anima

See also: ánima, animá, ànima, animà, animâ, and ânima

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anima (“a current of air, wind, air, breath, the vital principle, life, soul”), sometimes equivalent to animus (“mind”), both from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”); see animus. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄνεμος (ánemos, “wind”), Old English anda (“anger, envy, zeal”). More at onde.

Noun

anima (plural animas)

(chiefly philosophy) The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus. [from 10th c.]
- 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, XXXVIII:
  [W]e cannot chuse but admire the exceeding vividness of the governing faculty or Anima of the Insect, which is able to dispose and regulate so the motive faculties, as to cause every peculiar organ, not onely to move or act so quick, but to do it also so regularly.
(Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) of a person that is in touch with the unconscious as opposed to the persona. [from 20th c.]
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 31:
  In the Jungian model of the psyche, the male has an internalized female counterpart, the anima; while the female has an internalized masculine counterpart, the animus.
- 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
  Dorothy is bodiless and sexless in Tintern Abbey because she is Wordsworth's Jungian anima, an internal aspect of self momentarily projected.
(Jungian psychology) The unconscious feminine aspect of a person. [from 20th c.]

Related terms

animal
animate
animus

Translations

unconscious feminine aspect of a person

German: Anima f
Portuguese: anima (pt) f
Russian: а́нима (ru) f (ánima)

Anagrams

-mania, Amina, Maina, Mania, amain, amnia, mania, aiman

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əˈni.mə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈni.ma/

Verb

anima

third-person singular present indicative form of animar
second-person singular imperative form of animar

Chibcha

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Spanish anima.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /anima/

Noun

anima

anima, soul

References

Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Esperanto

Etymology

From animo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈnima/
Rhymes: -ima

Adjective

anima (accusative singular animan, plural animaj, accusative plural animajn)

of the soul; spiritual
- (Can we date this quote?), Simono Pejno (translator), “Revon havas mi” (“I Have a Dream”), speech given by Martin Luther King, Jr. in Washington, DC on August 28, 1963,
  Foje kaj refoje ni leviĝu supren al majestaj altejoj, alfrontante fizikan forton kun anima forto.
  Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.
of the mind, mental, psychological, inner
Ĝi staras antaŭ miaj animaj okuloj. ― I can see it with my mind’s eye.
anima lukto / ekvilibro ― inner struggle / balance
- (Can we date this quote?), Heinrich August Luyken, Stranga heredaĵo, Ĉapitro 12,
  Vi bezonas korpan kaj animan ripozon.
  You need physical and mental rest.

French

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Verb

anima

third-person singular past historic of animer

Anagrams

mania

Interlingua

Noun

anima (plural animas)

soul

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.ma/
Rhymes: -anima
Hyphenation: à‧ni‧ma

Etymology 1

From Latin anima, from animus, from Proto-Italic *anamos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos, a nominal derivative of *h₂enh₁- (“breathe”). Doublet of alma.

Noun

anima f (plural anime)

(religion, philosophy, also figurative) soul
the innermost part of something:
1. (botany) Synonym of durame (“heartwood”)
2. (lutherie) sound post
(metallurgy) a mould/mold used to create a cavity
the innermost part of a rope
(firearms) the inner cavity created by the chamber and the barrel
(typography) the support of ink rollers
(military, historical) a type of scaled armor
(heraldry) a motto tied to a character

Derived terms

anima gemella
animella
animetta
animina
animismo
animuccia

Related terms

alma
animale
animare
animato
animazione
animo
animula

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

anima

inflection of animare:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

-mania, Manai, mania

Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

animá (Barlavento)

Etymology

From Portuguese animar.

Verb

anima

(Sotavento) entertain, enliven

References

Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Latin

Etymology 1

See animus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.ma/, [ˈänɪmä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.ma/, [ˈäːnimä]

Noun

anima f (genitive animae); first declension

soul, spirit, life
- 45 BCE, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes (Tusculan Disputations).Liber I.ix:
  ...animum autem alii animam, ut fere nostri declarat nomen: nam et agere animam et efflare dicimus et animosos...
  ...some would have the soul, or spirit, to be the anima, as our schools generally agree; and indeed the name signifies as much, for we use the expressions animam agere, to live; animam efflare, to expire; animosi, men of spirit...
Magnificatanima mea dominum. ― My soul doth magnify the Lord.
air, breeze
breath
Synonyms: spīritus, spīrātiō

