spirito

See also: spìrito and Spirito

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spiˈrito/
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  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Syllabification: spi‧ri‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin spiritus, English spirit, Italian spirito, etc.

Noun

spirito (accusative singular spiriton, plural spiritoj, accusative plural spiritojn)

  1. spirit
    • 1927, L. L. Zamenhof, transl., La Sankta Biblio [The Holy Bible]‎[1] (hardcover), London; Edinburgh: British and Foreign Bible Society; Scottish Bible Society, →ISBN, page 5:
      Kaj la tero estis senforma kaj dezerta, kaj mallumo estis super la abismo; kaj la spirito de Dio ŝvebis super la akvo.
      And the Earth was formless and deserted, and darkness was above the abyss; and the spirit of God hovered over the water.

Etymology 2

Verb

spirito (accusative singular spiriton, plural spiritoj, accusative plural spiritojn)

  1. singular past nominal passive participle of spiri

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto spiritoLatin spiritusEnglish spiritFrench espritItalian spiritoSpanish espíritu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spiˈri.to/

Noun

spirito

  1. spirit, soul, mind

Derived terms

Interlingua

Noun

spirito (plural spiritos)

  1. spirit

Italian

Etymology

From Latin spiritus, from spiro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspi.ri.to/
  • Rhymes: -irito
  • Hyphenation: spì‧ri‧to

Noun

spirito m (plural spiriti)

  1. spirit, mind
  2. sparkle, wit, esprit
  3. alcohol

Usage notes

  • Variably causes syntactic doubling in the phrase spirito santo '[the] holy spirit': /spirito(s)‿santo/.

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