English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English helthe, from Old English hǣlþ.
Pronunciation[edit]
health (usually uncountable; plural healths)
- The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness. [from 11th c.]
- I think she suffers from autism, ADHD or some other mental health problem.
- A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.
- Physical condition.
- (obsolete) Cure, remedy. [11th-16th c.]
- 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVII:
- And she myght have a dysshfulle of bloode of a maydyn and a clene virgyne in wylle and in worke, and a kynges doughter, that bloode sholde be her helth, for to anoynte her withall.
- (countable) A toast to prosperity. [from 17th c.]
- 2002, Joshua Scodel, Excess and the Mean in Early Modern English Literature, page 213:
- Strikingly, however, Waller does not deny but rather revels in the claim that healths lead to excessive drinking
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Translations[edit]
state of being free of physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction
- Akkadian: 𒁲 (šulmu, SILIM)
- Albanian: shëndet (sq) m
- Arabic: صحة (ar) (ṣíḥḥa) f
- Egyptian Arabic: صحة (ṣeḥa) f
- Aramaic: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: առողջություն (hy) (aṙoġǰut’yun)
- Aromanian: sãnãtate (rup) f
- Asturian: salú (ast) f
- Avar: сахлъи (av)
- Belarusian: здароўе (be) (zdaróŭje) n
- Bengali: স্বাস্থ্য (bn) (sbasthÿô), আরোগ্য (bn) (arogya)
- Breton: yec'hed (br)
- Bulgarian: здраве (bg) (zdráve) n
- Catalan: salut (ca), sanitat (ca) f
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⴷⵡⴰⵙ (adwas)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 健康 (cmn) (jiànkāng), 身體 (cmn), 身体 (cmn) (shēntǐ)
- Czech: zdraví (cs) n
- Dalmatian: santut f
- Dutch: gezondheid (nl) f, welzijn (nl) n
- Erzya: шумбрачи (shumbrachi)
- Esperanto: sano (eo)
- Finnish: terveys (fi)
- French: santé (fr) f
- Friulian: salût, sanetât f
- Galician: saúde (gl) f
- Georgian: ჯანმრთელობა (ka) (janmrteloba)
- German: Gesundheit (de) f
- Greek: υγεία (el) (iía) f
- Guernésiais: sàntaïe f
- Gujarati: આરોગ્ય (gu) (ārōgya)
- Haitian Creole: sante
- Hebrew: בריאות (he) (bri’út) f
- Hindi: तबीयत (hi) (tabīyat) f, आरोग्य (hi) (ārōgya), स्वास्थ्य (hi) (svāsthya)
- Hungarian: egészség (hu)
- Irish: sláinte (ga)
- Italian: salute (it) f, sanità (it) f
- Japanese: 健康 (ja) (けんこう, kenkō), 体 (ja) (からだ, karada)
- Kannada: ಆರೋಗ್ಯದ (kn) (ārōgyada)
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- Korean: 건강 (ko) (geon-gang) (健康 (ko))
- Kurdish: please add this translation if you can
- Latin: salus (la) f, sanitas (la) f
- Lithuanian: sveikata (lt)
- Luxembourgish: Gesondheet (lb) f
- Macedonian: здравје (mk) (zdrávje) n
- Malay: kesihatan (ms)
- Maltese: saħħa (mt)
- Marathi: आरोग्य (mr) (ārōgya)
- Mizo: hrisèlna
- Norwegian: helse (no)
- Occitan: santat (oc) f
- Pashto: روغتيا (ps) (roγtyā) f
- Persian: سلامت (fa) (salâmat)
- Polish: zdrowie (pl) n
- Portuguese: saúde (pt)
- Romanian: sănătate (ro) f
- Romansch: sanadad (rm) f, sandet (rm) f, sandà (rm) f
- Russian: здоровье (ru) (zdoróvʹje) n
- Sanskrit: आरोग्य (sa) (ārōgya), स्वास्थ्य (sa) (svāsthya)
- Sardinian: saludu (sc), saluru (sc), salutu (sc), sanidade (sc) f, sanidadi (sc)
- Scottish Gaelic: slàinte (gd)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: здравље (sh) n
- Roman: zdravlje (sh) n
- Slovak: zdravie (sk) n
- Slovene: zdravje (sl) n
- Spanish: salud (es) f, sanidad (es) f
- Swahili: afya (sw)
- Swedish: vid god hälsa (sv), frisk (sv)
- Tagalog: kalusugan (tl)
- Telugu: ఆరోగ్యం (te) (ārōgyaṁ)
- Turkish: sağlık (tr)
- Turkmen: saglyk (tk)
- Ukrainian: здоров'я (uk) (zdoróv'ja) n
- Urdu: صحت (ur)
- Welsh: iechyd (cy)
- Yiddish: געזונטהײַט (yi) (gezunthayt)
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overall level of function of an organism
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