# ego
## Translingual
### Symbol

ego
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Eggon.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Eggon terms

## English
### Etymology

From Latin ego (“I”). Chosen by Freud’s translator as a translation of his use of German Ich as a noun for this concept from the pronoun ich (“I”). Doublet of I and Ich.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈiːɡəʊ/
** (obsolete) IPA: /ˈɛɡəʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈiɡoʊ/
* Rhymes: -iːɡəʊ

### Noun

ego (countable and uncountable, plural egos)
* The self, especially with a sense of self-importance.
** 1998, Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth:When every thought absorbs your attention completely, when you are so identified with the voice in your head and the emotions that accompany it that you lose yourself in every thought and every emotion, then you are totally identified with form and therefore in the grip of ego. Ego is a conglomeration of recurring thought forms and conditioned mental-emotional patterns that are invested with a sense of I, a sense of self.
* (psychology, Freudian) The most central part of the mind, which mediates with one's surroundings.
** 1954, Calvin S. Hall, A Primer of Freudian Psychology:In the well adjusted person the ego is the executive of the personality and is governed by the reality principle.
** 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 13:‘Everything begins with “I”, you mean. Which is ego,’ said Tom, placing an ankle behind his ear, ‘not id.’
* A person's self-esteem and opinion of themselves.
** 1976 February 7, Philip Gambone, “Coming Out: The Gay Identity Process”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 32, page 4:Too many gay people "come out" publicly, yet fail to achieve truly healthy egos. They "adjust" to being less than whole or integrated persons.
** 2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 60:My columns in the early days of the Labour government often featured John Prescott, who was in charge of transport as part of a mega-department created to match his ego.

#### Synonyms

* I, Ich

#### Coordinate terms

* (Freudian self): id, superego

#### Derived terms

* absolute ego
* alter ego
* auxiliary ego
* egoboo
* ego boost
* egoboost
* egocast
* egocentric
* egocentrically
* egocentricity
* egocentrism
* egocidal
* egocide
* ego death
* ego dissolution
* ego-dystonic
* egodystonic
* egoed
* ego-expansion
* egofag
* egofaggotry
* egofest
* egohood
* egoic
* egoical
* egoism
* egoist
* egoistic
* egoistical
* egoistically
* egoitis
* egoity
* egoless
* ego lifter
* ego lifting
* egolike
* egology
* egomania
* egomaniac
* ego-minded
* ego-mindedness
* egonomics
* egophony
* egophoric
* egoscan
* ego-self
* ego shooter
* egosurf
* egosurfing
* ego surfing
* ego-surfing
* ego-syntonic
* egosyntonic
* egotheism
* egotism
* egotist
* egotistic
* egotistical
* egotistically
* ego-trip
* ego trip
* ego-tripping
* empirical ego
* executive ego function
* massage someone's ego
* nonego
* non-empirical ego
* pure ego
* super-ego
* superego
* transcendental ego

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* EOG, GEO, GOE, Geo., Goe, geo, geo-, goe

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ego. Doublet of jo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈe.ɣu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈe.ɣo]

### Noun

ego m (plural egos)
* ego (the self)
    Synonym: jo

#### Related terms

* egoisme
* egoista

### Further reading

* “ego” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ego (“I”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɛɡo]

### Noun

ego n
* ego
* (psychoanalysis) ego

#### Synonyms

* já

#### Related terms

* alter ego
* egoismus
* egoista
* egoistický

#### See also

* superego
* id

### Further reading

* “ego”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* ego in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

## Danish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin egō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈeːɡo]

### Noun

ego n (singular definite egoet, plural indefinite egoer)
* ego, self
    Synonym: jeg

#### Derived terms

* alter ego
* egocentreret
* egocentri
* egocentricitet
* egocentriker
* egocentrisk
* egocentrisme
* egoisme
* egoist
* egoistbil
* egoistbolig
* egoistisk
* egoman
* egotrip
* egotrippe
* egotripper

### Further reading

* “ego” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin egō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeː.ɣoː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ego

### Noun

ego n (plural ego's, diminutive egootje n)
* ego, self

#### Derived terms

* egodocument

#### Related terms

* egoïsme, egoïst, egoïstisch

### Anagrams

* oge

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Latin egō (“I”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeɡo/, [ˈe̞ɡo̞]
* Rhymes: -eɡo
* Hyphenation: ego

