Meanings
adjectivesomatic (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or relating to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal.
the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveaffecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*tewh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*twoH-mn̥
- Proto-Hellenic*twṓmə?
- Proto-Indo-European*styeH-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)tyoH-mn̥
- Proto-Hellenic*styṓmə?
- Ancient Greekσῶμα (sôma)
- Ancient Greekσωματικός (sōmatikós)
- Englishsomatic
From Ancient Greek σωματικός (sōmatikós, “bodily”), σῶμα (sôma, “body”).
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Arabic جَسَدِيّ
- جَسَدِيّ (jasadiyy)relating to the body of an organism
Bulgarian телесен
- телесен (telesen)relating to the body of an organism
Catalan somàtic
- somàticrelating to the body of an organism
Czech somatický
- somatickýrelating to the body of an organism
Danish somatisk
- somatiskrelating to the body of an organism
Dutch somatisch
- somatischrelating to the body of an organism
Finnish somaattinen
- somaattinenrelating to the body of an organism
French somatique
- somatiquerelating to the body of an organism
German somatisch
- somatischrelating to the body of an organism
Italian somatico
- somaticorelating to the body of an organism
Norwegian Bokmål somatisk
- somatiskrelating to the body of an organism
Spanish somático
- somáticorelating to the body of an organism
Swedish somatisk
- somatiskrelating to the body of an organism
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
APA
somatic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somatic
MLA
“somatic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somatic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “somatic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somatic.
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