ego
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin ego (“I”). Chosen by Freud’s translator as a translation of his use of German Ich as a noun for this concept from the pronoun ich (“I”). Doublet of I and Ich.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈiːɡəʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈiɡoʊ/
- Rhymes: -iːɡəʊ
Noun[edit]
ego (countable and uncountable, plural egos)
- The self, especially with a sense of self-importance.
- 1998, Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth:
- When every thought absorbs your attention completely, when you are so identified with the voice in your head and the emotions that accompany it that you lose yourself in every thought and every emotion, then you are totally identified with form and therefore in the grip of ego. Ego is a conglomeration of recurring thought forms and conditioned mental-emotional patterns that are invested with a sense of I, a sense of self.
- (psychology, Freudian) The most central part of the mind, which mediates with one's surroundings.
- 1954, Calvin S. Hall, A Primer of Freudian Psychology:
- In the well adjusted person the ego is the executive of the personality and is governed by the reality principle.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, →OCLC, page 19:
- ‘Everything begins with “I”, you mean. Which is ego,’ said Tom, placing an ankle behind his ear, ‘not id.’
Synonyms[edit]
Coordinate terms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- absolute ego
- alter ego
- auxiliary ego
- egocentric
- egocentrically
- egocentricity
- egocentrism
- egodystonic
- ego-dystonic
- ego-expansion
- egoic
- egoism
- egoist
- egoistic
- egoistical
- egoistically
- egoity
- egoless
- ego lifter
- ego lifting
- egomania
- egomaniac
- ego-minded
- ego-mindedness
- ego-self
- ego shooter
- egosurf
- ego surfing
- ego-surfing
- egosyntonic
- ego-syntonic
- egotism
- egotist
- egotistic
- egotistical
- egotistically
- ego trip
- ego-trip
- ego-tripping
- empirical ego
- executive ego function
- massage someone's ego
- non-empirical ego
- pure ego
- super-ego
- superego
- transcendental ego
Translations[edit]
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Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin ego. Doublet of jo.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ego m (plural egos)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “ego” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin ego (“I”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ego n
Declension[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- ego in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- ego in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin egō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ego n (plural ego's, diminutive egootje n)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ego
Declension[edit]
Inflection of ego (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | ego | egot | ||
genitive | egon | egojen | ||
partitive | egoa | egoja | ||
illative | egoon | egoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | ego | egot | ||
accusative | nom. | ego | egot | |
gen. | egon | |||
genitive | egon | egojen | ||
partitive | egoa | egoja | ||
inessive | egossa | egoissa | ||
elative | egosta | egoista | ||
illative | egoon | egoihin | ||
adessive | egolla | egoilla | ||
ablative | egolta | egoilta | ||
allative | egolle | egoille | ||
essive | egona | egoina | ||
translative | egoksi | egoiksi | ||
abessive | egotta | egoitta | ||
instructive | — | egoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading[edit]
- “ego”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams[edit]
Ido[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English ego, French égo, German Ego, Italian ego, Russian э́го (égo), Spanish ego. Decision no. 693, Progreso IV.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ego (invariable)
Derived terms[edit]
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin ego (“I”), from Proto-Italic *egō, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Doublet of eke.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ego (first-person possessive egoku, second-person possessive egomu, third-person possessive egonya)
- (psychology) ego.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “ego” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ego m (invariable)
Further reading[edit]
- ego in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *egō, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐγώ (egṓ).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈe.ɡoː/, [ˈɛɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.ɡo/, [ˈɛːɡo]
(with iambic shortening)
Pronoun[edit]
ego or egō (first person, nominative, plural nōs)
- I; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
Declension[edit]
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Person | First | Second | Reflexive third | Third | First | Second | Reflexive third | Third | |||||
Case / Gender | Masc./ Fem./Neut. | Masc. | Fem. | Neut. | Masc./ Fem./Neut. | Masc. | Fem. | Neut. | |||||
Nominative | ego egō |
tū | — | is | ea | id | nōs | vōs | — | eī iī |
eae | ea | |
Genitive | meī | tuī | suī | eius | nostrī nostrum |
vestrī vestrum |
suī | eōrum | eārum | eōrum | |||
Dative | mihi | tibi | sibi | eī | nōbīs | vōbīs | sibi | eīs | |||||
Accusative | mē | tē | sē sēsē |
eum | eam | id | nōs | vōs | sē sēsē |
eōs | eās | ea | |
Ablative | mē | tē | sē sēsē | eō | eā | eō | nōbīs | vōbīs | sē sēsē |
eīs | |||
Vocative | egō | tū | — | nōs | vōs | — |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Inherited
- Borrowed
See also[edit]
Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Genitive | Dative | Accusative | Ablative | Possessive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | First | — | ego | meī | mihi | mē | meus, -a, -um | |
Second | — | tū | tuī | tibi | tē | tuus, -a, -um | ||
Reflexive third | — | — | suī | sibi | sē, sēsē | suus, -a, -um | ||
Third | Masculine | is | eius | eī | eum | eō | eius | |
Feminine | ea | eam | eā | |||||
Neuter | id | id | eō | |||||
Plural | First | — | nōs | nostrī, nostrum | nōbīs | nōs | nōbīs | noster, -tra, -trum |
Second | — | vōs | vestrī, vestrum | vōbīs | vōs | vōbīs | vester, -tra, -trum | |
Reflexive third | — | — | suī | sibi | sē, sēsē | suus, -a, -um | ||
Third | Masculine | eī, iī | eōrum | eīs | eōs | eīs | eōrum | |
Feminine | eae | eārum | eās | eārum | ||||
Neuter | ea | eōrum | ea | eōrum |
References[edit]
- “ego”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ego”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ego in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ego in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: vix me contineo quin lacrimem
- I cannot sleep for anxiety: curae somnum mihi adimunt, dormire me non sinunt
- I'm undone! it's all up with me: perii! actum est de me! (Ter. Ad. 3. 2. 26)
- I was induced by several considerations to..: multae causae me impulerunt ad aliquid or ut...
