intj · name · noun · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈsaɪk/
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rhymes with -aɪk
sī'kē
/ˈsaɪ.ki/
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Australian:/ˈsɑe.ki/
New-Zealand:/ˈsaɪ.ki/
New-Zealand:[ˈsɑe̯.ki]
CMU ARPABET:S AY1 K IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
intj
Meaning 1
Alternative form of psych.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, colloquial
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 2
The personification of the soul. Originally a mortal princess who later married Eros/Cupid, (the god of love), was deified, and bore him a daughter, Hedone/Voluptas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
(Greek mythology) a beautiful princess loved by Cupid who visited her at night and told her she must not try to see him; became the personification of the soul
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mythical being
11
noun
Meaning 11
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: soul
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spirit
Narrower terms: ghost
History
Etymology
Shortened form of psychology, from French psychologie, from Latin psychologia, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”)
From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, literally “Soul, Spirit”).
Learned borrowing from Latin psychē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).
Across languages
Translations
69 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
سيكي
— Greco-Roman goddess
Armenian:
Պսիքե
(Psikʻe)
— Greco-Roman goddess
Catalan:
Psique
— Greco-Roman goddess
Czech:
Psýché
— Greco-Roman goddess
Czech:
Psyché
— Greco-Roman goddess
Danish:
Psyke
— Greco-Roman goddess
Esperanto:
Psiĥo
— Greco-Roman goddess
Esperanto:
Psiĥa
— Greco-Roman goddess
Finnish:
Psykhe
— Greco-Roman goddess
French:
Psyché
— Greco-Roman goddess
Georgian:
ფსიქე
(psike)
— Greco-Roman goddess
Georgian:
ფსიქეა
(psikea)
— Greco-Roman goddess
German:
Psyche
— Greco-Roman goddess
Greek:
Ψυχή
(Psychí)
— Greco-Roman goddess
Ancient Greek:
Ψυχή
(Psukhḗ)
— Greco-Roman goddess
