esperit

From Latin spiritus.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.pəˈɾit]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.peˈɾit]

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• Rhymes: -it
• Hyphenation: es‧pe‧rit

esperit m (plural esperits)

1. spirit
2. mind, intellect
3. ghost, spirit
4. esprit, courage
5. (linguistics) breathing

• Esperit Sant
• esperitar-se
• esperitós

• espiritisme
• espiritual
• espirituós

• fantasma m

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “esperit”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

From Old French, borrowed from Latin spiritus.

esperit m (plural esperits)

1. mind

• French: esprit
  • → English: esprit

• esprit (incorrect?, Limousin)

From Old Occitan esperit.

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esperit m (plural esperits) (Languedoc, Limousin)

1. spirit (apparition)
2. soul (intangible essence of a sentient being)

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 277

• sperit

From Latin spiritus.

esperit m (oblique plural esperits, nominative singular esperits, nominative plural esperit)

1. spirit (apparition)
2. soul (intangible essence of a sentient being)

• Occitan: esperit