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- happinesse (obsolete)
- happyness (obsolete)
happiness (countable and uncountable, plural happinesses)
- (uncountable) 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.
- (archaic, uncountable) Prosperity, thriving, wellbeing.
1776, United States Declaration of Independence:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
- (archaic, uncountable) Good luck; good fortune.
c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 20, column 2:
All happineſſe bechance to thee in Millaine.
- (obsolete, countable) Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace, used especially of language.
1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →OCLC, page 10:
Some Beauties yet, no Precepts can declare, / For there's a Happineſs as well as Care.
- The word happiness is generic, and is applied to almost every kind of enjoyment.
- felicity (somewhat dated or formal)
- blessedness (dated or religious)
- bliss (more exalted delight, suggesting heaven)
- high spirits
- joy, joyfulness, joyousness
- pleasure
emotion of being happy
- Afrikaans: geluk (af)
- Albanian: lumturi (sq) f
- Arabic: سَعَادَة f (saʕāda), فَرَح (ar) (faraḥ)
- Armenian: երջանկություն (hy) (erǰankutʻyun)
- Asturian: felicidá f
- Avar: талихӏ (taliḥʳ)
- Azerbaijani: xoşbəxtlik, səadət
- Bashkir: бәхет
- Belarusian: шча́сце n (ščáscje)
- Bengali: সুখ (bn) (śukh)
- Bulgarian: ща́стие (bg) n (štástie)
- Burmese: သုခ (my) (su.hka.)
- Catalan: felicitat (ca) f
- Cebuano: kalipay
- Chinese:
- Czech: štěstí (cs) n
- Danish: lykke (da) c, glæde c
- Dutch: blijheid (nl) f, blijdschap (nl), geluk (nl) n, vreugde (nl) f
- Esperanto: feliĉo, feliĉeco
- Estonian: õnn (et)
- Farefare: pupeelum
- Faroese: gleði f
- Finnish: onnellisuus (fi), onni (fi), ilo (fi), riemu (fi)
- French: bonheur (fr) m
- Galician: felicidade (gl) f
- Georgian: ბედნიერება (bedniereba)
- German: Glück (de) n, Glücklichkeit (de) f
- Greek: ευτυχία (el) f (eftychía)
- Ancient: εὐδαιμονία f (eudaimonía)
- Guaraní: vy'a (gn)
- Hawaiian: hauʻoli
- Hebrew: אושר \ אֹשֶׁר (he) m ('ósher)
- Hindi: ख़ुशी f (xuśī)
- Hungarian: boldogság (hu)
- Hunsrik: Glick n
- Icelandic: gleði (is) f, hamingja (is) f
- Ido: feliceso (io)
- Indonesian: kebahagiaan (id)
- Ingrian: onni, ilo
- Ingush: ираз (iraz)
- Irish: sonas m, suáilceas m
- Italian: felicità (it) f, gioia (it) f
- Japanese: 幸福 (ja) (こうふく, kōfuku), 幸せ (ja) (しあわせ, shiawase), 愉快 (ja) (ゆかい, yukai)
- Kabuverdianu: filisidadi
- Kazakh: бақыт (baqyt)
- Khmer: សុភមង្គល (km) (sophĕəʼmŭəngkŭəl), កាមសុខ (km) (kaamĕəʼsok), បរមសុខ (paʼraʼmaʼsok), បាមោជ្ជ (km) (paamaoccĕəʼ), បីតិ (km) (pəyteʼ), ប្រមោទ (km) (prɑmaot), ប្រីតា (km) (prəytaa)
- Korean: 행복 (ko) (haengbok), 기쁨 (ko) (gippeum), 즐거움 (ko) (jeulgeoum), 희열 (ko) (huiyeol), 열락 (yeollak)
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: бакыт (ky) (bakıt)
- Lao: ຄວາມສຸກ (lo) (khuām suk)
- Latgalian: laime
- Latin: laetitia f, gaudium n, felicitas f
- Latvian: laime (lv) f
- Lithuanian: laimė (lt)
- Luxembourgish: Gléck n
- Macedonian: среќа f (sreḱa), радост (mk) f (radost)
- Malay: kebahagiaan, kegembiraan
- Malayalam: സന്തോഷം (ml) (santōṣaṁ), ആഹ്ലാദം (ml) (āhlādaṁ), ആനന്ദം (ml) (ānandaṁ)
- Maltese: feliċita f
- Maori: uruhautanga, hurō
- Mauritian Creole: jos, lazwa
- Middle English: wynne
- Mongolian: аз жаргал (az žargal)
- Navajo: ił hózhǫ́
- Northern Sami: illu
- Norwegian: lykke (no) m, glede (no) m
- Nynorsk: lukke
- Occitan: felicitat (oc) f, bonaür (oc)
- Old East Slavic: съчастиѥ n (sŭčastije)
- Old English: bliss (ang) f, ġefēa m
- Old Norse: gleði f
- Pashto: خوشبختي (ps) f (xošbaxtí), سعادت (ps) m (sa'ādát)
- Persian: خوشبختی (fa) (xošbaxti), شادی (fa) (šâdi), سعادت (fa) (sa'âdat)
- Plautdietsch: Freid f, Häaj f
- Polish: szczęście (pl) n, radość (pl) f
- Portuguese: felicidade (pt) f, alegria (pt) f
- Quechua: kusi
- Romani: baxt f
- Romanian: bucurie (ro) f, fericire (ro) f
- Russian: сча́стье (ru) n (sčástʹje), ра́дость (ru) f (rádostʹ)
- Sanskrit: सुख (sa) n (sukhá)
