libido

§English

§Etymology

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

§Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lɪˈbiː.dəʊ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -iːdəʊ

§Noun

libido (plural libidos)

1. (common usage) Sexual urges or drives.

   Good grief 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 جنسية f (ġarīza jinsíyya)

  Egyptian Arabic: ليبيدو (libido)

• Armenian: լիբիդո (libido)
• Chinese:

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

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

• Hebrew: תשוקה (he) f (tshuká), לִיבִּידוֹ (he) m (libido)
• Hungarian: libidó (hu)
• Japanese: 性衝動 (せいしょうどう, seishōdō)
• Maori: taera
• Persian: لیبیدو (libido, libidu)
• Portuguese: libido (pt) f
• Russian: либидо (ru) n (libído)
• Slovene: libído 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 (libido)
• Dutch: libido (nl)
• Finnish: libido (fi), elämänvoima
• French: libido (fr) f
• German: Libido (de) f
• Hebrew: לִיבִּידוֹ (he) m (libido)
• Irish: libídeo m

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

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§French

§Etymology

From Latin libīdō

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.bi.do/

§Noun

libido f

1. libido

§Derived terms

• libidinal

§External links

• “libido” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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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

§Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /liˈbiː.doː/, [lɪˈbiː.doː]

§Noun

libīdō f (genitive libīdinis); third declension

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

§Inflection

Third declension.

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
• French: libido
• Italian: libido
• Russian: либидо (libido)
• Spanish: libido

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§Portuguese

§Noun

libido f (plural libidos)

1. (psychology) libido (sexual urges or drives)
2. (psychology) libido (drives based on sexual instincts)

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§Serbo-Croatian

§Etymology

From Latin libīdō

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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^(key): /ˈlíːbidɔ/
• Tonal orthography: lȋbido

§Noun

líbido m inan (genitive líbida, nominative plural líbidi)

1. libido

§Declension

Declension of líbido (masculine inan., hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	líbido	líbida	líbidi
accusative	líbido	líbida	líbide
genitive	líbida	líbidov	líbidov
dative	líbidu	líbidoma	líbidom
locative	líbidu	líbidih	líbidih
instrumental	líbidom	líbidoma	líbidi

§Derived terms

• libidinózen

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§Spanish

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.ˈbi.do/, [li.ˈβi.ðo]

§Noun

libido m (plural libidos)

1. libido, sex drive