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