"Psyche" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈsaɪ.ki/
enPR: sī'kē Rhymes: -aɪki Etymology: From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, literally “Soul, Spirit”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ψυχή|lit=Soul, Spirit}} Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, literally “Soul, Spirit”) Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: Greek, Roman Categories (topical): Greek mythology, Roman mythology
    Sense id: en-Psyche-en-name-FwAan4th Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. 16 Psyche, a main belt asteroid Categories (topical): Asteroids Derived forms: Psyche glass, Psyche knot Translations (Asteroid): 靈神星 (Chinese Mandarin), 灵神星 (Língshénxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), Psyche (Finnish), Psiche (Italian), プシケ (Pushike) (Japanese), Психе́я (Psixéja) [feminine] (Russian) Translations (Greco-Roman goddess): Ψυχή (Psukhḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), سيكي [feminine] (Arabic), Պսիքե (Psikʻe) (Armenian), Psique [feminine] (Catalan), Psýché [feminine] (Czech), Psyché [feminine] (Czech), Psyke (Danish), Psiĥo (Esperanto), Psiĥa (Esperanto), Psykhe (Finnish), Psyché [feminine] (French), ფსიქე (psike) (Georgian), ფსიქეა (psikea) (Georgian), Psyche [feminine] (German), Ψυχή (Psychí) [feminine] (Greek), Pszükhé (Hungarian), Psiche [feminine] (Italian), プシューケー (Pushūkē) (Japanese), 프시케 (Peusike) (Korean), Psyche [feminine] (Polish), Psiquê [feminine] (Portuguese), Психе́я (Psixéja) [feminine] (Russian), Psiha [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Психа [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Psihe [feminine] (Slovene), Psique [feminine] (Spanish), Психе́я (Psyxéja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), سائیکی (sāekī) [feminine] (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-Psyche-en-name-yyejffJN Disambiguation of Asteroids: 16 84 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 72 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 33 67 Disambiguation of 'Asteroid': 14 86 Disambiguation of 'Greco-Roman goddess': 44 56

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      "word": "Психе́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Greco-Roman goddess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Psiha"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Greco-Roman goddess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Психа"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Greco-Roman goddess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Psihe"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Greco-Roman goddess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Psique"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Psyxéja",
      "sense": "Greco-Roman goddess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Психе́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "sāekī",
      "sense": "Greco-Roman goddess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "سائیکی"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Asteroid",
      "word": "靈神星"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Língshénxīng",
      "sense": "Asteroid",
      "word": "灵神星"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Asteroid",
      "word": "Psyche"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Asteroid",
      "word": "Psiche"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Pushike",
      "sense": "Asteroid",
      "word": "プシケ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Psixéja",
      "sense": "Asteroid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Психе́я"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Psyche"
  ],
  "word": "Psyche"
}

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