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Definition: Spirit |
SpiritNoun1. The vital principle or animating force within living things. 2. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason". 3. A fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character. 4. Any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings. 5. The state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection); "his emotional state depended on her opinion"; "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose". 6. The intended meaning of a communication. 7. Animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it". 8. An inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a change of heart". Verb1. Infuse with spirit; "The company spirited him up". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spirit" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Bible | Spirit (Heb. ruah; Gr. pneuma), properly wind or breath. In 2 Thess. 2:8 it means "breath," and in Eccl. 8:8 the vital principle in man. It also denotes the rational, immortal soul by which man is distinguished (Acts 7:59; 1 Cor. 5:5; 6:20; 7:34), and the soul in its separate state (Heb. 12:23), and hence also an apparition (Job 4:15; Luke 24:37, 39), an angel (Heb. 1:14), and a demon (Luke 4:36; 10:20). This word is used also metaphorically as denoting a tendency (Zech. 12:10; Luke 13:11). In Rom. 1:4, 1 Tim. 3:16, 2 Cor. 3:17, 1 Pet. 3:18, it designates the divine nature. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Food & Agriculture | Alkoholic distillate obtained by distillation of fermented grapes or other fruits. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Produced by distilling a fermented beverage without adding flavouring. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Literature | Spirit To give up the spirit. To die. At death the "spirit is given back to Him who gave it." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Alcoholic beverages are drinks containing ethanol, popularly called alcohol. (In chemical terminology, alcohol is a broad category of compounds, of which ethanol is only one.) They include low-alcohol-content beverages produced by fermentation of sugar- or starch-containing products, and high-alcohol-content beverages produced by distillation of the low-alcohol-content beverages. (Sometimes, the alcohol content of low-alcohol-content beverages is increased by adding distilled product, particularly in the case of wines. Such fortified wines include Port wine and Sherry.)The amount of alcohol in an alcoholic beverage may be specified in percent alcohol by volume, in percentage by weight (sometimes abbrieviated w/w for weight for weight), or in proof.
Alcoholic beverages generally produce an intoxicating effect and cause a hangover. The latter is partly due to the dehydrating effect, which can be mitigated by drinking plenty of water between and after the alcoholic consumptions.
On the other hand, in areas and eras with poor public sanitation, consumption of alcoholic beverages (particularly beer) was one method of avoiding water-borne diseases such as the cholera. Though strong alcohol kills bacteria, the low concentration in beer or even wine will not suffice. It is rather the boiling of water, which is required for the brewing of beer, which sanitizes it.
Source Name of fermented beverage Name of distilled beverage grain beer, ale, sake (rice) whiskey (also spelled whisky) juice of fruits, other than apples or pears wine (most commonly from grapes) brandy, grappa (Italy), trester (Germany) juice of appless ("hard") cider applejack (or apple brandy), Calvados juice of pears perry, or pear cider pear brandy juice of sugarcane, or molasses basi, betsa-betsa (regional) rum, cachaça juice of agave pulque tequila, mezcal juice of plums slivovitz honey mead Note that in common speech, wine or brandy is made from grapes unless the fruit is specified: "plum wine" or "cherry brandy" for example, although in some cases grape-derived alcohol is added.
In the U. S., cider often means unfermented apple juice (see the article on cider), while fermented cider is called hard cider. Unfermented cider is sometimes called sweet cider. Also, applejack was originally made by a freezing process described in the article on cider which was equivalent to distillation but more easily done in the cold climate of New England. In the UK, cider is always alcoholic, and in Australia it can be either.
Two common distilled beverages not listed in the above chart are vodka and gin. Vodka can be distilled from any source (grain and potatoes being the most common, also industrial cellulose for the cheapest!) but the main characteristic of vodka is that it is so thoroughly distilled as to exhibit none of the flavors derived from its source material. Gin is a similar distillate which has been flavored by contact with herbs and other plant products, especially juniper berries, from which it gets its name.
