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English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin animus (“the mind, in a great variety of meanings: the rational soul in man, intellect, consciousness, will, intention, courage, spirit, sensibility, feeling, passion, pride, vehemence, wrath, etc., the breath, life, soul”), from Proto-Italic *anamos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?enh?mos, from *h?enh?- (“to breathe”). Closely related to Latin anima, which is a feminine form. Doublet of anima.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ.n?.m?s/
• Rhymes: -æn?m?s
• Homophone: animous

Noun

animus (usually uncountable, plural animuses)

1. The basic impulses and instincts which govern one's actions.
2. A feeling of enmity, animosity or ill will.
   • 2005, Christian Science Monitor, April 22

     The current row arose swiftly, sparked both by historical animus and jockeying over future power and place in Asia - and it surprised many observers in the depth of antipathy on both sides.

3. (Jungian psychology) The masculine aspect of the feminine psyche or personality.

Synonyms

• bad blood

Related terms

• anima
• animose
• animosity
• equanimity
• unanimous

Translations

Further reading

• animus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• animus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• A minus, Anusim, amusin', munias, sunami

Esperanto

Verb

animus

1. conditional of animi

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *anamos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?enh?mos, a nominal derivative of *h?enh?- (“breathe”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ?????? (ánemos, “wind, breeze”), Old Armenian ???? (ho?m, “wind”), Old Frisian omma (“breath”), English onde (“breath”) (dialectal), Norwegian ånde (“breath”), and possibly Sanskrit ???? (ánila, “air, wind”); compare also Tocharian B ?ñme (“self; soul”) and Old Armenian ???? (anjn, “person”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.ni.mus/, [?än?m?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.ni.mus/, [???nimus]

Noun

animus m (genitive anim?); second declension

1. That life-giving aspect which animates: life force, soul.

2. The intellectual dimension of a human being (the seat of the rational and other thoughts he/she experiences): mind, intellect.

   Synonym: m?ns
3. The affective dimension of a human being (the seat of the emotions and feelings he/she experiences): heart, spirit, sensibility.

   Synonym: anima

4. The essence of that which is situated within one's affective dimension, or certain particular aspects of one's affective makeup: emotion, feeling; courage, will.

5. The inherent character of a human being: character, temperament; disposition, inclination. (by extension of the affective dimension)

   Synonyms: m?s, dispositi?, incl?n?ti?, temperamentum

6. The instant mental state of a human being: mood, temper.
7. heart, soul (as a term of endearment)
8. (plural) bravado, elation, high spirits.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Related terms

• anima
• anim?

Derived terms

Descendants

• Old French: ame
  • Middle French: ame
    • French: âme
• Spanish: alma
• ? Catalan: ànim
• ? English: animus
• ? Italian: animo
  • ? Dutch: animo
• ? Portuguese: animus, ânimo
• ? Spanish: ánimo

References

• animus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• animus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• animus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• animus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin animus (“the soul, thoughts, intellect, ideas, will, thoughts, courage, etc.; the breath, life”), closely related to anima (“air, breath, spirit, life force”). From Proto-Italic *anamos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?enh?mos, from *h?enh?- (“to breathe”). Doublet of ânimo.

Noun

animus m (uncountable)

1. (Jungian psychology) animus (the masculine aspect of the feminine psyche or personality)

Related terms

• anima

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anima (“a current of air, wind, air, breath, the vital principle, life, soul”), sometimes equivalent to animus (“mind”), both from Proto-Indo-European *h?enh?- (“to breathe, blow”); see animus. Cognate with Ancient Greek ?????? (ánemos, “wind”), Old English anda (“anger, envy, zeal”). More at onde.

Noun

anima (plural animas)

1. (chiefly philosophy) The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus. [from 10th c.]
   • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, XXXVIII:

     [W]e cannot chuse but admire the exceeding vividness of the governing faculty or Anima of the Insect, which is able to dispose and regulate so the motive faculties, as to cause every peculiar organ, not onely to move or act so quick, but to do it also so regularly.

2. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) of a person that is in touch with the unconscious as opposed to the persona. [from 20th c.]
   • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

     Dorothy is bodiless and sexless in Tintern Abbey because she is Wordsworth's Jungian anima, an internal aspect of self momentarily projected.

3. (Jungian psychology) The unconscious feminine aspect of a person. [from 20th c.]

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• anima in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• -mania, Amina, Maina, Mania, amain, amnia, mania

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /??ni.m?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a?ni.ma/

Verb

anima

1. third-person singular present indicative form of animar
2. second-person singular imperative form of animar

Chibcha

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Spanish anima.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anima/

Noun

anima

1. anima, soul

References

• Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Esperanto

Etymology

From animo +? -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?nima/
• Rhymes: -ima

Adjective

anima (accusative singular animan, plural animaj, accusative plural animajn)

1. of the soul; spiritual
   • (Can we date this quote?), Simono Pejno (translator), “Revon havas mi” (“I Have a Dream”), speech given by Martin Luther King, Jr. in Washington, DC on August 28, 1963,

     Foje kaj refoje ni levi?u supren al majestaj altejoj, alfrontante fizikan forton kun anima forto.

     Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.

2. of the mind, mental, psychological, inner
   • (Can we date this quote?), Heinrich August Luyken, Stranga hereda?o, ?apitro 12,

     Vi bezonas korpan kaj animan ripozon.

     You need physical and mental rest.

French

Verb

anima

1. third-person singular past historic of animer

Anagrams

• mania

Interlingua

Noun

anima (plural animas)

1. soul

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.ni.ma/
• Rhymes: -anima
• Hyphenation: à?ni?ma

Etymology 1

From Latin anima, from animus, from Proto-Italic *anamos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?enh?mos, a nominal derivative of *h?enh?- (“breathe”). Doublet of alma.

Noun

anima f (plural anime)

1. (religion, philosophy, also figuratively) soul
2. The innermost part of something:
   1. (botany) Synonym of durame (“heartwood”)
   2. (lutherie) sound post
   3. (metallurgy) A mould used to create a cavity.
   4. The innermost part of a rope.
   5. (firearms) The inner cavity created by the chamber and the barrel.
   6. (typography) The support of ink rollers.
3. (military, historical) A type of scaled armor.
4. (heraldry) A motto tied to a character.

Derived terms

Related terms

References

• anima in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

anima

1. inflection of animare:
   1. third-person singular indicative present
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• mania

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese animar.

Alternative forms

• animá (Barlavento)

Verb

anima

1. (Sotavento) entertain, enliven

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, ?ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Latin

Etymology

See animus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.ni.ma/, [?än?mä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.ni.ma/, [???nim?]

Noun

anima f (genitive animae); first declension

1. soul, spirit, life

2. air, breeze
3. breath

Declension

First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -?s or -?bus).

Derived terms

• anima mund?
• anim?sus
• animula

Related terms

Descendants

Noun

anim? f

1. ablative singular of anima

Verb

anim?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of anim?

References

• anima in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• anima in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• anima in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• anima in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Old French

Noun

anima f (oblique plural animas, nominative singular anima, nominative plural animas)

1. (9th and 10th centuries) Alternative form of ame

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin anima. Doublet of alma, inherited from the same source.

Alternative forms

• ânima, ánima

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a?ni?ma
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??.ni.m?/

Noun

anima f (plural animas)

1. (Jungian psychology) anima (unconscious feminine aspect of a male)
2. anima (soul or inner self of a person)

   Synonym: alma

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a?ni?ma
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?.?ni.m?/, /a.?ni.m?/

Verb

anima

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of animar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of animar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French animer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ni?ma/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a?ni?ma

Verb

a anima (third-person singular present anim?, past participle animat) 1st conj.

1. to animate

Conjugation

Related terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?nima/, [a?ni.ma]

Verb

anima

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of animar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of animar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of animar.