soul
English
/səʊl/, /soʊl/
noun
Definitions
- (religion) The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality. Often believed to live on after the person's death.
- The spirit or essence of anything.
- Life, energy, vigor.
- (music) soul Soul music.
- A person, especially as one among many.
- An individual life.
- (math) A kind of submanifold involved in the of Riemannian geometry.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English soule inherited from Old English sāwol (soul, being, life, spirit) inherited from *saiwalu inherited from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō (soul, life force).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*saiwalō
Gloss
soul, life force
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
魂
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ale English
- besoul English
- bond English
- boy English
- craft English
- cybersoul English
- desoul English
- ensoul English
- ensoulment English
- full-souled English
- insoul English
- mark English
- mate English
- neo-soul English
- oversoul English
- scot English
- searching English
- sick English
- soul-ale English
- soul-searching English
- soulbond English
- soulboy English
- soulcraft English
- souled English
- souler English
- soulful English
- soulfully English
- soulfulness English
- soulish English
- soulishly English
- soulishness English
- soulless English
- soullessly English
- soullessness English
- soullike English
- soulmark English
- soulmate English
- soulscape English
- soulscot English
- soulsick English
- soulster English
- soulstress English
- soulwinner English
- soulwinning English
- sowkin English
- unsoul English
- unsoulful English
- winner English
- winning English
- ihmissielu Finnish
- joukkosielu Finnish
- kaksisieluinen Finnish
- kaunosielu Finnish
- kaunosieluinen Finnish
- laumasielu Finnish
- mustasieluinen Finnish
- palavasieluinen Finnish
- pikkusielu Finnish
- pikkusieluinen Finnish
- sielu Finnish
- sielu-usko Finnish
- sielukas Finnish
- sielukellot Finnish
- sielullinen Finnish
- sielumessu Finnish
- sielunahdistus Finnish
- sielunasia Finnish
- sielunelämä Finnish
- sielunhoitaja Finnish
- sielunhoito Finnish
- sielunhätä Finnish
- sielunkamppailu Finnish
- sielunkellot Finnish
- sielunlääkäri Finnish
- sielunmaisema Finnish
- sielunmessu Finnish
- sielunpaimen Finnish
- sielunpalo Finnish
- sielunrakenne Finnish
- sielunrauha Finnish
- sieluntaistelu Finnish
- sielunterveys Finnish
- sieluntila Finnish
- sieluntoiminto Finnish
- sieluntuska Finnish
- sielunvaellus Finnish
- sielunvamma Finnish
- sielunvihollinen Finnish
- sieluoppi Finnish
- sielutiede Finnish
- sielutieteilijä Finnish
- sieluton Finnish
- sieluttaa Finnish
- soul Finnish
- sukulaissielu Finnish
- tulisieluinen Finnish
- tulisieluisuus Finnish
- Seele German
- Seelenfrieden German
- Seelengröße German
- Seelenklempner German
- Seelentröster German
- Seelenwanderung German
- Soul German
- entseelen German
- seelenlos German
- seelenruhig German
- seelenvoll German
- seelisch German
- soulig German
- soul Hungarian
- soul Italian
- kleinzielig Dutch, Flemish
- moederziel alleen Dutch, Flemish
- slavenziel Dutch, Flemish
- soulmate Dutch, Flemish
- ziel Dutch, Flemish
- zielengeleider Dutch, Flemish
- zielenheil Dutch, Flemish
- zielenherder Dutch, Flemish
- zielenknijper Dutch, Flemish
- zielenrust Dutch, Flemish
- zielig Dutch, Flemish
- zielknijper Dutch, Flemish
- zielkunde Dutch, Flemish
- zielsbeschrijving Dutch, Flemish
- zielsblij Dutch, Flemish
- zielskunde Dutch, Flemish
- zielsveel Dutch, Flemish
- zielsverhuizing Dutch, Flemish
- zieltogen Dutch, Flemish
- со́ул Russian
- soul Spanish, Castilian
- soul Portuguese
- *saiwalō Proto-Germanic
- själ Swedish
- själisk Swedish
- ゼーレ Japanese
- ソウル Japanese
- soul Polish
- sawol Old English
- sāwol Old English
- *soule-scot Middle English
- soule Middle English
- sál Old Norse
- besjæle Danish
- ildsjæl Danish
- sjæl Danish
- soula Esperanto
- soulo Esperanto
- sál Icelandic
- sálfræði Icelandic
- սոուլ Armenian
- siele Middle Dutch
- seil Old High German
- sela Old High German
- sēla Old High German
- sēula Old High German
- siel Afrikaans
- sēle Middle High German
- Séil Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌰 Gothic
- *saiwalu gmw-pro
- sela Old Dutch
- sēla Old Dutch
- seola Old Saxon
- sēola Old Saxon
- Seel Alemannic German
- siel Old Swedish
- sele Old Frisian
- sēla Old Frisian
- Seele Saterland Frisian
- Siel Central Franconian
- sial Old Danish
- ale
- boy
- sick
- bond
- scot
- mate
- mark
- craft
- souled
- ensoul
- unsoul
- besoul
- sowkin
- desoul
- souler
- winner
- insoul
- winning
- soulish
- soulful
- soulboy
- soulscot
- soulsick
- soullike
- soulmate
- soulless
- soulster
- soul-ale
- oversoul
- soulmark
- neo-soul
- soulbond
- soulfully
- cybersoul
- searching
- soulcraft
- unsoulful
- soulishly
- soulscape
- ensoulment
- soulwinner
- soulstress
- soullessly
- soulwinning
- soulfulness
- soulishness
- full-souled
- soullessness
- soul-searching