### Noun

ego
* ego
* (psychoanalysis) ego

#### Declension

Possessive forms of ego (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
egoni
egoni
accusative
nom.
egoni
egoni
gen.
egoni
genitive
egoni
egojeni
partitive
egoani
egojani
inessive
egossani
egoissani
elative
egostani
egoistani
illative
egooni
egoihini
adessive
egollani
egoillani
ablative
egoltani
egoiltani
allative
egolleni
egoilleni
essive
egonani
egoinani
translative
egokseni
egoikseni
abessive
egottani
egoittani
instructive
comitative
—egoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
egosi
egosi
accusative
nom.
egosi
egosi
gen.
egosi
genitive
egosi
egojesi
partitive
egoasi
egojasi
inessive
egossasi
egoissasi
elative
egostasi
egoistasi
illative
egoosi
egoihisi
adessive
egollasi
egoillasi
ablative
egoltasi
egoiltasi
allative
egollesi
egoillesi
essive
egonasi
egoinasi
translative
egoksesi
egoiksesi
abessive
egottasi
egoittasi
instructive
comitative
—egoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
egomme
egomme
accusative
nom.
egomme
egomme
gen.
egomme
genitive
egomme
egojemme
partitive
egoamme
egojamme
inessive
egossamme
egoissamme
elative
egostamme
egoistamme
illative
egoomme
egoihimme
adessive
egollamme
egoillamme
ablative
egoltamme
egoiltamme
allative
egollemme
egoillemme
essive
egonamme
egoinamme
translative
egoksemme
egoiksemme
abessive
egottamme
egoittamme
instructive
comitative
—egoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
egonne
egonne
accusative
nom.
egonne
egonne
gen.
egonne
genitive
egonne
egojenne
partitive
egoanne
egojanne
inessive
egossanne
egoissanne
elative
egostanne
egoistanne
illative
egoonne
egoihinne
adessive
egollanne
egoillanne
ablative
egoltanne
egoiltanne
allative
egollenne
egoillenne
essive
egonanne
egoinanne
translative
egoksenne
egoiksenne
abessive
egottanne
egoittanne
instructive
comitative
—egoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
egonsa
egonsa
accusative
nom.
egonsa
egonsa
gen.
egonsa
genitive
egonsa
egojensa
partitive
egoaan egoansa
egojaan egojansa
inessive
egossaan egossansa
egoissaan egoissansa
elative
egostaan egostansa
egoistaan egoistansa
illative
egoonsa
egoihinsa
adessive
egollaan egollansa
egoillaan egoillansa
ablative
egoltaan egoltansa
egoiltaan egoiltansa
allative
egolleen egollensa
egoilleen egoillensa
essive
egonaan egonansa
egoinaan egoinansa
translative
egokseen egoksensa
egoikseen egoiksensa
abessive
egottaan egottansa
egoittaan egoittansa
instructive
comitative
—egoineen egoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* egodystoninen
* egosyntoninen

### Further reading

* “ego”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

### Anagrams

* geo-

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English ego, French égo, German Ego, Italian ego, Russian э́го (égo), Spanish ego. Decision no. 693, Progreso IV.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈe.ɡo/

### Noun

ego (invariable)
* ego

#### Derived terms

* egoismo (“egoism”)
* egoista (“egoistic; selfish”)
* egoisto (“egotist”)
* ne-ego (“nonego, the external world”)
* neego (“nonego, the external world”)

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Latin ego (“I”), from Proto-Italic *egō, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Doublet of eke.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈeɡo]
* Hyphenation: égo

### Noun

ego (uncountable)
* (psychology) ego.

#### Derived terms

* keegoan
* ego alien
* ego bebas konflik
* ego kedaerahan
* ego kesukuan
* ego sektoral

#### Related terms

* egois
* egoisme
* egoistis
* eke

### Further reading

* “ego” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ego.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛ.ɡo/
* Rhymes: -ɛɡo
* Hyphenation: è‧go

### Noun

ego m (invariable)
* ego

### Further reading

* ego in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* geo-, goe

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* eco (archaic)
* eo (late)

### Etymology

From Proto-Italic *egō, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare Ancient Greek ἐγώ (egṓ).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈe.ɡoː/, [ˈɛɡoː] or IPA: /ˈe.ɡo/, [ˈɛɡɔ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈe.ɡo/, [ˈɛːɡo]

### Pronoun

egō̆ (first person, nominative, plural nōs)
* I; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
** 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 3:19
    et aut ego indigna fui illis aut illi mihi forsitan digni non fuerunt quia forsitan viro alio conservasti meAnd either I was unworthy of them, or they perhaps were not worthy of me: because perhaps thou hast kept me for another man

#### Declension

* Mēd is an early form of mē.

#### Derived terms

* mēcum
* egŏmet, meīmet, mihĭmet, mēmet
* proximus egŏmet mihī̆

#### Descendants

* Sardinian: dego, deo, deu, ego, eo, eu
Reflexes of the late variant eo:
* Balkan Romance:
** Aromanian: iou
** Istro-Romanian: io
** Megleno-Romanian: io
** Romanian: eu, io
* Dalmatian:
** yu
* Italo-Romance:
** Corsican: eiu
** Old Italian: eo
*** Italian: io
**** → Interlingua: io
** Gallurese: e
** Neapolitan: io
** Sassarese: éiu
** Sicilian: ju, jo, eu, jeu, ia, iu, jù, jèu, jò, ìa, ìu
* Padanian:
** Friulian: jo
** Romansch: jau
* Gallo-Romance:
** Catalan: jo
** Franco-Provençal: je
** Old French: je (see there for further descendants)
** Gascon: jo
** Old Occitan: eu, ieu, ie (before an enclitic)
*** Occitan: ieu
* Ibero-Romance:
** Aragonese: yo
** Old Leonese: [Term?]
*** Asturian: yo
*** Extremaduran: yo
*** Leonese: you
*** Mirandese: you
** Old Galician-Portuguese: eu (see there for further descendants)
*** Galician: eu
*** Portuguese: eu
** Old Spanish: yo (see there for further descendants)
Borrowings:
* → Catalan: ego
* → Dutch: ego
* → English: ego
* → French: ego
* → Galician: ego
* → German: Ego
* → Italian: ego
* → Portuguese: ego
* → Spanish: ego