- I console myself with..: hoc (illo) solacio me consōlor
- I console myself with..: haec (illa) res me consolatur
- (great) advantage accrues to me from this: fructus ex hac re redundant in or ad me
- I will refuse you nothing: nihil tibi a me postulanti recusabo
- I express my approval of a thing: res a me probatur
- as far as I can guess: quantum ego coniectura assequor, auguror
- if I am not mistaken: nisi (animus) me fallit
- unless I'm greatly mistaken: nisi omnia me fallunt
- I am not unaware: me non fugit, praeterit
- I cannot bring myself to..: a me impetrare non possum, ut
- I forget something: oblivio alicuius rei me capit
- experience has taught me: usus me docuit
- this goes to prove what I say: hoc est a (pro) me
- the matter speaks for itself: res ipsa (pro me apud te) loquitur
- something harasses me, makes me anxious: aliquid me sollicitat, me sollicitum habet, mihi sollicitudini est, mihi sollicitudinem affert
- I am discontented with my lot: fortunae meae me paenitet
- I am not dissatisfied with my progress: non me paenitet, quantum profecerim
- what will become of me: quid (de) me fiet? (Ter. Heaut. 4. 3. 37)
- it's all over with me; I'm a lost man: actum est de me
- I have great hopes that..: magna me spes tenet (with Acc. c. Inf.) (Tusc. 1. 41. 97)
- hope has played me false: spes me frustratur
- I have received a legacy from a person: hereditas ad me or mihi venit ab aliquo (Verr. 2. 1. 10)
- I have no objection: per me licet
- (ambiguous) to be burned to ashes: incendio deleri, absūmi
- (ambiguous) to be carried off by a disease: morbo absūmi (Sall. Iug. 5. 6)
- (ambiguous) to die a natural death: morbo perire, absūmi, consūmi
- (ambiguous) according to my strong conviction: ex animi mei sententia (vid. sect. XI. 2)
- (ambiguous) I put myself at your disposal as regards advice: consilii mei copiam facio tibi
- (ambiguous) my dear father: pater optime or carissime, mi pater (vid. sect. XII. 10)
- (ambiguous) I swear on my conscience: ex animi mei sententia iuro
- to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: vix me contineo quin lacrimem
Latvian[edit]
Noun[edit]
ego m (invariable)
Noun[edit]
ego m (invariable)
Synonyms[edit]
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin ego. Doublet of ja (“I”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ego n (indeclinable)
- (psychoanalysis) ego (the most central part of the mind which mediates with one's surroundings)
Further reading[edit]
- ego in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ego in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin ego (“I”). Doublet of eu.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: e‧go
Noun[edit]
ego m (plural egos)
- ego (the self)
- (psychology) ego (most central part of the mind)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ȇgo m (Cyrillic spelling е̑го)
Declension[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin ego (“I”). Doublet of yo.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ego m (plural egos)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “ego”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ego (definite accusative egou, plural egolar)
- ego (the self, especially with a sense of self-importance)
- (psychoanalysis) ego
Related terms[edit]
- English terms borrowed from Latin
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- Rhymes:English/iːɡəʊ
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- English lemmas
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- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Psychology
- English three-letter words
- en:Psychoanalysis
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- Czech terms borrowed from Latin
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- cs:Psychoanalysis
- Czech velar-stem neuter nouns
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- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
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- Finnish terms borrowed from Latin
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- Rhymes:Finnish/eɡo
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- Finnish lemmas
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- fi:Psychoanalysis
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- id:Psychology
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- it:Psychology
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- pl:Psychoanalysis
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- sh:Psychology
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- tr:Psychoanalysis