Uses
Alcoholic beverages often are used for ritualistic and symbolic purposes such as for mass or Passover wine. Some religions, most notably Islam, ban the consumption of alcoholic beverages.Alcoholic beverages can be combined to create cocktails.
Legal considerations
Please note: Wikipedia does not give legal advice.Most countries have rules forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages to children, e.g. in the Netherlands one has to be 16 to buy beer or wine and 18 to buy distilled alcoholic beverages. Also there are restrictions when driving. See also ethanol.
See also:
Chinese wine, Wikipedia Cocktail Guide, Moderate drinking controversy
External links
- New Scientist articles on alcohol
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Spirit may refer to:
- a spiritual being,
- alcohol or a distilled alcoholic beverage, (not wine or beer)
- the B-2 Spirit (official name of the United States Air Force's stealth bomber),
- Spirit Airlines, a Florida-based airline company using McDonnell Douglas DC-9 jets to fly around Florida cities, to the Northeast and Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in Puerto Rico,
- the Holy Spirit,
- a 1970s psychedelic band: see Spirit (band),
- a Flemish social-democratic political party, forming a cartel with the socialist party SP.a: see Spirit (political party).
- the soul of a person
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Spirit is a new Belgian party that split up from the old Volksunie, and has an alliance with the SP.a.
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Spirit is a town located in Price County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 315.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 107.7 km² (41.6 mi²). 106.4 km² (41.1 mi²) of it is land and 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.20% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 315 people, 133 households, and 90 families residing in the town. The population density is 3.0/km² (7.7/mi²). There are 244 housing units at an average density of 2.3/km² (5.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.41% White, 0.63% African American, 0.63% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.32% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 133 households out of which 25.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.7% are married couples living together, 3.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 31.6% are non-families. 26.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.37 and the average family size is 2.88. In the town the population is spread out with 21.0% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 33.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 44 years. For every 100 females there are 112.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 105.8 males. The median income for a household in the town is $30,114, and the median income for a family is $31,667. Males have a median income of $25,000 versus $26,875 for females. The per capita income for the town is $12,722. 17.2% of the population and 15.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 24.2% are under the age of 18 and 4.4% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Spirit, Wisconsin."
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A spirit or spiritual being is a non-corporeal entity found in many religions and belief systems throughout the world. The word has many connections to the concept of the soul, with the difference that a spirit is not necessarily linked to a human.In many belief systems, spirits are on the same plane of existence as gods, though of much lesser magnitude. For example, Zeus was a god, and any given dryad was likewise accounted as a spirit in greek mythology.
Many nature religions, such as animism, believe that everything found in nature has a personification, a spirit. These spirits may be prayed to, or in other ways coerced, in order to gain more favourable conditions. In such religions, magic is an integral part of reality, in effect the ability to communicate with the spirits.
Historically, spirits have been ascribed any number of powers, both over nature and over humans. Often a spirit's power is said to be linked with its purpose in creation.
