Dictionary

libido en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ləˈbi.doʊ/ (UK)
• (US) audio
• /lɪˈbiː.dəʊ/ (UK)
• /lɪˈ-/ (UK)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin libīdō (“lust, desire”). Used originally in psychoanalytic contexts.

Meanings

1. (countable, qualifier:common usage, uncountable) Sexual urges or drives.
   • Good grief man, control your libido!
2. (countable, uncountable) Drives or mental energies related to or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.
   • For Freudians, libido means the desire to "unite and bind" with objects in the world.
   • The ego as an organ which seeks to synthesize thoughts in the psyche is said to be driven by libido or eros.
3. (countable, qualifier:archaic or misused; an occasional carry-over from astrology to astronomy; archaic or misused; an occasional carry-over from astrology to astronomy, uncountable) Synonym of albedo in terms of a planet's, such as that of Mars, average surface spectral reflectivity.

Forms

Antonyms

destrudo · frigidity · mortido

Deriveds

non-libidoist · libidoless · antilibido · libidinize

Descendants

리비도 · リビドー · libídeo · 力比多

Hypernyms

drive

Relateds

libido dominandi · masturbator · nymphomaniac · hypersexuality

Synonyms

horniness · albedo in terms of a planet's · average surface spectral reflectivity · such as that of Mars

Translations (66)

ro libido (sexual urges or drives) · tr cinsel dürtü (sexual urges or drives) · id libido (sexual urges or drives) · pt libido (drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.) · sl libído (sexual urges or drives) · es libido (drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.) · ca libido (sexual urges or drives) · sw ashiki (sexual urges or drives) · es libido (sexual urges or drives) · cmn 力比多 (drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.) · fi himot (sexual urges or drives) · pl libido (drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.) · eo volupto (sexual urges or drives) · ru либи́до (sexual urges or drives) · sk libido (sexual urges or drives) · et iha (sexual urges or drives) · bcl libog (sexual urges or drives) · hu libidó (sexual urges or drives) · de sexuelle Begierde (sexual urges or drives) · hy լիբիդո (sexual urges or drives) · cmn 性衝動 /性冲动 (sexual urges or drives) · fa لیبیدو (sexual urges or drives) · arz ليبيدو (sexual urges or drives) · gl libido (sexual urges or drives) · bg либидо (sexual urges or drives) · pl libido (sexual urges or drives) · sw libido (sexual urges or drives) · mi taera (sexual urges or drives) · la libīdō (sexual urges or drives) · ar غَرِيزَة جِنْسِيَّة (sexual urges or drives) · fi halut (sexual urges or drives) · cmn 性力 (drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.) · ca libido (drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.) · fr libido (drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.) · pl pożądanie seksualne (sexual urges or drives) · nl libido (drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.) · hy լիբիդո (drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.) · et sugutung (sexual urges or drives) · tr şehvet (sexual urges or drives) · pl popęd seksualny (sexual urges or drives) · nl libido (sexual urges or drives) · cs libido (sexual urges or drives) · et libiido (sexual urges or drives) · fi elämänvoima (drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.) · de Libido (sexual urges or drives) · tl libog (sexual urges or drives) · ru либи́до (drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.) · sw nyege (sexual urges or drives) · id libido (drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.) · pt libido (sexual urges or drives) · he לִיבִּידוֹ (sexual urges or drives) · he תשוקה (sexual urges or drives) · fi libido (drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.) · ga libídeo (drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.) · tr libido (drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.) · sv libido (sexual urges or drives) · ja リビドー (drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.) · ko 리비도 (drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.) · pl chuć (sexual urges or drives) · de Libido (drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.) · tr cinsellik içgüdüsü (sexual urges or drives) · ja 性衝動 (sexual urges or drives) · tr libido (sexual urges or drives) · he לִיבִּידוֹ (drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.) · fi libido (sexual urges or drives) · fr libido (sexual urges or drives)