âme
French
noun
Definitions
- (religion) soul
- (moral, intellectual centre) soul, heart, mind
- soul, person
- bore (of a cannon)
- (lutherie) soundpost (of a violin etc.)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French ame inherited from Old French ame inherited from Latin anima (soul, breath, life, air, spirit, the vital principle, a current of air, breeze, wind).
Origin
Latin
anima
Gloss
soul, breath, life, air, spirit, the vital principle, a current of air, breeze, wind
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
息
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anima English
- animism English
- *alima Latin
- anima Latin
- animalis Latin
- animicida Latin
- animo Latin
- animula Latin
- Animismus German
- alma Italian
- anima Italian
- alma Spanish, Castilian
- almilla Spanish, Castilian
- almita Spanish, Castilian
- ánima Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂enh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- anima Portuguese
- ame Old French
- anima Esperanto
- animagordo Esperanto
- animdoloro Esperanto
- anime Esperanto
- animforto Esperanto
- animismo Esperanto
- animo Esperanto
- animprofunde Esperanto
- animstato Esperanto
- egalanima Esperanto
- etanima Esperanto
- facilanima Esperanto
- grandanima Esperanto
- kotanimulo Esperanto
- larĝanima Esperanto
- rektanima Esperanto
- senanima Esperanto
- simplanima Esperanto
- unuanima Esperanto
- ventanima Esperanto
- ànima Catalan, Valencian
- alma Galician
- ánima Galician
- inimă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- anmo Ido
- ainimm Old Irish
- ainimm, ainim Old Irish
- ame Middle French
- alma Old Portuguese
- *anaman Proto-Celtic
- inimã Aromanian
- *anamos Proto-Italic
- olma Romansh
- alma Asturian
- anime Friulian
- ànime Friulian
- ànema Venetian
- arima Basque
- jamna Dalmatian
- alma Ladino
- ànima Sardinian
- anema Istriot
- alma Mirandese
- alm Zoogocho Zapotec