"animula" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /aˈni.mu.la/ Forms: animule [plural]
Rhymes: -imula Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin animula, diminutive of anima (“soul”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|it|la|animula}} Learned borrowing from Latin animula, {{m|la|anima||soul}} anima (“soul”) Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} animula f (plural animule)
  1. (literary) Diminutive of anima: a small or little soul Tags: diminutive, feminine, form-of, literary Form of: anima (extra: a small or little soul)
    Sense id: en-animula-it-noun-J~k36C9r
  2. (literary, figurative) a sensitive person Tags: feminine, figuratively, literary
    Sense id: en-animula-it-noun-Htk7FeOx
  3. (archaeology) a depiction of a deceased's soul Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Archaeology
    Sense id: en-animula-it-noun-BIgLsA7q Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 12 35 53 Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: anima

Inflected forms

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