"libido" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /lɪˈbiː.dəʊ/ [UK] Audio: En-us-libido.ogg [US] Forms: libidos [plural]
Rhymes: -iːdəʊ Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin libīdō (“lust, desire”). Used originally in psychoanalytic contexts. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewbʰ-|id=love}}, {{lbor|en|la|libīdō||lust, desire}} Learned borrowing from Latin libīdō (“lust, desire”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} libido (countable and uncountable, plural libidos)
  1. (common usage) Sexual urges or drives. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: horniness [vulgar] Translations (sexual urges or drives): غَرِيزَة جِنْسِيَّة (ḡarīza jinsiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), ليبيدو (libido) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), լիբիդո (libido) (Armenian), libog (Bikol Central), либидо (libido) [neuter] (Bulgarian), libido [feminine] (Catalan), 性衝動 (Chinese Mandarin), 性冲动 (xìngchōngdòng) (Chinese Mandarin), libido [neuter] (Czech), libido [masculine] (Dutch), volupto (Esperanto), libiido (Estonian), iha (Estonian), sugutung (Estonian), halut [plural] (Finnish), libido (Finnish), himot [plural] (Finnish), libido [masculine] (French), Libido [feminine] (German), sexuelle Begierde [feminine] (German), תשוקה (tshuká) [feminine] (Hebrew), לִיבִּידוֹ (libido) [masculine] (Hebrew), libidó (Hungarian), libido (Indonesian), 性衝動 (seishōdō) (alt: せいしょうどう) (Japanese), libīdō [feminine] (Latin), taera (Maori), لیبیدو (english: libido, libidu) (Persian), libido [neuter] (Polish), popęd seksualny [masculine] (Polish), pożądanie seksualne [neuter] (Polish), chuć [feminine] (Polish), libido [feminine] (Portuguese), libido [neuter] (Romanian), либи́до (libído) [neuter] (Russian), libido [neuter] (Slovak), libído [masculine] (Slovene), libido [feminine] (Spanish), ashiki (Swahili), nyege (Swahili), libido (Swahili), libido [common-gender] (Swedish), libog (Tagalog), libido (Turkish), şehvet (Turkish), cinsel dürtü (Turkish), cinsellik içgüdüsü (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-libido-en-noun-7bFKBSP~ Disambiguation of 'sexual urges or drives': 91 8 1
  2. (psychology) Drives or mental energies related to or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychology, Psychoanalysis Translations (drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.): լիբիդո (libido) (Armenian), libido [feminine] (Catalan), 性力 (xìnglì) (Chinese Mandarin), 力比多 (lìbǐduō) (Chinese Mandarin), libido (Dutch), libido (Finnish), elämänvoima (Finnish), libido [feminine] (French), Libido [feminine] (German), לִיבִּידוֹ (libido) [masculine] (Hebrew), libido (Indonesian), libídeo [masculine] (Irish), リビドー (ribidō) (Japanese), 리비도 (ribido) (Korean), libido [neuter] (Polish), libido [feminine] (Portuguese), либи́до (libído) [neuter] (Russian), libido [feminine] (Spanish), libido (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-libido-en-noun-Cb6jCwJ9 Disambiguation of Psychoanalysis: 5 74 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 64 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 59 36 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.': 7 88 5
  3. (astronomy, archaic or misused, an occasional carry-over from astrology to astronomy) Synonym of albedo in terms of a planet's, such as that of Mars, average surface spectral reflectivity. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Astronomy, Sex Synonyms: albedo in terms of a planet's [synonym, synonym-of], such as that of Mars [synonym, synonym-of], average surface spectral reflectivity [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-libido-en-noun-1t9to7aA Disambiguation of Sex: 21 25 54 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: libido dominandi, nymphomaniac, hypersexuality, masturbator

Inflected forms

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            "neuter"
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            "feminine"
          ],
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            "neuter"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "7 88 5",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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        "uncountable"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "word": "լիբիդո"
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      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "libido",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libido"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "word": "性衝動"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xìngchōngdòng",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "word": "性冲动"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "libido"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "libido"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "word": "volupto"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "word": "libiido"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "word": "iha"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "word": "sugutung"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "halut"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "word": "libido"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "himot"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "libido"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Libido"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sexuelle Begierde"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tshuká",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "תשוקה"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "libido",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "לִיבִּידוֹ"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "word": "libidó"
    },
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "word": "libido"
    },
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      "alt": "せいしょうどう",
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      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "word": "性衝動"
    },
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libīdō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "word": "taera"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "english": "libido, libidu",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "word": "لیبیدو"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "libido"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chuć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "libido"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "libído",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "либи́до"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "libido"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "libído"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libido"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "word": "ashiki"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "word": "nyege"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "word": "libido"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "libido"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "word": "libog"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "word": "libido"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "word": "şehvet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "word": "cinsel dürtü"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sexual urges or drives",
      "word": "cinsellik içgüdüsü"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "libido",
      "sense": "drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.",
      "word": "լիբիդո"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libido"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xìnglì",
      "sense": "drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.",
      "word": "性力"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lìbǐduō",
      "sense": "drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.",
      "word": "力比多"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.",
      "word": "libido"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.",
      "word": "libido"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.",
      "word": "elämänvoima"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libido"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Libido"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "libido",
      "sense": "drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "לִיבִּידוֹ"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.",
      "word": "libido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "libídeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ribidō",
      "sense": "drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.",
      "word": "リビドー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ribido",
      "sense": "drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.",
      "word": "리비도"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "libido"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "libído",
      "sense": "drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "либи́до"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libido"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.",
      "word": "libido"
    }
  ],
  "word": "libido"
}

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