libido

English

Etymology

From Latin libīdō (“lust, desire”). Used originally in psychoanalytic contexts.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /lɪˈbiː.dəʊ/, X-SAMPA: /lI"bi:.d@u/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -iːdəʊ

Noun

libido (plural libidos)

1. (common usage) Sexual urges or drives.

   Good God man, control your libido!

2. (psychology) Drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.

   For Freudians, libido means the desire to "unite and bind" with objects in the world.

   The ego as an organ which seeks to synthesize thoughts in the psyche is said to be driven by libido or eros.

Synonyms

• horniness

Antonyms

• (in common usage): boredom

See also

• nymphomaniac, hypersexuality, masturbator

Translations

sexual urges or drives

• Arabic: غريزة جنسي (ar) (ġarīza jinsíyya) f

  Egyptian Arabic: ليبيدو (libido)

• Armenian: լիբիդո (hy) (libido)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 性衝動 (cmn), 性冲动 (cmn) (xìngchōngdòng)

• Dutch: libido (nl) m
• Estonian: libiido (et), iha (et), sugutung (et)
• Finnish: halut (fi) pl, libido (fi), himot (fi) pl
• French: libido (fr) m
• German: Libido (de) f, sexuelle Begierde (de) f

• Hebrew: לִיבִּידוֹ (he) (libido) m
• Hungarian: libidó (hu)
• Japanese: 性衝動 (ja) (せいしょうどう, seishōdō)
• Maori: taera (mi)
• Persian: لیبیدو (fa) (libido, libidu)
• Portuguese: libido (pt) f
• Russian: либидо (ru) (libído) n (indeclinable)
• Slovene: libído (sl) m
• Spanish: libido (es) f
• Swedish: libido (sv) c

drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.

• Armenian: լիբիդո (hy) (libido)
• Dutch: libido (nl)
• Finnish: libido (fi), elämänvoima (fi)
• French: libido (fr) f
• German: Libido (de) f
• Hebrew: לִיבִּידוֹ (he) (libido) m
• Irish: libídeo (ga) m

• Japanese: リビドー (ja) (ribidō)
• Korean: 리비도 (ko) (libido)
• Portuguese: libido (pt) f
• Russian: либидо (ru) (libído) n (indeclinable)
• Spanish: libido (es) f
• Turkish: libido (tr)

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French

Noun

libido m

1. libido

Derived terms

• libidinal

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Italian

Noun

libido f (invariable)

1. (psychoanalysis) libido

See also

• libidine

Anagrams

• bolidi

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Latin

Alternative forms

• lubīdō

Noun

libīdō (genitive libīdinis); f, third declension

1. pleasure, inclination, fancy, longing
2. caprice, passion, wantonness
3. lust, sensuality

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	libīdō	libīdinēs
genitive	libīdinis	libīdinum
dative	libīdinī	libīdinibus
accusative	libīdinem	libīdinēs
ablative	libīdine	libīdinibus
vocative	libīdō	libīdinēs

Derived terms

• libīdinōsus

Related terms

• libet
• libīdinōsē
• libita

Descendants

• English: libido
• Italian: libido
• Russian: либидо

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin libīdō

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lǐbido/
• Hyphenation: li‧bi‧do

Noun

lìbido m (Cyrillic spelling лѝбидо)

1. libido

Declension

    declension of libido

	singular	plural
nominative	libido	libida
genitive	libida	libida
dative	libidu	libidima
accusative	libido	libida
vocative	libido	libida
locative	libidu	libidima
instrumental	libidom	libidima

Related terms

• lȉbidinōzan

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Slovene

Etymology

From Latin libīdō.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /liˈbiːdɔ/

Noun

libído m inan. (dual libida, plural libidi)

1. libido

Declension

Declension of libido (masculine inanimate, hard)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	libido	libida	libidi
accusative	libido	libida	libide
genitive	libida	libidov	libidov
dative	libidu	libidoma	libidom
locative	libidu	libidih	libidih
instrumental	libidom	libidoma	libidi

Derived terms

• libidinózen

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Spanish

Noun

libido m (plural libidos)

1. libido, sex drive