In some parts of the world, spirits are believed to be able to possess humans and control their behaviour.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Spiritual being."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SPIRIT | English | School for Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Research on Interculturalism and Transnationality | Education |
| Sp | English | Spirit | Chemistry, Chemical Industry |
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Synonyms: SpiritSynonyms: emotional state (n), feel (n), feeling (n), flavor (n), flavour (n), heart (n), intent (n), life (n), liveliness (n), look (n), purport (n), smell (n), sprightliness (n), tone (n), inspirit (v), spirit up (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Activity | Noun: activity; briskness, liveliness; Adjective: animation, life, vivacity, spirit, dash, energy; snap, vim. |
Affections | Noun: affections, affect; character, qualities, disposition, nature, spirit, tone; temper, temperament; diathesis, idiosyncrasy; cast of mind, cast of soul, habit of mind, habit of soul, frame of mind, frame of soul; predilection, turn, natural turn of mind; bent, bias, predisposition, proneness, proclivity, propensity, propenseness, propension, propendency; vein, humor, mood, grain, mettle; sympathy; (love). |
Demon | Ghost, revenant, specter, apparition, spirit, shade, shadow, vision; hobglobin, goblin, orc; wraith, spook, boggart, banshee, loup-garou, lemures; evil eye. |
Imagination | Noun: meaning; signification, significance; sense, expression; import, purport; force; drift, tenor, spirit, bearing, coloring; scope. |
Substance; gist, essence, marrow, spirit. | |
Immateriality | Personality; I, myself, me; ego, spirit. (soul); astral body; immaterialism; spiritualism, spiritualist. |
Intellect | Soul, spirit, ghost, inner man, heart, breast, bosom, penetralia mentis, divina particula aurae, heart's core; the Absolute, psyche, subliminal consciousness, supreme principle. |
Intrinsicality | Habit; temper, temperament; spirit, humor, grain; disposition. |
Life | Noun: life, vitality, viability; animation; vital spark, vital flame, soul, spirit. |
Vigor | Noun: vigor, power, force; boldness, raciness; Adjective: intellectual, force; spirit, point, piquance, piquancy; verve, glow, fire, warmth; strong language; gravity, sententiousness; elevation, loftiness, sublimity. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Spirit |
| English words defined with "spirit": evil spirit ♦ Familiar spirit ♦ good spirit, guardian spirit ♦ Holy Spirit ♦ Rectified spirit ♦ spirit lamp, Spirit of nitrous ether, Spirit of wine, spirit rapper, spirit up, spirit world ♦ team spirit, The Spirit, To walk after the Spirit ♦ Unclean spirit ♦ zombi spirit, zombie spirit. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "spirit": caraway-flavoured spirit drink, Choice Spirit ♦ fortifying spirit ♦ juniper-flavoured spirit drink ♦ neutral spirit ♦ silent spirit, Spirit or Specter, Spirit, Holy, Sword of the Spirit ♦ TO SPIRIT AWAY ♦ Witness of the Spirit. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "spirit": Zeitgeist. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Spirit" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (energy, verve, vivacity), Romanian (apparition, crack, essence, genius, ghost, intellect, mind, quirk, score, shade, shadow, soul, spectre, spirit, spirituousness, sprite, vision, wit), Turkmen (rubbing alcohol). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | But all my passion went with the golden hair, and all the spirit of preternatural flesh detached, unchangeable, empty (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) The human spirit, it is a very difficult thing to kill (The Addams Family; writing credit: Caroline Thompson) His spirit will find the way to the halls of your forbearers (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) Oh, I'm sorry, you believe it will take your spirit away (Crocodile Dundee; writing credit: John Cornell; Paul Hogan) Huh, I didn't know the Forest Spirit made the flowers grow (Mononoke-hime; writing credit: Karl Tunberg) | |
Lyrics | He said,'We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine' (Hotel California; performing artist: EAGLES) My spirit sleeping somewhere cold (Bring Me to Life; performing artist: EVANESCENCE) Where the spirit free of the lies (All Those Years Ago; performing artist: George Harrison) I'd put my spirit to the test (REACH; performing artist: Gloria Estefan) I will hear your spirit callin' (I Will Come To You; performing artist: Hanson) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Blithe Spirit (1966) The Spirit of the Navajos (1966) Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland (1965) Adventures of the Spirit (1963) The Spirit of America (1963) | |
