Etymology

From Latin spiritus , ultimately meaning breath, wind (cf. inspire, respire , transpire), from spirare, breathe

Noun

spirit (plural: spirits )

1. The soul of a person or other living being
2. A supernatural being without physical form; ghost
3. Enthusiasm

   School spirit is at an all-time high

4. Manner or style

   In the spirit of previous efforts, we have continued to use italics excessively

5. alcohol

Related terms

• spiritual
• spiritually
• spirituality
• spirit away (verb)
• spirit level
• Holy Spirit
• in spirit (adverb)

Translations

• Chinese Characters: 精, 精
• Estonian: hing (1), vaim (2), piiritus (5)
• Finnish: henki (1, 2, 3, 4), haamu (2), tapa (4) alkoholi (5), sprii (5), viina (5)
• French: élan (1, 4)
• German: Geist m (1,2), Seele f (1,2)
• Hebrew: ‏רוח‎ (1,2)

  dusza f (1), duch m (2,3,4)

• Romanica: spirito m
• Russian: душа f (1), привидение (2), дух m (3), алкоголь m (5)
• Slovak: duch m (1, 2, 4)
• Spanish: espíritu (1,2), alcohol m (5)
• Swedish: själ (1), ande (2), anda (3,4), sprit (5), alkohol (5)

See also

• ghost
• soul

Proper Noun

Spirit

1. (Holy) Spirit: in Christian theology, the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity , the three aspects of God
2. The name given to a Mars exploration rover launched June 10, 2003. See wikipedia entry