Translingual

Psyche casta

Etymology

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Proper noun

Psyche f

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

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - classis; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Panorpida - superorder; Amphiesmenoptera - clade; Lepidoptera - order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Tineina - section; Tineina - subsection; Tineoidea - superfamily; Tineiformes - series; Psychidae - family; Psychinae - subfamily, Psychini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Psyche casta - type species; for other species see Psyche on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

English

Psyche astronomical symbol

Proper noun

Psyche

1. (Greek mythology, 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. Short for 16 Psyche, a main belt asteroid

Derived terms

• Psyche glass
• Psyche knot

Translations

See also

• Cupid and Psyche on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Pronunciation

Noun

Psyche f ‎(genitive Psyche, plural Psychen)

1. Psyche

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ.ki/

Noun

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.

Translations

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• psych

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪk/
• Rhymes: -aɪk

Abbreviation

psyche

1. psychology

Interjection

psyche

1. Used abruptly after a sentence to indicate that the speaker is only joking.

Verb

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.

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: psy‧che

Etymology

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

Noun

psyche f ‎(plural psyches)

1. psyche, soul, spirit

Derived terms

• psychisch

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpsy.kʰeː/, [ˈpsʏ.kʰeː]

Noun

psychē f ‎(genitive psychēs); first declension

1. mind
2. spirit

Inflection

First declension, Greek type.