Song Titles | Spirit In The Sky (performing artist: Norman Greenbaum) Smells Like Teen Spirit (performing artist: Nirvana) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Remains of native home. Life goes on after Typhoon Amy as shown by spirit of people. Note beautiful flower behind the ear. Credit: Small World. |  | B-2A Spirit. |
 | A B-2 Spirit in its element. |  | Dr Button learned aviation medicine and the spirit of the Mississippi River. / Portfolio Associates Inc. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | The Rival Majicians or Raising the Spirit. / Thomaso Scrutiny Inv. [i.e. Samuel De Wilde]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | "Answers correspondents' questions during a press interview today at the Sanno Hotel, Tokyo. Commenting on his five-day tour of U.S. Armed Forces in the Far East, Secretary Anderson cited their high morale and praised the spirit of inter-service cooperation". Quoted from caption released with this photograph by Commander Naval Forces, Far East, under date of 10 December 1953. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Spirit of the times. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The spirit of 61. God, our country and liberty!!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Hail to our ally : the spirit of Italy. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The spirit that goeth with burdens that have not honor. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Self portrait of holy spirit i" by > > E M R E T E L C I > Commentary: "Holyspirit experimental approaches on toilette." | "Filled with the spirit" by Bas V.d Eykhof Commentary: "Tribers letting breaking loose i wild dance." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Author Unknown | Act as though you cannot fail but keep a humble spirit. |
Florence Nightingale | How very little can be done under the spirit of fear. |
Giles | All things that are, are with more spirit chased than enjoyed. |
Jeremy Taylor | Curiosity is the direct incontinence of the spirit. |
Noah Webster | Wherever public spirit prevails, liberty is secure. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | The foundations of a person are not in matter but in spirit. |
| Nothing is secure but life, transition, the energizing spirit. | |
| Men over forty are no judges of a book written in a new spirit. | |
Thomas Jefferson | A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit. |
Voltaire | He who doesn't have the spirit of his time, has all its misery. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Nor let any one say, that mischief can arise from hence, as often as it shall please a busy head, or turbulent spirit, to desire the alteration of the government. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | While making the above reservations the Federal Council declares its readiness to examine in the most friendly spirit any proposals which the French Government may deem it convenient to make on the subject. (reference) |
United Nations | 1948 | All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. (reference) |
Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | Their opponents, just as certainly, were antagonistic to both the letter and the spirit of the Amendments and wished them to have the most limited effect. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | I think it is the state of mind which gives most spirit and delight |
Only a Woman's Hair | Carroll, Lewis | Nay! In those words there rings from other years The echo of a long low cry, Where a proud spirit wrestles with its tears In loneliest agony |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | The Spirit gazed upon him mildly |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | It was as if an evil spirit possessed the child, and had just then peeped forth in mockery |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The pun is the dropping of the soaring spirit. |
In the Beauty of the Lilies | John Updike | Vagueness and procrastination are ever a comfort to the frail in spirit. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The faint glimmer of fear became a terror of spirit as the hoarse voice of the preacher blew death into his soul |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | I have not that alacrity of spirit Nor cheer of mind that I was wont to have |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | She watched him as though he were suddenly a spirit, not human any more, a voice out of the ground |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | They are strong and hardy, but of a cowardly spirit, and by consequence, insolent, abject, and cruel |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | These methods focus on the mind, body, and spirit. (references) | |
