psyché
French, noun/psi.ʃe/
psyché is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-É (6 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 23,140th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Psyché is a French feminine noun meaning “psyche (mind, soul, spirit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grand miroir mobile que l’on peut incliner à volonté, au moyen de deux axes qui l’attachent par le milieu aux…”.
What does psyché mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepsyche (mind, soul, spirit)
- 2
femininecheval glass
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grand miroir mobile que l’on peut incliner à volonté, au moyen de deux axes qui l’attachent par le milieu aux deux montants d’un châssis. 2. Ensemble des manifestations conscientes et inconscientes de la personnalité d’un individu. Ensemble des phénomènes psychiques qui constituent l’individualité. 3. Esprit, principe pensant (par opposition à principe vital). 4. Lépidoptère diurne de la famille des psychidae.
noun: 1. Variante de psyché.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of psyché
- psychés plural
- psychès plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce psyché?
- /psi.ʃe/
- \psi.ʃe\
- [pɬ͡si.ʃe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to psyché
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is psyché in French?
psyché appears 1.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).