Declension

First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -īs or -ābus).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	anima	animae
Genitive	animae	animārum
Dative	animae	animīs animābus
Accusative	animam	animās
Ablative	animā	animīs animābus
Vocative	anima	animae

Derived terms

anima mundī
animōsus
animula

Related terms

animal
animalis
animare
animate
animatio

Descendants

Aromanian: inimã
Asturian: alma, ánima
→ Basque: arima
Catalan: ànima
Dalmatian: jamna
→ English: anima
French: âme
Friulian: anime, ànime
→ Galician: ánima
Istriot: anema
Italian: alma, anima
Megleno-Romanian: ińamă
Mirandese: alma
Occitan: anma, arma
Old Catalan: arma
Old Portuguese: alma
- Galician: alma
- Portuguese: alma
→ Portuguese: anima
Romanian: inimă
Romansch: olma
Sardinian: àmina
Sicilian: arma
Old Spanish: alma
- Spanish: alma
→ Spanish: ánima
Venetian: ànema
Walloon: åme

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

animā

second-person singular present active imperative of animō

References

“anima”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“anima”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
anima in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
anima in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to breathe, live: animam, spiritum ducere
- to hold one's breath: animam continere
- to give up the ghost: animam edere or efflare
- to be at one's last gasp: animam agere
- (ambiguous) to weary, bore the reader: languorem, molestiam legentium animis afferre
- (ambiguous) to banish devout sentiment from the minds of others: religionem ex animis extrahere (N. D. 1. 43. 121)
- (ambiguous) Nature has implanted in all men the idea of a God: natura in omnium animis notionem dei impressit (N. D. 1. 16. 43)

Maltese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaː.nɪ.ma/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian animare.

Verb

anima (imperfect janima, past participle animat, verbal noun animar)

to animate

Conjugation

Conjugation of anima
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	animajt	animajt	anima	animajna	animajtu	animaw
perfect	f	animajt	animajt	animat	animajna	animajtu	animaw
imperfect	m	nanima	tanima	janima	nanimaw	tanimaw	janimaw
imperfect	f	nanima	tanima	tanima	nanimaw	tanimaw	janimaw
imperative			anima			animaw

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian anima.

Noun

anima f (plural animi)

The innermost part of something: core

Related terms

animatur
animazzjoni
animista
animiżmu
animożità
animuż
inanimat

Old French

Noun

anima f (oblique plural animas, nominative singular anima, nominative plural animas)

(9th and 10th centuries) Alternative form of ame

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from Latin anima. Doublet of alma, inherited from the same source.

Alternative forms

ânima, ánima

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧ni‧ma

Noun

anima f (plural animas)

(Jungian psychology) anima (unconscious feminine aspect of a male)
anima (soul or inner self of a person)
Synonym: alma

Related terms

alma
anima mundi
animus

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈnĩ.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈni.ma/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈni.mɐ/

Hyphenation: a‧ni‧ma

Verb

anima

inflection of animar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French animer.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.niˈma/
Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: a‧ni‧ma

Verb

a anima (third-person singular present animă, past participle animat) 1st conj.

to animate

Conjugation

conjugation of anima (first conjugation, no infix)

number		singular			plural
infinitive			a anima
gerund			animând
past participle			animat
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	anim	animi	animă	animăm	animați	animă
	imperfect	animam	animai	anima	animam	animați	animau
	simple perfect	animai	animași	animă	animarăm	animarăți	animară
	pluperfect	animasem	animaseși	animase	animaserăm	animaserăți	animaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
subjunctive	present	să anim	să animi	să anime	să animăm	să animați	să anime
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		animă			animați
	negative		nu anima			nu animați

Related terms

animabil
animabilitate
animare
animat
animator
animație
animism

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈnima/ [aˈni.ma]
Rhymes: -ima
Syllabification: a‧ni‧ma

Verb

anima

inflection of animar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

anima

English

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Catalan

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Chibcha

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Esperanto

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French

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Interlingua

Noun

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Verb

Anagrams

Kabuverdianu

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Latin

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Noun

Declension

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Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb

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Maltese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

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Old French

Noun

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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Noun

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Etymology 2

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Romanian

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Spanish

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