It is in the spirit of providing all views on this controversial topic that both the majority and minority statements are presented. (references) | ||
Ayurvedic medicine (meaning "science of life") is a comprehensive system of medicine that places equal emphasis on body, mind, and spirit. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Singapore | The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, also known as the Unification Church, was dissolved in 1982 by the Minister for Home Affairs. (references) |
Pakistan | Prior to the 1999 coup, any person deemed to have damaged the Constitution, including the publication of statements against the spirit of the Constitution, could be prosecuted for treason. (references) | |
Korea | However, procedures for receiving and adjudicating asylum applications do not always appear to be in keeping with either the letter or the spirit of the 1951 U.N. Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. (references) | |
Economic History | Laos | Buddhism and spirit worship coexist easily. (references) |
Thailand | Spirit worship and animism are widely practiced. (references) | |
South Korea | Shamanism--traditional spirit worship--is still practiced. (references) | |
Human Rights | Gambia | On January 26, following the submission of the government commission's report, the Government announced that it disagreed with the recommendations of the commission and, in the spirit of reconciliation, nobody would be prosecuted. (references) |
Japan | The Constitution provides defendants with the right not to be compelled to testify against themselves as well as to free and private access to counsel; however, the Government contended that the right to consult with attorneys is not absolute and can be restricted if such restriction is compatible with the spirit of the Constitution. (references) | |
Political Economy | Colombia | Legislators, the executive, and the courts often promote their own interpretations of both the spirit and the letter of the Constitution. (references) |
Trade | Turkey | Maintenance of high import duties on agricultural products, while consistent with WTO obligations, is not consistent with the spirit of the WTO agreement. (references) |
Travel | Armenia | Many Armenians, despite decades of Soviet rule, have maintained an entrepreneurial spirit. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | HOMILETICS, n. The science of adapting sermons to the spiritual needs, capacities and conditions of the congregation. So skilled the parson was in homiletics That all his normal purges and emetics To medicine the spirit were compounded With a most just discrimination founded Upon a rigorous examination Of tongue and pulse and heart and respiration. Then, having diagnosed each one's condition, His scriptural specifics this physician Administered -- his pills so efficacious And pukes of disposition so vivacious That souls afflicted with ten kinds of Adam Were convalescent ere they knew they had 'em. But Slander's tongue -- itself all coated -- uttered Her bilious mind and scandalously muttered That in the case of patients having money The pills were sugar and the pukes were honey. Biography of Bishop Potter |
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Angelina Jolie | Well, I think that because they were artists and they are artists, the best thing that happened is they were very expressive and they were very encouraging of me to be a free spirit and to be open. |
Regis Philbin | To go to South Bend was really an eye-opening experience for me. But it was wonderful. I mean, Notre Dame, right away, I felt that spirit. |
Rush Limbaugh | Remember, the Founding Fathers had a brilliant understanding of the human spirit to be free in all aspects. |
Sylvia Browne | You can mentally do that. You can say tonight when I go to bed, may the white light of the holy spirit surround me, and may I want her out of my dream, because I want her to quit riding me all the time. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | From existing amities and a spirit of justice it is hoped that friendly discussion will produce a fair and adequate reciprocity. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Ahead now is a summit where freedom from the wants of the body can help fulfill the needs of the spirit. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | To a crisis of the spirit, we need an answer of the spirit. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Hard drugs, we all know, degrade the spirit as they destroy the body of their users. