paradise

See also Paradise

English

Etymology

Middle English, from Old French, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (paradeisos), from Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬸𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀 (pairi.daēza, “walled enclusure, encompassing”), from 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌 (pairi, “around”) and 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀 (daēza, “wall”). 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀 (daēza, “wall”) may be from Proto-Indo-European *dheigʷ (“to stick, set up”).

Pronunciation

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• enPR: pă'rədīs, IPA: /ˈpærədaɪs/, /ˈpɛrədaɪs/, X-SAMPA: /"p{r@daIs/

Noun

paradise (plural paradises)

1. (chiefly religion) Heaven; the abode of sanctified souls after death.
   • Bible, Luke xxiii. 43

     To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

   • Longfellow

     It sounds to him like her mother's voice, / Singing in Paradise.

2. (figuratively) A very pleasant place.

   an island paradise in the Caribbean

3. (figuratively) A very positive experience.
4. (architecture) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, such as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.
5. A churchyard or cemetery.

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Synonyms

• haven
• heaven
• idyll

Translations

heaven

• Arabic: جنة (ar) (jánna) f
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܦܪܕܝܣܐ (pardaysā’) m

  Hebrew: פרדיסא (pardaysā’) m

• Armenian: դրախտ (hy) (draxt)
• Azeri: cənnət (az), behişt (az)
• Belarusian: рай (be) (raj) m
• Bulgarian: рай (bg) (raj) m
• Catalan: paradís (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天堂 (cmn) (tiāntáng), 樂園 (cmn), 乐园 (cmn) (lèyuán)

• Czech: ráj (cs) m
• Danish: paradis (da)
• Dutch: paradijs (nl) n
• Estonian: paradiis (et)
• Finnish: taivas (fi), paratiisi (fi)
• French: paradis (fr) m

  Old French: paradiz m

  Middle French: paradis m

• Georgian: სამოთხე (ka) (samot'xe)
• German: Paradies (de) n
• Hungarian: paradicsom (hu)
• Italian: paradiso (it) m
• Japanese: 天国 (ja) (てんごく, tengoku), 天堂 (ja) (てんどう, tendō)
• Kazakh: жәннәт (kk) (jännät), бейіш (kk) (beyiş)
• Khmer: ឋានសួគ៌ (km) (tʰaan suǝ)
• Korean: 천당 (ko) (cheondang) (天堂 (ko)), 천국 (ko) (cheonguk) (天國 (ko))
• Kyrgyz: бейиш (ky) (beyiş)

• Macedonian: рај (mk) (raj) m
• Mongolian: диваажин (mn) (divaažin)
• Norwegian: paradis (no)
• Old: Portuguese; parayso m
• Pashto: جنت (ps) (janat) m, هسک (ps) (hask) m, فردوس (ps) (firdaws) m
• Persian: پردیس (fa) (pardis), فردوس (fa) (ferdows), بهشت (fa) (behešt), جنت (fa) (jannat)
• Polish: raj (pl) m
• Portuguese: paraíso (pt) m
• Romanian: rai (ro) n, paradis (ro)
• Russian: рай (ru) (raj) n
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рај (sh) m

  Roman: raj (sh) m

• Slovak: raj (sk) m
• Slovene: raj (sl) m
• Spanish: paraíso (es) m
• Swedish: paradis (sv)
• Tagalog: paraiso (tl)
• Tajik: фирдавс (tg) (firdavs), биҳишт (tg) (bihišt), ҷаннат (tg) (jannat)
• Tatar: жәннәт (tt) (cännät)
• Thai: สวรรค์ (th) (sà-wăn)
• Turkish: cennet (tr)
• Turkmen: jennet (tk)
• Ukrainian: рай (uk) (raj) m
• Uzbek: firdavs (uz), jannat (uz)
• Vietnamese: thiên đường (vi) (天堂 (vi))
• Welsh: gwynfa (cy) f

very pleasant place

• Catalan: paradís (ca) m
• Finnish: paratiisi (fi)
• French: paradis (fr) m

• Macedonian: рај (mk) (raj) m
• Portuguese: paraíso (pt) m
• Russian: рай (ru) (raj) n

very pleasant experience

• Macedonian: рај (mk) (raj) m

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: جنة (ar) (jánna)
• Armenian: դրախտ (hy) (draxt)
• Asturian: paraísu (ast) m
• Mandarin: 樂園 (cmn), 乐园 (cmn) (lèyuán), 天堂 (cmn) (tiāntáng), 仙境 (cmn) (xiānjìng), 天國 (cmn), 天国 (cmn) (tiānguó)
• Dutch: paradijs (nl) n
• Esperanto: paradizo (eo)
• French: paradis (fr) m
• German: Paradies (de) n

• Icelandic: paradís (is) f
• Indonesian: Sorga (id)
• Interlingua: paradiso (ia) (1, 2, 3)
• Italian: paradiso (it) m
• Japanese: 楽園 (ja) (らくえん, rakuen), 天国 (ja) (てんごく, tengoku), 極楽 (ja) (ごくらく, gokuraku), 天堂 (ja) (てんどう, tendō), パラダイス (ja) (paradaisu), 十万億土 (ja), (じゅうまんおくど, jūman'okudo)
• Kurdish: biheşt (ku) f, cenet (ku) f, îrem (ku) f
• Pashto: جنت (ps) (ǰanat) m, هسک (ps) (hask) m, فردوس (ps) (firdaws) m
• Portuguese: paraíso (pt) m
• Serbo-Croatian: raj (sh) m
• Spanish: paraíso (es) m
• Swedish: paradis (sv) n

Derived terms

bird of paradise fool's paradise grains of paradise

paradise duck paradise flycatcher paradisiac

paradisiacal paradisiacally Surfers Paradise

Related terms

• parvis

See also

• Arcadia
• Avalon
• Nirvana
• Shangri-la

Verb

paradise (third-person singular simple present paradises, present participle paradising, simple past and past participle paradised)

1. To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch.

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Anagrams

• Paradesi

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Latin

Noun

paradīse

1. vocative singular of paradīsus