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Noun [Dutch]

Audio: Nl-soulmate.ogg Forms: soulmates [plural], soulmateje [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: Borrowed from English soulmate. Etymology templates: {{bor|nl|en|soulmate}} English soulmate Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-s|-je}} soulmate m (plural soulmates, diminutive soulmateje n)
  1. soulmate Wikipedia link: nl:soulmate Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Love Synonyms: geestverwant, zielsverwant
    Sense id: en-soulmate-nl-noun-dAXj702n Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-soulmate.wav Forms: soulmates [plural], soul mate [alternative]
Etymology: From soul + mate. First attested as soul-mate in an 1822 letter by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Not in common usage before the 1980s. Etymology templates: {{af|en|soul|mate}} soul + mate Head templates: {{en-noun}} soulmate (plural soulmates)
  1. Someone, especially a romantic partner, with whom one is exceptionally or uniquely compatible or has a special, almost spiritual connection. Wikipedia link: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Categories (topical): Love, People Hyponyms: bashert Related terms: kindred spirit Translations (Someone with whom one has a special connection): сродна душа (srodna duša) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 靈魂伴侶 /灵魂伴侣 (línghúnbànlǚ) (Chinese Mandarin), spřízněná duše [feminine] (Czech), soulmate [masculine] (Dutch), zielsverwant [masculine] (Dutch), geestverwant [masculine] (Dutch), intimulo (Esperanto), intimulino (Esperanto), henkiystävä (Finnish), sielunkumppani (Finnish), âme sœur [feminine] (French), Seelenverwandter [masculine] (German), Seelenverwandte [feminine] (German), αδελφή ψυχή (adelfí psychí) [feminine] (Greek), lelki társ (Hungarian), anamchara [masculine] (Irish), anima gemella (Italian), 천생연분 (cheonsaeng'yeonbun) (Korean), сродна душа (srodna duša) [feminine] (Macedonian), kare-ā-roto (Maori), bratnia dusza (Polish), pokrewna dusza [feminine] (Polish), przyjazna dusza [feminine] (Polish), alma gémea [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), alma gêmea [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), задуше́вный друг (zadušévnyj drug) [masculine] (Russian), задуше́вная подру́га (zadušévnaja podrúga) [feminine] (Russian), единомы́шленник (jedinomýšlennik) [masculine] (Russian), друг се́рдца (drug sérdca) (note: of lovers) [masculine] (Russian), подру́га се́рдца (podrúga sérdca) [feminine] (Russian), ро́дственная душа́ (ródstvennaja dušá) [feminine] (Russian), srodna duša [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), alma gemela [feminine] (Spanish), själsfrände [common-gender] (Swedish), ఆత్మీయుడు (ātmīyuḍu) (Telugu), เนื้อคู่ (nʉ́ʉa-kûu) (Thai), ruhsal eş (Turkish), ruh ikizi (Turkish), друг (druh) [masculine] (Ukrainian), по́друга (pódruha) [feminine] (Ukrainian), двійни́к (dvijnýk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), дві́йка (dvíjka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), bạn tri âm (Vietnamese), tri kỉ (Vietnamese), bạn tri kỉ (Vietnamese)

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      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "сродна душа"
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      "roman": "línghúnbànlǚ",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "word": "靈魂伴侶 /灵魂伴侣"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "spřízněná duše"
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      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "soulmate"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
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      "word": "zielsverwant"
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      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "word": "intimulo"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "word": "intimulino"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "word": "henkiystävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "word": "sielunkumppani"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "âme sœur"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Seelenverwandter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Seelenverwandte"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "adelfí psychí",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αδελφή ψυχή"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "word": "lelki társ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anamchara"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "word": "anima gemella"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "運命の人 (unmei no hito, literally “person of fate”)",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "赤い糸で結ばれた相手 (akai ito de musubareta aite, literally “partner bound by the red string (of fate)”)",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "cheonsaeng'yeonbun",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "word": "천생연분"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "srodna duša",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "сродна душа"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "word": "kare-ā-roto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "word": "bratnia dusza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "pokrewna dusza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "przyjazna dusza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "alma gémea"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "alma gêmea"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zadušévnyj drug",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "задуше́вный друг"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zadušévnaja podrúga",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "задуше́вная подру́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jedinomýšlennik",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "единомы́шленник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "of lovers",
      "roman": "drug sérdca",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "друг се́рдца"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podrúga sérdca",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подру́га се́рдца"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ródstvennaja dušá",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ро́дственная душа́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "srodna duša"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alma gemela"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "själsfrände"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "ātmīyuḍu",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "word": "ఆత్మీయుడు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nʉ́ʉa-kûu",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "word": "เนื้อคู่"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "word": "ruhsal eş"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "word": "ruh ikizi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "druh",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "друг"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pódruha",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "по́друга"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dvijnýk",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "двійни́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dvíjka",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дві́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "word": "bạn tri âm"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "word": "tri kỉ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
      "word": "bạn tri kỉ"
    }
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}

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