Psyche

See also: psyche, Psyché, psyché, and Psýché

Translingual

Psyche casta

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “spirit”).

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 – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; 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

References

• Psyche (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Psyche on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Psyche (Psychidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Psyche at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Psyche at World Register of Marine Species

English

Psyche astronomical symbol

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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. 16 Psyche, a main belt asteroid

Derived terms

• Psyche glass
• Psyche knot

Translations

Greco-Roman goddess

• Arabic: سيكي f
• Armenian: Պսիքե (hy) (Psikʻe)
• Catalan: Psique f
• Czech: Psýché f, Psyché f
• Danish: Psyke
• Esperanto: Psiĥo, Psiĥa
• Finnish: Psykhe
• French: Psyché (fr) f
• Georgian: ფსიქე (psike), ფსიქეა (psikea)
• German: Psyche (de) f
• Greek: Ψυχή (el) f (Psychí)

  Ancient: Ψυχή f (Psukhḗ)

• Hungarian: Pszükhé
• Italian: Psiche f
• Japanese: プシューケー (Pushūkē)
• Korean: 프시케 (ko) (Peusike)
• Polish: Psyche (pl) f
• Portuguese: Psiquê f
• Russian: Психе́я (ru) f (Psixéja)
• Serbo-Croatian: Psiha f, Психа f
• Slovene: Psihe f
• Spanish: Psique f
• Ukrainian: Психе́я f (Psyxéja)
• Urdu: سائیکی f (sāekī)

Asteroid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 靈神れいじん星ぼし／灵神星ぼし (Língshénxīng)

• Finnish: Psyche
• Italian: Psiche
• Japanese: プシケ (Pushike)
• Russian: Психе́я (ru) f (Psixéja)

See also

• Cupid and Psyche on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpsyːçə]

• Audio:

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Noun

Psyche f (genitive Psyche, plural Psychen)

1. psyche, mind

   Synonyms: Geist, Seele

Declension

Declension of Psyche [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Psyche	die	Psychen
genitive	einer	der	Psyche	der	Psychen
dative	einer	der	Psyche	den	Psychen
accusative	eine	die	Psyche	die	Psychen

Proper noun

Psyche f (genitive Psyches or Psyche)

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Psyche, ancient god of the soul.

Further reading

• “Psyche” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Psyche, Seele, Gemüt, Innenleben” in Duden online
• “Psyche, Sagengestalt” in Duden online
• “Psyche” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Psyche on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Psyche” in Zentrum für digitale Lexikographie der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ψぷさいῡχή (Psūkhḗ, literally “Soul, Spirit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpsyː.kʰeː/, [ˈps̠yːkʰeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.ke/, [ˈpsiːke]

Proper noun

Psȳchē f sg (genitive Psȳchēs); first declension

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Psyche (a mortal princess who later married Eros/Cupid).

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Psȳchē
Genitive	Psȳchēs
Dative	Psȳchae
Accusative	Psȳchēn
Ablative	Psȳchē
Vocative	Psȳchē

Polish

Psyche

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. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Psyche (personification of the soul; originally a mortal princess who later married Eros/Cupid, was deified, and bore him a daughter, Hedone/Voluptas)

Related terms

nouns

• psyche

 

Further reading

• Psyche in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Psyche in PWN's encyclopedia

Turkish

Proper noun

Psyche

1. (Greek mythology) Psyche