Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 193562 6867427 2009-06-22T17:35:24Z SemperBlotto 3336 {{wikipedia|dab=welfare}} ==English== ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} ''wel faran'' "wellness" (cognate with {{etyl|non}} ''[[velferð]]'') ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|RP}} {{IPA|/ˈwɛlˌfɛə/}}, {{SAMPA|/"wEl%fE@/}} * {{a|GenAm}} {{IPA|/ˈwɛlˌfɛɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/"wEl%fE@`/}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun|s|-}} # {{uncountable}} [[health]], [[happiness]] and [[prosperity]]; [[contentment]] # {{countable}} [[aid]], provided by a [[government]], etc. to people in [[need]], especially [[financial]] aid ====Antonyms==== * [[wofare]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|health, happiness and prosperity; contentment}} * Chinese: [[幸福;健康安樂]] * Czech: {{t-|cs|blaho|n}} * Danish: [[lykke]] {{c}}, [[velfærd]] {{c}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|hyvinvointi}} {{trans-mid}} * French: {{t|fr|bien-être|m}} * German: {{t+|de|Wohlergehen|n}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|благосостојба|f|tr=blagosóstojba|sc=Cyrl}} * Portuguese: {{t|pt|bem-estar|m}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|aid, provided by a government, etc.}} * Chinese: [[福利]] * Danish: [[forsorg]] {{c}}| * Finnish: [[sosiaaliavustus]], [[sosiaalituki]] {{trans-mid}} * German: {{t-|de|Sozialhilfe|f}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|социјална помош|f|tr=socijálna pómoš|sc=Cyrl}} * Portuguese: {{t-|pt|Segurança Social|f}} {{trans-bottom}} ---- ==Italian== ===Noun=== '''welfare''' {{m|inv}} # [[welfare state]] [[Category:Italian nouns]] [[es:welfare]] [[fr:welfare]] [[io:welfare]] [[id:welfare]] [[it:welfare]] [[hu:welfare]] [[ja:welfare]] [[pl:welfare]] [[simple:welfare]] [[fi:welfare]] [[ta:welfare]] [[te:welfare]] [[vi:welfare]] [[zh:welfare]]