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Etymology

From Template:Suffix.

Pronunciation

• /ˈhæpinəs/
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Noun

Wikipedia Happiness (plural [[~es#

English:

|~es]])

1. The emotion of being happy; joy.
   • 1877, W. S. Gilbert, The Sorcerer

     Yes, Aline, true happiness comes of true love, and true love should be independent of external influences.

2. (Articlesarchaic) Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.
   • 1643, — William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, I-i

     All happiness bechance to thee in Milan!

3. Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; — used especially of language.

   Some beauties yet no precepts can declare, For there's a happiness, as well as care. — Alexander Pope.

Synonyms

• felicity (somewhat dated or formal)
• blessedness (dated or religious)
• bliss (more exalted delight, suggesting heaven)
• joy

Usage notes

Happiness is generic, and is applied to almost every kind of enjoyment.

Antonyms

• unhappiness
• haplessness
• suffering

Translations

emotion of being happy

Afrikaans: [[geluk# Afrikaans: |geluk]] (af) Albanian: {{lumturi}} Arabic: {{سَعَادَة}} Armenian: {{երջանկություն}} Asturian: {{felicidá}} Azeri: {{xoşbəxtlik}}, {{səadət}} Bashkir: {{бәхет}} Belarusian: {{шча́сце}} Bengali: {{সুখ}} Bulgarian: [[ща́стие# Български: |ща́стие]] (bg) n Burmese: သုခ (my) Catalan: [[felicitat# Català: |felicitat]] (ca) Sample.svg Chinese: Mandarin: 幸福 (cmn) (xìngfú), 快樂 (cmn), 快乐 (cmn) (kuàilè), 愉快 (cmn) (yúkuài) Czech: [[štěstí# Česky: |štěstí]] (cs) n Danish: [[lykke# Dansk: |lykke]] (da)  REDIRECT Template:catlangcode, {{glæde}} Dutch: {{blijheid}}, [[blijdschap# Nederlands: |blijdschap]] (nl), [[geluk# Nederlands: |geluk]] (nl) n, [[vreugde# Nederlands: |vreugde]] (nl) Sample.svg Esperanto: {{feliĉeco}} Estonian: [[õnn# Eesti: |õnn]] (et) Faroese: {{gleði}} Finnish: [[onnellisuus# Suomi: |onnellisuus]] (fi) French: [[bonheur# Français : |bonheur]] (fr) {{[[Modèle:|]]||}} Galician: [[felicidade# Galego: |felicidade]] (gl) Sample.svg Georgian: {{ბედნიერება}} German: [[Glück# Deutsch: |Glück]] (de) n, [[Glücklichkeit# Deutsch: |Glücklichkeit]] (de) Sample.svg Greek: [[ευτυχία# Ελληνικά: |ευτυχία]] (el) Sample.svg Hawaiian: {{hauʻoli}} Hebrew: אושר (he) ('ósher) {{[[Modèle:|]]||}} Hindi: {{ख़ुशी}} Hungarian: [[boldogság# Magyar: |boldogság]] (hu) Icelandic: [[gleði# Íslenska: |gleði]] (is) Sample.svg, [[hamingja# Íslenska: |hamingja]] (is) Sample.svg Indonesian: [[kebahagiaan# Bahasa Indonesia: |kebahagiaan]] (id) Ingush: {{ираз}} Irish: {{sonas}} Italian: [[felicità# Italiano: |felicità]] (it) Sample.svg, [[gioia# Italiano: |gioia]] (it) Sample.svg Japanese: [[幸福# 日本語: |幸福]] (ja) (こうふく, kōfuku), [[幸せ# 日本語: |幸せ]] (ja) (しあわせ, shiawasé), [[愉快# 日本語: |愉快]] (ja) (ゆかい, yukai) Kazakh: {{бақыт}} Khmer: {{សុភមង្គល}} Korean: [[행복# 한국어: |행복]] (ko) ([[幸福# 한국어: |幸福]] (ko)) Kyrgyz: {{бакыт}} Lao: ຄວາມສຸກ (lo) Latgalian: {{laime}} Latin: {{laetitia}}, {{gaudium}}, {{felicitas}} Latvian: [[laime# Latviešu: |laime]] (lv) Sample.svg Lithuanian: [[laimė#[[Template:{{{1}}}]] ([{{fullurl:Template:{{{1}}}|action=edit}} edit]|[[Template talk:{{{1}}}|talk]]|[{{fullurl:Template:{{{1}}}|action=history}} history]|[{{fullurl:Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:{{{1}}}|limit=999}} links]|[{{fullurl:Template:{{{1}}}|action=watch}} watch]|logs)|laimė]] (lt) Luxembourgish: {{Gléck}}