- Scottish Gaelic: àigh m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Shor: ырыс (ırıs)
- Sinhalese: සන්තෝෂය (santōṣaya)
- Slovak: šťastie n, radosť f
- Slovene: sreča (sl) f
- Spanish: felicidad (es) f
- Swahili: raha (sw)
- Swedish: lycka (sv) c, glädje (sv) c, fröjd (sv) c
- Tabasaran: бахт (baꭓt)
- Tagalog: kaligayahan, ligaya (tl)
- Tajik: бахт (baxt), саодат (saodat), шодӣ (tg) (šodi), хушбахтӣ (tg) (xušbaxti)
- Tamil: மகிழ்ச்சி (ta) (makiḻcci), சந்தோஷம் (ta) (cantōṣam)
- Tatar: бәхет (tt) (bäxet), сәгадәть (sägadät’), сәгадәт (tt) (sägadät)
- Telugu: సంతోషం (te) (santōṣaṁ)
- Thai: ความสุข (th) (kwaam-sùk)
- Tibetan: བདེ་བ (bde ba)
- Turkish: mutluluk (tr), saadet (tr)
- Turkmen: bagt (tk), şatlyk, eýgilik
- Tuvan: аас-кежик (aas-kejik)
- Ukrainian: ща́стя (uk) n (ščástja), ра́дість f (rádistʹ)
- Urdu: خوشی f (xuśī), سعادت (ur) f (sa'ādat)
- Uyghur: بەخت (bext), خۇشاللىق (xushalliq), سائادەت (sa'adet), بەختلىك (bextlik), دىلشاتلىق (dilshatliq), ھالاۋەت (halawet)
- Uzbek: baxt (uz), chogʻlik (uz), xushbaxtlik (uz), saodat (uz)
- Venetian: ałegrézsa f, ałegrìa f
- Vietnamese: hạnh phúc (vi) (幸福)
- Walloon: bouneur (wa) m
- Welsh: hapusrwydd (cy)
- Yiddish: גליק n (glik)
good luck
- Bulgarian: късмет (bg) m (kǎsmet)
- Czech: štěstí (cs) n
- Dutch: geluk (nl) n, fortuin (nl)
- Finnish: onni (fi), onnekkuus (fi)
- Greek: ευημερία (el) f (evimería), προκοπή (el) f (prokopí), ευπραγία (el) f (efpragía)
- Hungarian: szerencse (hu)
- Icelandic: lukka f
- Ingrian: onni, lykky
- Italian: gioia (it) f, felicità (it) f
- Japanese: 幸運 (ja) (kōun)
- Korean: 행운 (ko) (haeng'un)
- Latin: fēlīcitās f
- Latvian: laime (lv) f
- Lithuanian: laimė (lt) m
- Macedonian: среќа f (sreḱa), коб f (kob)
- Malayalam: സുഖം (ml) (sukhaṁ)
- Norwegian: hell (no) n
- Polish: szczęście (pl) n
- Portuguese: fortuna (pt) f
- Russian: сча́стье (ru) n (sčástʹje), уда́ча (ru) f (udáča), везе́ние (ru) n (vezénije), фортуна (ru) f (fortuna)
- Scottish Gaelic: àigh m
- Slovak: šťastie
- Ukrainian: ща́стя (uk) n (ščástja), уда́ча f (udáča), везі́ння n (vezínnja)
- Vietnamese: may mắn (vi), phúc (vi)
agreeable feeling
- Dutch: blijheid (nl) f, blijdschap (nl), geluk (nl) n
- Finnish: onnellisuus (fi)
- Greek: ευτυχία (el) f (eftychía), χαρά (el) f (chará)
- Italian: felicità (it) f, allegria (it) f
- Korean: 즐거움 (ko) (jeulgeoum), 기쁨 (ko) (gippeum), 만족 (ko) (manjok), 충족 (chungjok), 열락 (yeollak)
- Latvian: laime (lv) f
- Macedonian: среќа f (sreḱa), радост (mk) f (radost)
- Malayalam: സുഖം (ml) (sukhaṁ), ആനന്ദം (ml) (ānandaṁ)
- Maori: hurō
- Polish: szczęście (pl) n
- Portuguese: felicidade (pt) f, alegria (pt) f
- Russian: сча́стье (ru) n (sčástʹje), ра́дость (ru) f (rádostʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: àigh m
- Telugu: సంతోషం (te) (santōṣaṁ)
- Ukrainian: ща́стя (uk) n (ščástja), ра́дість f (rádistʹ)
Translations to be checked
- Arabic: (please verify) سَعَادَة f (saʕāda)
- Bengali: (please verify) সুখ (bn) (śukh)
- Cebuano: (please verify) kalipay
- Esperanto: (please verify) feliĉo
- French: (please verify) bonheur (fr) m
- German: (please verify) Fröhlichkeit (de) f, (please verify) Glück (de) n
- Kannada: (please verify) ಸುಖ (kn) (sukha), (please verify) ಸಂತೋಷ (kn) (santōṣa)
- Korean: (please verify) 행복 (ko) (haengbok)
- Kurdish:
- Norwegian: (please verify) glede (no) m, (please verify) lykke (no) m
- Old English: (please verify) ēad n
- Persian: (please verify) خوشبختی (fa) (xošbaxti)
- Scottish Gaelic: (please verify) àigh m, (please verify) sonas m, (please verify) subhachas m, (please verify) toileachas m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Serbo-Croatian: (please verify) sreća f
- Serbo-Croatian: (please verify) sreća f, (please verify) срећа f
- Slovene: (please verify) sreča (sl) f
- Swedish: (please verify) glädje (sv), (please verify) lycka (sv)
- “happiness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Happiness (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- happiness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia