • Rhymes: -ɘxɛ
      • Syllabification: Psy‧che
      • Homophones: psyche, psychę

      Proper noun

      Psyche f (indeclinable)

      1. (Greco-Roman mythology) Psyche (personification of the soul)
      nouns

      Further reading

      • Psyche”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[2] (in Polish)
      • Psyche in PWN's encyclopedia

      Turkish

      Etymology

      Learned borrowing from Latin Psȳchē.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈpsjd͡ʒhe/

      Proper noun

      Psyche

      1. (Greco-Roman mythology) Psyche (personification of the soul)