Macedonian: {{среќа}}, {{радост}} Malay: {{kebahagiaan}}, {{kegembiraan}} Malayalam: [[ആനന്ദം# മലയാളം: |ആനന്ദം]] (ml), [[സന്തോഷം# മലയാളം: |സന്തോഷം]] (ml), {{ആഹ്ളാദം}} Maltese: Template:T-needed Mauritian Creole: {{jos}}, {{lazwa}} Mongolian: {{аз жаргал}} Navajo: {{ił hózhǫ́}} Norwegian: [[lykke# ‪Norsk (bokmål)‬: |lykke]] (no) {{[[Modèle:|]]||}}, [[glede# ‪Norsk (bokmål)‬: |glede]] (no) {{[[Modèle:|]]||}} Nynorsk: {{lukke}} Novial: {{feliseso}} Occitan: felicitat (oc) Sample.svg, {{bonaür}} Old Norse: {{gleði}} Persian: [[خوشبختی# فارسی: |خوشبختی]] (fa) (xoš'bàxti), [[شادی# فارسی: |شادی]] (fa) (šâdi), [[سعادت# فارسی: |سعادت]] (fa) (sa'âdat) Polish: [[szczęście# Polski: |szczęście]] (pl) n, [[radość# Polski: |radość]] (pl) Sample.svg Portuguese: [[felicidade#Português|felicidade]] (pt) Sample.svg, [[alegria#Português|alegria]] (pt) Sample.svg Quechua: {{kusi}} Romani: {{baxt}} Romanian: [[bucurie# Română: |bucurie]] (ro) Sample.svg, [[fericire# Română: |fericire]] (ro) Sample.svg Russian: [[сча́стье# Русский: |сча́стье]] (ru) n, [[ра́дость# Русский: |ра́дость]] (ru) Sample.svg Sanskrit: {{सुख}} Scottish Gaelic: {{àigh}} Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: {{срећа}} Roman: sreća (sh) Sample.svg Shor: {{ырыс}} Sinhalese: {{සන්තෝෂය}} Slovak: {{šťastie}}, {{radosť}} Slovene: [[sreča# Slovenščina: |sreča]] (sl) Sample.svg Spanish: [[felicidad# Español: |felicidad]] (es) Sample.svg Swahili: raha (sw) Swedish: [[lycka# Svenska: |lycka]] (sv)  REDIRECT Template:catlangcode, [[glädje# Svenska: |glädje]] (sv)  REDIRECT Template:catlangcode, [[fröjd# Svenska: |fröjd]] (sv)  REDIRECT Template:catlangcode Tagalog: {{kaligayahan}}, [[ligaya#{{[[Template:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]]}}|ligaya]] (tl) Tajik: {{бахт}}, {{саодат}}, {{шодӣ}} Tamil: [[மகிழ்ச்சி# தமிழ்: |மகிழ்ச்சி]] (ta), [[சந்தோஷம்# தமிழ்: |சந்தோஷம்]] (ta) Tatar: бәхет (tt), {{сәгадәть}}, сәгадәт (tt) Telugu: సంతోషం (te) Thai: {{ความสุข}} Tibetan: {{བདེ་བ}} Turkish: [[mutluluk# Türkçe: |mutluluk]] (tr), [[saadet# Türkçe: |saadet]] (tr) Turkmen: bagt (tk), {{şatlyk}}, {{eýgilik}} Ukrainian: [[ща́стя# Українська: |ща́стя]] (uk) n Urdu: {{خوشی}} Uzbek: baxt (uz), {{chogʻlik}}, {{xushbaxtlik}} Venetian: {{ałegrézsa}}, {{ałegrìa}} Vietnamese: [[hạnh phúc# Tiếng Việt: |hạnh phúc]] (vi) ({{幸福}}) Welsh: [[hapusrwydd# Cymraeg: |hapusrwydd]] (cy) Yiddish: {{גליק}}

good luck

Czech: [[štěstí# Česky: |štěstí]] (cs) n Dutch: [[geluk# Nederlands: |geluk]] (nl) n, [[fortuin# Nederlands: |fortuin]] (nl) Finnish: [[onni# Suomi: |onni]] (fi) Greek: [[ευημερία# Ελληνικά: |ευημερία]] (el) Sample.svg, [[προκοπή# Ελληνικά: |προκοπή]] (el) Sample.svg, [[ευπραγία# Ελληνικά: |ευπραγία]] (el) Sample.svg Hungarian: [[szerencse# Magyar: |szerencse]] (hu) Icelandic: {{lukka}} Italian: [[gioia# Italiano: |gioia]] (it) Sample.svg, [[felicità# Italiano: |felicità]] (it) Sample.svg

Latvian: [[laime# Latviešu: |laime]] (lv) Sample.svg Macedonian: {{среќа}}, {{коб}} Malayalam: [[സുഖം# മലയാളം: |സുഖം]] (ml) Norwegian: {{hell}} Polish: [[szczęście# Polski: |szczęście]] (pl) n Portuguese: [[fortuna#Português|fortuna]] (pt) Sample.svg Russian: [[сча́стье# Русский: |сча́стье]] (ru) n, [[уда́ча# Русский: |уда́ча]] (ru) Sample.svg, [[везе́ние# Русский: |везе́ние]] (ru) n, [[фортуна# Русский: |фортуна]] (ru) Sample.svg Scottish Gaelic: {{àigh}}

agreeable feeling

fortuitous elegance

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References

• Template:R:Webster 1913

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: obliged · ourselves · pale · #913: happiness · religion · dress · degree
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