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | A President may sense and proclaim that new spirit, but only a people can provide it. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Trevor, yours is the living spirit of brotherly love. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | We'll match our ingenuity, our energy, our experience, and technology our spirit and enterprise against anyone. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Speaker, at your swearing-in, you asked us all to work together in a spirit of civility and bipartisanship. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Now Americans deserve to have this same spirit directed toward addressing problems here at home. |
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| "Spirit" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.88% of the time. "Spirit" is used about 6,474 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.88% | 6,466 | 1,497 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.06% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.03% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.03% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6,474 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "spirit". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Spiridon | Male | Greek | The spirit |
| Spyridon | Male | Greek | The spirit |
| Spyro | Male | Greek | The spirit |
| Spyros | Male | Greek | The spirit |
| Spyridon | Male | Russian | The spirit |
| Espiridion | Male | Spanish | The spirit |
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| Country | Name |
| Hong Kong | Leading Spirit High-Tech (Holdings) Company Limited |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "spirit": a spirit level ♦ animating spirit ♦ bad spirit ♦ battle spirit ♦ be rich in spirit ♦ broken spirit ♦ call up a spirit ♦ christmas spirit ♦ civic spirit ♦ communal spirit ♦ comrade spirit ♦ Dulcified spirit ♦ enter into the spirit ♦ enter into the spirit of ♦ enter the spirit of ♦ entrepreneurial spirit ♦ evil spirit ♦ exploratory spirit ♦ Familiar spirit ♦ fighting spirit ♦ forest spirit ♦ fortifying spirit ♦ free spirit ♦ full of spirit ♦ good spirit ♦ guardian spirit ♦ guiding spirit ♦ guild spirit ♦ heaviness of spirit ♦ holy spirit ♦ Holy Spirit plant ♦ in a friendly spirit ♦ infuse a fresh spirit into ♦ intercession of the Spirit ♦ kindred spirit ♦ living spirit ♦ man of a domineering spirit ♦ master spirit ♦ methylated spirit ♦ ministering spirit ♦ mischievous spirit ♦ motor spirit ♦ neat spirit ♦ neutral spirit ♦ night spirit ♦ party spirit ♦ patriarchal spirit ♦ petroleum spirit ♦ poetic spirit ♦ poor in spirit ♦ proof spirit ♦ public spirit ♦ put spirit into one's soldiers ♦ pyroacetic spirit ♦ rebellious spirit ♦ rectified spirit ♦ rosin spirit ♦ silent spirit ♦ silvan spirit ♦ spirit away ♦ spirit away a child ♦ spirit burner ♦ spirit butterfly ♦ spirit duck ♦ spirit gum ♦ Spirit healing ♦ Spirit Lake ♦ spirit lamp ♦ spirit level ♦ spirit of adventure ♦ spirit of hartshorn ♦ spirit of life ♦ spirit of madness ♦ spirit of Mindererus ♦ spirit of nitre ♦ spirit of nitrous ether ♦ spirit of salt ♦ spirit of sense ♦ spirit of the age ♦ spirit of the law ♦ spirit of tin ♦ spirit of turpentine ♦ spirit of vitriol ♦ spirit of vitriolic ether ♦ spirit of war ♦ spirit of wine ♦ spirit off ♦ spirit rapper ♦ spirit rapping ♦ Spirit releasement ♦ Spirit releasement therapy ♦ spirit stove ♦ Spirit surgery ♦ spirit up ♦ spirit vinegar ♦ spirit world ♦ sport spirit ♦ surgical spirit ♦ sweet spirit of niter ♦ sylvan spirit ♦ take things in the right spirit. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "spirit": spirit-based, spirit-beast, spirit-beasts, spirit-behind-the, spirit-being, spirit-centred, spirit-filled, Spirit-flesh, spirit-guide, spirit-inspired, spirit-lamp, spirit-lamps, spirit-level, spirit-meat, spirit-object, spirit-person, spirit-possession, spirit-powers, spirit-raising, spirit-rapping, spirit-refractions, Spirit-self, spirit-soaked, spirit-stirring, spirit-that, spirit-this, spirit-world. | |
Ending with "spirit": mind-body-spirit. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "spirit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | gees (fairy, ghost, intellect, mind, phantom, soul), bedrywigheid (activity, gusto, stir, zest), animo (activity, gusto, soul, stir, zest). (various references) | |
