esprit

See also: Esprit

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French esprit (“spirit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.ˈpɹiː/

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) m (duh)
• Finnish: henki (fi), henkevyys (fi)
• German: Esprit (de) m
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• Romanian: spirit (ro) n
• Russian: дух (ru) m (dux), энтузиа́зм (ru) m (entuziázm)

wit

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

liveliness, or active mind and spirit

• Finnish: henkevyys (fi), eloisuus (fi)
• German: Esprit (de) m
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• Russian: жи́вость (ru) f (žívostʹ)

References

• “esprit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Pitres, Presti, Priest, Sprite, priest, respit, retips, ripest, sitrep, sprite, stripe, tripes

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Czech

Noun

1. esprit

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French

Etymology

From Middle French esperit, from Old French, borrowed from Latin spiritus through Ecclesiastical Latin and Christian religious texts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.pʁi/

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Noun

esprit m (plural esprits)

1. immaterial or incorporeal substance
2. disembodied mind
3. mind (in the wide sense)
4. mind (as principle of thought)
5. specific mind aptitude
6. high mind aptitude
7. deep intention, sense, or purpose (of a text, action, attitude...); philosophy (in figurative sense)
8. (metonymically) human being, as possessing abilities of mind
9. (old) volatile fluid ; (in particular) alcohol

Anagrams

• pétris, pister, prîtes, tripes

Further reading

• “esprit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.