#### See also
### References

* “ego”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “ego”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "ego", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* ego in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: vix me contineo quin lacrimem I cannot sleep for anxiety: curae somnum mihi adimunt, dormire me non sinunt I'm undone! it's all up with me: perii! actum est de me! (Ter. Ad. 3. 2. 26) I was induced by several considerations to..: multae causae me impulerunt ad aliquid or ut... I console myself with..: hoc (illo) solacio me consōlor I console myself with..: haec (illa) res me consolatur (great) advantage accrues to me from this: fructus ex hac re redundant in or ad me I will refuse you nothing: nihil tibi a me postulanti recusabo I express my approval of a thing: res a me probatur as far as I can guess: quantum ego coniectura assequor, auguror if I am not mistaken: nisi (animus) me fallit unless I'm greatly mistaken: nisi omnia me fallunt I am not unaware: me non fugit, praeterit I cannot bring myself to..: a me impetrare non possum, ut I forget something: oblivio alicuius rei me capit experience has taught me: usus me docuit this goes to prove what I say: hoc est a (pro) me the matter speaks for itself: res ipsa (pro me apud te) loquitur something harasses me, makes me anxious: aliquid me sollicitat, me sollicitum habet, mihi sollicitudini est, mihi sollicitudinem affert I am discontented with my lot: fortunae meae me paenitet I am not dissatisfied with my progress: non me paenitet, quantum profecerim what will become of me: quid (de) me fiet? (Ter. Heaut. 4. 3. 37) it's all over with me; I'm a lost man: actum est de me I have great hopes that..: magna me spes tenet (with Acc. c. Inf.) (Tusc. 1. 41. 97) hope has played me false: spes me frustratur I have received a legacy from a person: hereditas ad me or mihi venit ab aliquo (Verr. 2. 1. 10) I have no objection: per me licet (ambiguous) to be burned to ashes: incendio deleri, absūmi (ambiguous) to be carried off by a disease: morbo absūmi (Sall. Iug. 5. 6) (ambiguous) to die a natural death: morbo perire, absūmi, consūmi (ambiguous) according to my strong conviction: ex animi mei sententia (vid. sect. XI. 2) (ambiguous) I put myself at your disposal as regards advice: consilii mei copiam facio tibi (ambiguous) my dear father: pater optime or carissime, mi pater (vid. sect. XII. 10) (ambiguous) I swear on my conscience: ex animi mei sententia iuro

## Latvian
### Noun

ego m (invariable)
* ego

### Noun

ego m (invariable)
* eglantine

#### Synonyms

* smaržlapu roze

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin egō̆. Doublet of ja.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛ.ɡɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛɡɔ
* Syllabification: e‧go

### Noun

ego n (indeclinable)
* (psychoanalysis) ego (most central part of the mind which mediates with one's surroundings)
    Coordinate terms: id, superego

### Further reading

* ego in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* ego in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* ego in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ego (“I”). Doublet of eu.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛ.ɡu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛ.ɡu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛ.ɡo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɛ.ɡu/ [ˈɛ.ɣu]
* Rhymes: -ɛɡu
* Hyphenation: e‧go

### Noun

ego m (plural egos)
* ego (the self)
* (psychology) ego (most central part of the mind)

#### Derived terms

* massagear o ego

#### Related terms

* egocêntrico
* egocentrismo
* egoísmo
* egoísta
* egoístico
* ególatra
* egolatria
* egomania
* egomaníaco
* egômano
* egotismo
* egotista
* eu

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ego.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /êːɡo/
* Hyphenation: e‧go

### Noun

ȇgo m (Cyrillic spelling е̑го)
* ego

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ego (“I”). Doublet of yo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeɡo/ [ˈe.ɣ̞o]
* Rhymes: -eɡo
* Syllabification: e‧go

### Noun

ego m (plural egos)
* ego
    Synonym: yo

#### Related terms

* egocéntrico
* egoísmo
* egoísta

### Further reading

* “ego”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Latin ego (“I”), from Proto-Italic *egō, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈe.ɡo/

### Noun

ego (definite accusative egou, plural egolar)
* ego (the self, especially with a sense of self-importance)
* (psychoanalysis) ego

#### Related terms

* egoist
* egoizm
* egosantrik