English

Noun

anima ‎(plural animas)

1. (chiefly philosophy) The soul or inner self of a person, especially the irrational part of a person as contrasted with the rational animus. [from 10th c.]
2. (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.]
   • 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.

3. (Jungian psychology) The unconscious feminine aspect of a person. [from 20th c.]

Related terms

• animus
• animate
• animal

Translations

External links

• anima in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• amain, Amina, amnia, mania

Catalan

Verb

anima

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

Esperanto

Etymology

animo +‎ -a

Adjective

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

1. of the soul

French

Verb

anima

1. third-person singular past historic of animer

Anagrams

• mania

Interlingua

Noun

anima ‎(plural animas)

1. soul

Italian

Etymology

From Latin anima. Doublet of alma.

Noun

anima f ‎(plural anime)

1. soul

Verb

anima

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

Related terms

Anagrams

• mania

Latin

Etymology

See animus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

anima f ‎(genitive animae); first declension

1. soul, spirit, life

   Magnificat anima mea dominum.‎

   My soul glorifies the Lord.

2. air, breeze
3. breath
4. vocative singular of anima

animā f

1. ablative singular of anima

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

Derived terms

• anima mundi
• animula

Descendants

Verb

animā

1. 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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “anima”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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)
    

Old French

Noun

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

1. (9th and 10th centuries) Alternative form of ame

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• ânima
• ánima

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧ni‧ma
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.ni.mɐ/

Noun

anima f (plural animas)

1. (Jungian psychology) anima (unconscious feminine aspect of a male)
2. anima (soul or inner self of a person)

Synonyms

• (soul): alma

Related terms

• alma
• anima mundi
• animus

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧ni‧ma
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈni.mɐ/, /a.ˈni.mɐ/

Verb

anima

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of animar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of animar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from French animer.

Verb

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

1. anima

Conjugation

Related terms

Spanish

Verb

anima

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of animar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of animar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of animar.