esprit

See also Esprit

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from the French.

Pronunciation

/ɛˌspɹiː/

Noun

esprit (uncountable)

1. Spirit, enthusiasm.
2. A wit.
3. Liveliness, or active mind and spirit.

Related terms

• esprit de corps
• l'esprit de l'escalier

Translations

spirit, enthusiasm

• Bulgarian: дух (bg) (duh) m
• Finnish: henki (fi), henkevyys (fi)

• German: Esprit (de) m

wit

• Bulgarian: ум (bg) (um) m, интелигентност (bg) (inteligentnost) f
• Finnish: henkevyys (fi), älykkyys (fi)

liveliness, or active mind and spirit

• Finnish: henkevyys (fi), eloisuus (fi)

• German: Esprit (de) m

References

• esprit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• priest
• ripest
• sitrep
• sprite
• stripe

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Czech

Noun

esprit m

1. esprit

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spiritus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛspʁi/

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Noun

esprit m (plural esprits)

1. spirit, enthusiasm
2. mind

Anagrams

• pétris, pister, prîtes, tripes