Spirit

Etymology
spirit from spiritus:. Compare inspire:, respire:, transpire:, all ultimately from Latin spiro:. Displaced native Middle English gast "spirit" (from Old English gāst "breath, soul, spirit").

Noun

 * 1) The undying essence of a human. The soul.
 * 2) A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
 * 3) enthusiasm
 * School spirit is at an all-time high.
 * 1) The manner or style of something.
 * In the spirit of forgiveness, we didn't press charges.
 * 1) plural A volatile liquid, such as alcohol.  The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.
 * 2) Energy.

Related terms

 * community spirit
 * free spirit
 * Holy Spirit
 * in good spirits
 * in spirit (adverb)
 * in the spirit it was meant (idiom)
 * kindred spirit
 * methlyated spirit
 * party spirit
 * petroleum spirit
 * proof spirit
 * pyroacetic spirit
 * rectified spirit
 * shad-spirit
 * spirited
 * spiritous
 * spiritual
 * spiritually
 * spirituality
 * spirit away (verb)


 * spirit gum
 * spirit lamp
 * spirit level
 * spirit off
 * spirit of hartshorn
 * spirit of salt
 * spirit of the law
 * spirit of turpentine
 * spirit of vitriol
 * spirit of wine
 * spirit rapper/spirit rapping
 * spirit stove
 * spirit world
 * spirit writing
 * surgical spirit
 * team spirit
 * that's the spirit
 * the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
 * white spirit
 * wood spirit
 * zombie spirit

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic:
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܪܘܚܐ (rūħā’)
 * Hebrew: רוחא (rūħā’)
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese: (jīngshén)
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Filipino: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: רוח (ruaħ)
 * Hungarian:, lélek
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: (せいしん, seishin)
 * Korean: 넋 (neogs, neok), 얼 (eor, -l), 정신 (精神, jeongsin)


 * Latgalian: ,
 * Latin:, animus
 * Latvian: gars, dvēsele
 * Lithuanian: dvasia, šmėkla
 * Maori:
 * Old English: ,
 * Old Irish:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: anam, aigne , spiorad
 * Serbian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Sotho: moya
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog:, kaluluwa
 * Telugu: గుండె ధైర్యము
 * Turkish:
 * West Frisian:
 * !Xóõ: !náã-sé,


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic:
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܪܘܚܐ (rūħā’)
 * Hebrew: רוחא (rūħā’)
 * Chinese: 幽灵 (yōulíng)
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Filipino: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: רוח (ruaħ)
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 妖怪 (ようかい, yōkai)
 * Korean: 귀신 (鬼神, gwisin), 굿것 (gusgeos, gutgeot)
 * Latin:, , animus
 * Navajo:
 * Old Irish:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: taibhse, spiorad , tannasg ,
 * Serbian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, vålnad
 * Tagalog: ,
 * Telugu: అత్యుత్సాహవంతుడు


 * Afrikaans:
 * Chinese: simp. 勇气 trad. 勇氣 (yǒngqì), (jingshén)
 * Danish:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian: semangat
 * Italian:
 * Korean: 기풍 (氣風, gipung)


 * Latin: animus
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: дух (duχ)
 * Scottish Gaelic: meanmna, spailp , misneachd , smior ,
 * Serbian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: కుతూహలము


 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, esprit
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: animus


 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Serbian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: వ్యక్తిత్వము


 * Afrikaans:
 * Danish:, ,
 * Estonian: piiritus
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * German:,  Sprit,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Korean: 주정 (酒精, jujeong), 알코올 (alkool)
 * Latin: alcohol


 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: алкоголь, спирт
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, bebida espirituosa
 * Swedish: ,

Verb

 * 1) To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.

Etymology
spiritus

Noun

 * 1) spirit, ghost
 * 2) essence, psyche
 * 3) wit, genius
 * 4) manner, style