psycho-

See also: psycho

English

Alternative forms

• psych- (before a vowel)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ̯.koʊ̯/

Prefix

psycho-

1. Relating to the soul, the mind, or to psychology.
   • 2012, Richard Overy, “The Mind of Evil”, in Literary Review, number 399:

     This endeavour forms the core of Daniel Pick's fascinating study of the mobilisation of psychoanalysis not only for the Allied war effort, but for a postwar world momentarily seduced by the idea that war and violence might be eridicated by a bit of psycho-science.

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with psycho-

• psychonarration
• psychonarrative
• psychoverbal
• psychovisual

 

Translations

relating to the mind

• Catalan: psico- (ca)
• Czech: psycho- (cs)
• French: psycho- (fr)
• Galician: psico- (gl)
• German: psycho- (de)
• Greek: ψυχ- (el) (psych-)
• Interlingua: psycho-
• Italian: psico- (it)
• Malay: psiko- (ms), jiwa (ms)
• Portuguese: psico- (pt)
• Romanian: psiho-
• Russian: психо- (psixo-)
• Spanish: psico- (es)
• Turkish: psiko-
• Ukrainian: психо- (psyxo-)

See also

• psyche
• psycho

References

• Definition of psych - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpsɪxo]

Prefix

psycho-

1. psycho-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with psycho-

Related terms

• psychiatr
• psychiatrický
• psychiatrie
• psychický
• psychika
• psychopat
• psychotický
• psychóza
• psýcha
• Psýché

 

Further reading

• psycho- in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• psycho- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

psycho-

1. psycho-

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with psycho-

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /psi.ko/

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

psycho-

1. psycho-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with psycho-

• psychiatrie
• psychologie
• psychologique
• psychologue

 

German

Alternative forms

• psych- (before a vowel)

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpsy(ː)ço/
• Hyphenation: psy‧cho-

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

psycho-

1. psycho- (relating to the soul, the mind, or to psychology)

   ‎psycho- + ‎Therapie (“therapy”) → ‎Psychotherapie (“psychotherapy”)

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with psycho-

Further reading

• “psycho-” in Duden online
• “psycho-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpsɨ.xɔ/

Prefix

psycho-

1. psycho-

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with psycho-

Further reading

• psycho- in Polish dictionaries at PWN