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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English hap (“chance”) + -y
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
happy (comparative happier, superlative happiest)
- Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous.
- 1769, Oxford Standard text, Bible (King James), Psalms, 144, xv,
- Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
- 1777, Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man in Four Epistles: Argument of Epistle II, in The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume III, page 26,
- The learn'd is happy nature to explore, / The fool is happy that he knows no more ;
- Music makes me feel happy.
- Favored by luck or fortune; lucky.
- 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, 2006, Elibron Classics (imprint), page 227,
- […] I may presume that what I have hitherto discoursed will induce you to think, that chymists have been much more happy in finding experiments than the causes of them; or in assigning the principles by which they may best be explained.
- Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.
- 1761, Jonathan Swift, A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation: Introduction, in The works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Volume VII, page 246,
- For instance, one lady can give an anſwer better than aſk a queſtion : one gentleman is happy at a reply ; another excels in a rejoinder : one can revive a languiſhing converſation by a ſudden ſurpriſing ſentence ; […] .
- Content, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).
- Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week?
- Are you happy with your internet service provider?
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- 2012 August 21, Jason Heller, “The Darkness: Hot Cakes (Music Review)”, The Onion AV Club:
- “Baby, I was a loser / Several years on the dole / An Englishman with a very high voice / Doing rock ’n’ roll,” sings falsetto-happy frontman Justin Hawkins at the start of “Every Inch Of You,” Hot Cakes’ opener.
Usage notes [edit]
- (favored by hap, luck or fortune): Said of expedients, efforts, ventures, omens, etc.
- (experiencing the effect of favorable fortune): Said of people, hours, thoughts, times, etc.
Synonyms [edit]
See Wikisaurus:happy
Antonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from happy (adjective)
Translations [edit]
enjoying peace, comfort, etc.; contented, joyous
- Afrikaans: bly (af), gelukkig (af)
- Albanian: i lumtur (sq), i kënaqur (sq), (i) gëzuar
- American Sign Language: OpenB@Chest-PalmBack-OpenB@Chest-PalmBack Upanddown-Upanddown OpenB@SideNeckhigh-PalmBack-OpenB@SideNeckhigh-PalmBack
- Arabic: سعيد (ar) (saʿīd), فرح (ar) (fáriḥ)
- Armenian: երջանիկ (hy) (erǰanik), ուրախ (hy) (urax)
- Asturian: feliz (ast), contentu (ast), gayoleru (ast), gayasperu (ast)
- Catalan: feliç (ca)
- Chamicuro: pya'kijnani
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 高興 (cmn), 高兴 (cmn) (gāoxìng), 愉快 (cmn) (yúkuài), 快樂 (cmn), 快乐 (cmn) (kuàilè), 幸福 (cmn) (xìngfú)
- Min Nan: 歡喜 (nan) (hoaⁿ-hí), 快樂 (nan) (khòai-lo̍k)
- Cornish: lowen (kw)
- Czech: šťastný (cs)
- Dalmatian: alegr
- Danish: glad (da), lykkelig (da)
- Dutch: gelukkig (nl), blij (nl)
- Esperanto: feliĉa (eo)
- Estonian: õnnelik (et)
- Fijian: marau (fj)
- Finnish: onnellinen (fi), iloinen (fi), tyytyväinen (fi)
- French: heureux (fr) m, heureuse (fr) f, content (fr) m, contente (fr) f, bienheureux (fr) m, bienheureuse (fr) f
- Friulian: feliç
- Georgian: ბედნიერი (ka) (bednieri)
- German: glücklich (de)
- Greek: ευχαριστημένος (el) (efcharistiménos) m, χαρούμενος (el) (charoúmenos) m
- Haitian Creole: kontan
- Hawaiian: hauʻoli
- Hebrew: מאושר (he) (me'ooshar), שָׂמֵחַ (he) (same'akh)
- Hindi: सुखी (hi) (sukhī), ख़ुश (hi) (xuś), प्रसन्न (hi) (prasann)
- Hungarian: boldog (hu)
- Icelandic: hamingjusamur (is)
- Ido: felica (io)
- Indonesian: senang (id)
- Irish: áthasach (ga), sona (ga)
- Italian: felice (it), lieto (it)
- Japanese: 幸せな (ja) (しあわせな, shiawase-na), 幸福な (ja) (こうふくな, kōfuku-na)