Albanian | spiritik (spiritualistic), shpirt (animus, genius, heart, mind, psyche, soul), zanë (Faerie, fairy, Fay, pixy, wood nymph), rrëmbej fshehurazi, mendim (brainchild, cogitation, conceit, conception, estimation, idea, judgement, judgment, meditation, mind, muse, notion, opinion, reflection, reflexion, say, self-communion, sentiment, thinking, thought), hije (apparition, background, cloud, color, colour, dark, ghost, loom, phantasm, phantom, propriety, reflection, reflexion, shade, shadow, spook, umbra, wraith), guxim (audacity, boldness, courage, dare, daring, doughtiness, fearlessness, fortitude, forwardness, guts, hardihood, hardiness, heart, intrepidity, mettle, nerve, pluck, spunk, stoutness, valor, valorous, valour), gjendje shpirtërore (fig, frame of mind, habitude, humor, humour, mood, spiritual state, state of mind, temper, vein), gjallëroj (animate, enliven, ensoul, exhilarate, illumine, inspirit, liven, liven up, move, pep, quicken, relieve, renew, revive, rouse, set about, smarten up, spiritualize, sting, stir, tense, vitalize, vivify, warm up), gjallërim (animation, boom, invigoration, tittup, vivification, vivifying), frymë (breath, head, none, psyche, puff, wind), fantazmë (apparition, eidolon, ghost, haunt, phantasm, phantom, spectre, wraith). (various references) | |
Arabic | كحول (alcohol), مسكر (candied, glace, heady, inebriant, intoxicant, sugared, sweetened), مزاج عقلي أو نفسي, نفس روح (mind, psyche, respiration, soul), نشاط (action, activity, alacrity, bang, bounce, energy, forcefulness, ginger, go, kick, lift, liveliness, mettle, momentum, movement, pep, promptitude, prosperity, pursuit, spunk, stir, strenuousness, tuck, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, virility, zip), حيوية (activity, animation, dash, drive, elan, energy, ginger, life, liveliness, pep, sparkle, sprightliness, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, vitality, vivacity, youthfulness, zest, zing, zip), خطف خفية, رفع المعنويات (lift, moralize, revive), روح معنوية (morale), روح (circulate, fan, ghost, life, pneuma, psyche, shade, soul), شخصية (being, character, figure, individuality, persona, personage, personality), شخص (baby, bloke, body, boy, cuss, customer, diagnose, effigy, embody, guy, individual, joker, man, person, personate, scout, sort, specimen, stick), شجاعة (assurance, brace, bravery, brawler, courage, fortitude, gut, guts, hardiness, heroism, manhood, nerve, pluck, prowess, sand, spunk, stoutness, valor, valour), شبح (apparition, bogey, evil spirit, ghost, gremlin, idol, phantom, shade, shadow, shape, spectre, spectrum, spook, sprite, wraith). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | въодушевявам (elate, flush, inspire, intoxicate, invigorate, reanimate, warm), душевно състояние (mentation, state of mind), дух (fetch, ghost, mettle, mind, morale, pecker, phantasm, presence, shade, soul, spook, tone, visitant), духовно начало, пламък (blaze, flame, flare), порив (air blast, gust, impulse, movements, transport, urge), призрак (appearance, bogy, eidolon, ghost, phantasm, phantom, shade, shadow, shape, spectre, spook, vision, wraith), живот (being, life, life span), настроение (cheer, feeling, fit, frame of mind, humor, humour, mood, temper, tune), душа (breast, ghost, heart, inside, lifeblood, mastermind, nature, nose, nuzzle, psyche, quest, scent, scrag, smell, smell about, smother, sniff, soul, stifle, throttle), въодушевление (elan), същност (entity, essence, gist, inwardness, juice, kernel, merits, nature, pith, point, quiddity, reality, self, sum, thisness), грабвам тайно и мистериозно, тинктура (elixir, tincture), характер (character, complexion, constitution, disposition, fiber, fibre, grit, grittiness, individuality, kidney, make, make up, mentality, metal, mettle, mould, nature, pattern, stuff, temper, turn), храброст (bravery, gallantry, valiancy, valor, valour), разтвор (liquor, solution, wash), спирт, смисъл (amount, effect, hang, import, intent, intention, matter, message, point, sense, signification, sound, use), смелост (audacity, boldness, bravery, courage, daring, enterprise, gallantry, hardihood, hardiness, manliness, pluck, sand, valor, valour), ободрявам (animate, brighten, bring round, buck up, cheer up, comfort, elevate, exhilarate, hearten, inspirit, invigorate, key up, lighten, liven up, nerve, pull round, reanimate, refresh, set up, stir up trouble, uplift). (various references) | |
Chinese | 靈魂 (soul), 白乾兒 , 精神 (mental, Psychic, spirits, spiritual), 神 (divine essence, God, lively, mysterious, soul, spiritual being, unusual), 氣概 (lofty quality, mettle). (various references) | |
Czech | strašidlo (bugbear, fright, ghost, poltergeist, spectre, spook), nálada (cheer, disposition, humor, humour, mood, spirits, temper, tuning), duševno, duch (apparition, esprit, ghost, gimp, mind, psyche, soul, spectre, spook), elán (Ardor, ardour, bounce, buoyancy, drive, eagerness, elan, enthusiasm, guts, high spirits, pep, verve, vim, vivacity, zest), energie (energy, pith, power, sap, snap, stamina, vigor, vigour, vim), kurá |
