ego

See also: Ego, égo, égő, and ego-

English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːɡəʊ

Noun

ego (plural egos)

Wikipedia

1. ​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.

2. (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.

Derived terms

terms derived from ego

alter ego egodystonic egoism egoist egoistic

egoistical egoistically egosyntonic egotism egotist

egotistic egotistical egotistically ego trip

empirical ego pure ego superego transcendental ego

Translations

the self

• Arabic: الأنا m (al-’ána)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自我 (zh) (zì wǒ)

• Finnish: minä (fi); ego (fi)
• French: moi (fr) m
• German: Ich (de) n, Ego (de) n
• Greek: εγώ (el) n (egó)
• Hebrew: אגו (he) m (ego)
• Hindi: अहं (ahã)
• Japanese: 自我 (ja) (じが, jiga), エゴ (ego)
• Korean: 자아 (ko) (jaa)
• Latin: idem (la) n

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ego (no) n

  Nynorsk: ego n

• Portuguese: ego (pt) m
• Russian: эго n (égo), я (ru) n (ja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: е̑го m, ја̑

  Roman: ȇgo m, jȃ

• Spanish: ego (es) m
• Swedish: ego (sv) n
• Telugu: అహం (te) (ahaM)

psychoanalytic ego

• Catalan: jo (ca) m
• Czech: ego (cs) n, já (cs) n
• Finnish: minä (fi)

• French: moi (fr) m
• Portuguese: ego (pt) m

See also

• id
• superego

Anagrams

• Geo., goe

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛgɔ/

Etymology

From Latin ego (“I”).

Noun

ego n

1. ego
2. (psychoanalysis) ego

Declension

Declension of ego

	singular	plural
nominative	ego	ega
genitive	ega	eg
dative	egu	egům
accusative	ego	ega
vocative	ego	ega
locative	egu	egách
instrumental	egem	egy

Synonyms

• já n

See also

• superego n
• id n

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

ego n (plural ego's, diminutive egootje n)

1. ego, self

Related terms

• egoïsme, egoïst, egoïstisch

Anagrams

• oge

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Finnish

Etymology

From Latin egō (“I”).

Noun

ego

1. ego
2. (psychoanalysis) ego

Declension

Declension of ego (Kotus type 1/valo)

		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
instructive		—	egoin
abessive		egotta	egoitta
comitative		—	egoineen

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Italian

Noun

ego m (invariable)

1. ego

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *egō, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.go/, /ˈe.goː/

Pronoun

ego or egō (first person, nominative, plural nos)

1. I; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
   • Heauton Timorumenos (“The Self-Tormentor”) by Publius Terentius Afer

     Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.

     I am a man, I consider nothing that is human alien to me.

Inflection

Irregular declension

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	ego	nōs
genitive	meī	nostrī, nostrum
dative	mihi	nōbīs
accusative	mē	nōs
ablative	mē	nōbīs
vocative	—	—

Derived terms

• mecum
• egomet
• proximus egomet mihi

Descendants

• Aragonese: yo
• Aromanian: iou
• Asturian: yo
• Catalan: jo
• Dalmatian: ju
• English: ego (loanword)
• French: je
• Friulian: jo
• Galician: eu
• Interlingua: io
• Istro-Romanian: io
• Italian: io
• Neapolitan: i

• Occitan:
  • Gascon: jo
  • Lengadocian: ieu
• Old Provençal: eu, ieu
• Portuguese: eu
• Romanian: eu
• Romansch: jau, eau
• Sardinian: eo
• Sicilian: iu
• Spanish: yo
• Vulgar Latin: eo
• Walloon: dji

See also

Latin personal pronouns

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ego (“I”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɣu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.gu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.go/

Noun

ego m (plural egos)

1. ego (the self)
2. (psychology) ego (most central part of the mind)

Derived terms

• massagear o ego

Related terms

egocêntrico egocentrismo egoísmo egoísta egoístico

ególatra egolatria egomania egomaníaco

egômano egotismo egotista eu

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin ego

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /êːɡo/
• Hyphenation: e‧go

Noun

ȇgo m (Cyrillic spelling е̑го)

1. ego

Declension

    declension of ego

	singular	plural
nominative	ȇgo	ega
genitive	ȇga	ega
dative	egu	egima
accusative	ego	ega
vocative	ego	ega
locative	egu	egima
instrumental	egom	egima

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Spanish

Noun

ego m (plural egos)

1. ego

Related terms

• egoísta
• egoísmo