psyche

Borrowed from Latin psychē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).

• enPR: sī'kē, IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ.ki/

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psyche (plural psyches)

1. The human soul, mind, or spirit.
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.

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

• psych

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪk/

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• Rhymes: -aɪk

psyche (uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of psychology.

psyche

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of psych

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

1. (transitive) To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind.
2. (transitive) To intimidate (someone) emotionally using psychology.
3. (transitive, informal) To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.

• psyche in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “psyche”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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

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• Hyphenation: psy‧che

psyche f (plural psyches)

1. psyche, soul, spirit

• psychisch

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpsy.kʰeː/, [ˈps̠ʏkʰeː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.ke/, [ˈpsiːke]
• Hyphenation: psy‧che

psychē f (genitive psychēs); first declension

1. mind
2. spirit

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpsɨ.xɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɨxɛ
• Syllabification: psy‧che
• Homophone: Psyche

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

psyche f (indeclinable)

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

   Synonym: psychika

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

psyche f (indeclinable)

1. cheval glass

• psyche in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• psyche in Polish dictionaries at PWN