Masculine

esprit

Meaning

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

Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛs.pʁi/
Etymology

In summary

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

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