psyche

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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• US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek ψυχή ‘breath of life; the soul, mind’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry ψυχή, p. 903 · dictionary scan

Roots

• ψυχή Greek “breath of life; the soul, mind”

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