paradisiacal

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin paradīsiacus + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæɹədɪˈsaɪəkəl/

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• Rhymes: -aɪəkəl

Adjective

paradisiacal (comparative more paradisiacal, superlative most paradisiacal)

1. Of or resembling paradise.

   Synonym: paradisiac

   Hyponym: Edenic

   • 1842, Joseph Smith, Articles of Faith:

     We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.

Translations

resembling paradise

• Arabic: فِرْدَوْسِيّ (firdawsiyy)
• Belarusian: ра́йскі (rájski)
• Bulgarian: ра́йски (bg) (rájski)
• Catalan: paradisíac (ca)
• Czech: rajský (cs)
• Danish: paradisisk
• Dutch: paradijselijk (nl)
• Estonian: paradiislik
• Fijian: vakaparataisi
• Finnish: paratiisillinen, paratiisimainen
• French: paradisiaque (fr)
• German: paradiesisch (de)
• Hungarian: paradicsomi (hu)
• Indonesian: bersifat sorga
• Italian: paradisiaco (it)
• Macedonian: рајски (rajski)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: paradisisk

  Nynorsk: paradisisk

• Polish: rajski (pl)
• Portuguese: paradisíaco (pt)
• Romanian: paradiziac (ro)
• Russian: ра́йский (ru) (rájskij)
• Samoan: faaparataiso
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ра̑јскӣ

  Roman: rȃjskī (sh)

• Slovak: rajský
• Slovene: rajski
• Spanish: paradisíaco (es)
• Swedish: paradisisk (sv)
• Tongan: fakapalataisi
• Ukrainian: ра́йський (rájsʹkyj)

Anagrams

• paradisaical