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- Jèrriais: heûtheux
- Korean: 행복하다 (ko) (haengbok-hada), 기뻐하다 (ko) (gippeo-hada), 기쁘다 (ko) (gippeuda)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: دڵ خۆش (ku) (dill xosh), خهنی (ku) (xení)
- Latin: laetus (la)
- Latvian: laimīgs (lv), priecīgs (lv)
- Lithuanian: laimingas (lt)
- Lojban: gleki (jbo)
- Luxembourgish: glécklech (lb)
- Maltese: kuntenti (mt)
- Manx: maynrey (gv)
- Mazanderani: خار
- Mizo: hlim
- Norwegian: glad (no), lykkelig (no)
- Old English: blīþe (ang), glæd (ang), ēadiġ (ang), wynfull (ang)
- Persian: خوش (fa) (xoš)
- Polish: szczęśliwy (pl)
- Portuguese: feliz (pt)
- Romani: baxtalo m, baxtali m, baxtale m
- Romanian: fericit (ro) m, bucuros (ro) m
- Russian: счастливый (ru) (sčastlívyj), радостный (ru) (rádostnyj)
- Sanskrit: सुखिन् (sa) (sukhin), प्रसन्न (sa) (prasanna)
- Scots: blithe
- Scottish Gaelic: sona (gd), toilichte (gd), àghmhor (gd)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: срећан (sh) (Bosnia, Serbia), сретан (sh) (Bosnia, Croatia)
- Roman: srećan (sh) (Bosnia, Serbia), sretan (sh) (Bosnia, Croatia)
- Slovene: srečen (sl)
- Spanish: feliz (es), alegre (es), contento (es), satisfecho (es)
- Swedish: glad (sv) c, glatt (sv) n, lycklig (sv) c, lyckligt (sv) n
- Tagalog: masaya (tl)
- Telugu: ప్రశాంతం (te) (prasamtam), ప్రసన్నత (te) (prasannata)
- Thai: มีความสุข (th) (mee kwaam sòok)
- Turkish: mutlu (tr)
- Urdu: خوش (ur) (xuś), سکھی (ur) (sukhī), پرسنن (ur) (prasann)
- Vietnamese: mừng (vi)
- Welsh: dedwydd (cy), hapus (cy)
- West Frisian: bliid (fy)
- Yiddish: פֿריילעך (yi) (freylekh), גליקלעך (yi) (gliklekh)
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fortunate
- Afrikaans: gelukkig (af)
- Arabic: محظوظ (ar) (maḥẓūẓ)
- Catalan: feliç (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 幸運的 (cmn), 幸运的 (cmn) (xìngyùn de)
- Czech: šťastný (cs)
- Danish: heldig (da)
- Dutch: gelukkig (nl)
- Esperanto: feliĉa (eo)
- Estonian: õnnelik (et)
- Finnish: hyvä (fi), onnekas (fi), onnellinen (fi)
- French: heureux (fr), chanceux (fr)
- German: glücklich (de)
- Greek: ευτυχής (el) (eftikhis), ευτυχισμένος (el) (eftikhismenos)
- Hindi: ख़ुश (hi) (xuś), प्रसन्न (hi) (prasann)
- Hungarian: szerencsés (hu)
- Icelandic: heppilegur (is)
- Indonesian: untung (id), mujur (id)
- Irish: séanmhar (ga), sona (ga)
- Italian: fortunato (it)
- Japanese: 幸運な (ja) (こううんな, kōun-na), 運のよい (ja) (うんのよい, un no yoi)
- Jèrriais: heûtheux
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- Korean: 운좋은 (ko) (unjoheun)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: بهختهوهر (ku) (bextewer)
- Latin: felix (la)
- Lithuanian: laimingas (lt)
- Luxembourgish: glécklech (lb)
- Mizo: vannei
- Norwegian: heldig (no)
- Portuguese: feliz (pt)
- Romanian: norocos (ro)
- Russian: удачный (ru) (udáčnyj), счастливый (ru) (sčastlívyj)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: срећан (sh) (Bosnia, Serbia), сретан (sh) (Bosnia, Croatia)
- Roman: srećan (sh) (Bosnia, Serbia), sretan (sh) (Bosnia, Croatia)
- Slovak: šťastný (sk)
- Slovene: srečen (sl)
- Spanish: afortunado (es), feliz (es)
- Swedish: gynnsam (sv) c, gynnsamt (sv) n, lyckad (sv) c, lyckat (sv) n
- Tagalog: masaya (tl), suwerte (tl)
- Telugu: అదృవ్ష్టవంతమైన (te) (adrushtavamtamaina)
- Turkish: şanslı (tr)
- Vietnamese: sướng (vi), sung sướng (vi), may (vi), may mắn (vi), hạnh phúc (vi)
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dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous
content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
- Afrikaans: tevrede (af), gelukkig (af)
- Catalan: feliç (ca)
- Czech: spokojený (cs)
- Dutch: tevreden (nl)
- Esperanto: (willingly) vole (eo), (with pleasure) kun plezuro (eo), (happy with) kontenta pri (eo)
- Finnish: halukas (fi), suostuvainen (fi)
- French: satisfait (fr) m, satisfaite (fr) f, content (fr) m, contente (fr) f, (willingly) prêt (fr) m, (willingly) prête (fr) f
- German: mit (etwas) einverstanden sein
- Hungarian: elégedett (hu), meg van elégedve (hu)
- Irish: sásta (ga)
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