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soulmate

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Someone, especially a romantic partner, with whom one is exceptionally or uniquely compatible or has a special, almost spiritual connection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From soul + mate. First attested as soul-mate in an 1822 letter by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Not in common usage before the 1980s.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَوْأَم رُوح (tawʔam rūḥ) — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Bulgarian: сродна душа (srodna duša) — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Chinese Mandarin: 靈魂伴侶 /灵魂伴侣 (línghúnbànlǚ) — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Czech: spřízněná duše — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Dutch: soulmate — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Dutch: zielsverwant — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Dutch: geestverwant — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Esperanto: intimulo — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Esperanto: intimulino — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Finnish: henkiystävä — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Finnish: sielunkumppani — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • French: âme sœur — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • German: Seelenverwandter — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • German: Seelenverwandte — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Greek: αδελφή ψυχή (adelfí psychí) — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Hungarian: lelki társ — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Irish: anamchara — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Italian: anima gemella — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Korean: 천생연분 (cheonsaeng'yeonbun) — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Macedonian: сродна душа (srodna duša) — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Māori: kare-ā-roto — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Polish: bratnia dusza — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Polish: pokrewna dusza — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Polish: przyjazna dusza — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Portuguese: alma gémea — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Portuguese: alma gêmea — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Russian: задуше́вный друг (zadušévnyj drug) — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Russian: задуше́вная подру́га (zadušévnaja podrúga) — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Russian: единомы́шленник (jedinomýšlennik) — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Russian: друг се́рдца (drug sérdca) — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Russian: подру́га се́рдца (podrúga sérdca) — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Russian: ро́дственная душа́ (ródstvennaja dušá) — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Serbo-Croatian: srodna duša — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Slovak: spriaznená duša — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Spanish: alma gemela — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Swedish: själsfrände — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Telugu: ఆత్మీయుడు (ātmīyuḍu) — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Thai: เนื้อคู่ (nʉ́ʉa-kûu) — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Turkish: ruhsal eş — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Turkish: ruh ikizi — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Ukrainian: друг (druh) — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Ukrainian: по́друга (pódruha) — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Ukrainian: двійни́к (dvijnýk) — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Ukrainian: дві́йка (dvíjka) — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Vietnamese: bạn tri âm — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Vietnamese: tri kỉ — Someone with whom one has a special connection
  • Vietnamese: bạn tri kỉ — Someone with whom one has a special connection