"espirit" meaning in All languages combined

See espirit on Wiktionary

Noun [Old French]

Forms: espirit oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], espiriz [oblique, plural], espiritz [oblique, plural], espiriz [nominative, singular], espiritz [nominative, singular], espirit [nominative, plural], esperit [alternative], esprit [alternative]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin spīritus. Etymology templates: {{etymon|fro|:lbor|la:spīritus}} [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "breathe", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*(s)peys-", "gloss" : "to breathe", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "spīrō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "action noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "action noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tus", "lang" : "ine-pro", "pos" : "suffix deriving action nouns from verb roots" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tus", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "spīritus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "espirit", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" }" data-lang="fro" data-title="espirit">, {{lbor|fro|la|spīritus}} Learned borrowing from Latin spīritus, {{etymon|fro|:lbor|la:spīritus}} Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} espirit oblique singular, m (oblique plural espiriz or espiritz, nominative singular espiriz or espiritz, nominative plural espirit)
  1. spirit (soul; essence of a being)

Alternative forms

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