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spirit
English
Etymology
From Middle English spirit, from Old French espirit (“spirit”), from Latin sp?ritus (“breath; spirit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow, breathe”). Compare inspire, respire, transpire, all ultimately from Latin sp?r? (“I breathe, blow, respire”). Displaced native Middle English gast (“spirit”) (from Old English g?st (“spirit, ghost”)), whence modern English ghost. Doublet of sprite.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?sp???t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?spi??t/, /?sp???t/
- Rhymes: -???t
- Hyphenation: spir?it
Noun
spirit (countable and uncountable, plural spirits)
- The soul of a person or other creature. What moves through experience into self-definition as souls purpose.
- A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
- A wandering spirit haunts the island.
- 1693, John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education
- Whilst young, preserve his tender mind from all impressions and notions of spirits and goblins […] in the dark.
- Enthusiasm.
- The manner or style of something.
- (usually in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.
- Energy; ardour.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church History of Britain
- "Write it then, quickly," replied Bede; and summoning all his spirits together, like the last blaze of a candle going out, he indited it, and expired.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church History of Britain
- One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.
- a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit
- 1697, John Dryden, Aeneid
- Such spirits as he desired to please, such would I choose for my judges.
- Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; often in the plural.
- to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be down-hearted, or in bad spirits
- 1667, Robert South, Sermon VII
- God has […] made a spirit of building succeed a spirit of pulling down.
- (obsolete) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
- (obsolete) A rough breathing; an aspirate, such as the letter h; also, a mark denoting aspiration.
- 1640, Ben Jonson, The English Grammar
- Be it a letter or spirit, we have great use of it.
- 1640, Ben Jonson, The English Grammar
- Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.
- the spirit of an enterprise, or of a document
- (alchemy, obsolete) Any of the four substances: sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, and arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).
- the foure spirites and the bodyes seven
- (dyeing) Stannic chloride.
Derived terms
Pages starting with “spirit”.
Translations
See also
- ghost
- soul
Verb
spirit (third-person singular simple present spirits, present participle spiriting, simple past and past participle spirited)
- To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.
- 1835, Nathaniel Parker Willis, Pencillings by the Way:
- I felt as if I had been spirited into some castle of felicity.
- 1835, Nathaniel Parker Willis, Pencillings by the Way:
- Sometimes followed by up: to animate with vigour; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit.
Derived terms
- spirit away
- spirit off
Anagrams
- Tripis, pitris
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch spirit, from English spirit, from Middle English spirit, from Old French espirit (“spirit”), from Latin sp?ritus (“breath; spirit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow, breathe”). Doublet of spiritus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?spir?t??]
- Hyphenation: spi?rit
Noun
spirit (plural spirit-spirit, first-person possessive spiritku, second-person possessive spiritmu, third-person possessive spiritnya)
- spirit:
- the soul of a person or other creature. What moves through experience into self-definition as souls purpose.
- Synonyms: arwah, atma, jiwa, hidup, kehidupan, nyawa, roh, sukma
- a supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
- Synonyms: arwah, roh
- (figuratively) enthusiasm, energy; ardour.
- Synonyms: roh, semangat, spirit
- the soul of a person or other creature. What moves through experience into self-definition as souls purpose.
Related terms
Further reading
- “spirit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin spiritus. Compare also spiridu?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?spirit/
Noun
spirit n (plural spirite)
- spirit, ghost
- essence, psyche
- wit, genius
- manner, style
Declension
Synonyms
- (spirit, ghost): duh
Related terms
- spiridu?
See also
- n?luc?, stafie, spectru, apari?ie, fantom?
Tok Pisin
Etymology
English spirit
Noun
spirit
- spirit (physical form of God)
spirit From the web:
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zip
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: z?p, IPA(key): /z?p/
- Rhymes: -?p
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Noun
zip (plural zips)
- The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
- (informal) Energy; vigor; vim.
- (Britain, New Zealand) A zip fastener.
- (slang) Zero; nothing.
- I know zip about economics.
- A trip on a zipline.
- (computing, informal) A zip file.
- (programming) Synonym of convolution (“type of mapping function”)
- (slang) An ounce of marijuana.
Synonyms
- (sound): whizz, zing
- (fastener): slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper (chiefly US)
Translations
Interjection
zip
- (onomatopoeia) Imitative of high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
Synonyms
- whee, whizz, zing
Translations
Verb
zip (third-person singular simple present zips, present participle zipping, simple past and past participle zipped)
- (transitive) To close with a zip fastener.
- (transitive, figuratively) To close as if with a zip fastener.
- zip one's lip
- (transitive, computing) To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
- (transitive, programming) To subject to the convolution mapping function.
- (intransitive) (followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.
- The bullet zipped through the air.
- (intransitive, colloquial) (followed by a preposition) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).
- Zip down to the shops for some milk.
- (transitive) To make (something) move quickly
- To travel on a zipline.
Synonyms
- (close with a zip fastener): zip up
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
zip (plural zips)
- Ellipsis of zip code.
Translations
Spanish
Noun
zip m (plural zips)
- (computing) zip
zip From the web:
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- what zip code
- what zip code am i currently in
- what zip code is 84198
- what zip code am i in now
- what zip code is my location
- what zip code for visa gift card
- what zip codes are near me
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