auspicious

English

Etymology

From auspice +‎ -ious, from Latin auspicium (“augury”), from auspex (“augur”), possibly via French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔːˈspɪʃəs/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃəs

Adjective

auspicious (comparative more auspicious, superlative most auspicious)

1. Of good omen; indicating future success.
2. Conducive to success.

   Synonyms: favourable, favorable, promising, propitious, fortunate, lucky

   This is an auspicious day.

3. Marked by success; prosperous.

   Synonyms: lucky, fortunate

   • c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii], lines 8–14, page 153, column 2:

     Therefore our ſometimes Siſter, now our Queen, / Th’ imperiall Ioyntreſſe of this warlike State, / Haue we, as ’twere, with a defeated ioy, / With one Auſpicious, and one Dropping eye, / With mirth in Funerall, and with Dirge in Marriage, / In equall Scale weighing Delight and Dole / Taken to Wife […]

Antonyms

• disastrous
• ruinous
• inauspicious
• ominous

Derived terms

Terms derived from auspicious

• auspiciously

• auspiciousness

Translations

indicating future success

• Belarusian: спрыя́льны (spryjálʹny)
• Catalan: propici m, propícia f, favorable (ca) m, f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吉利 (zh) (jílì), 吉祥 (zh) (jíxiáng)

• Czech: slibný m, nadějný (cs) m, příznivý m
• Dutch: gunstig (nl)
• Finnish: lupaava (fi)
• French: propice (fr), faste (fr), de bon augure
• German: günstig (de), vielversprechend (de), verheißungsvoll (de), glückverheißend
• Greek: ευοίωνος (el) (evoíonos)

  Ancient: αἴσιος (aísios)

• Hindi: शुभ (hi) (śubh)

• Irish: dea-thuarúil
• Japanese: めでたい (ja) (medetai), 喜ばしい (ja) (yorokobashii)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gunstig

  Nynorsk: gunstig

• Portuguese: promissor (pt)
• Russian: благоприя́тный (ru) (blagoprijátnyj)
• Spanish: prometedor (es), propicio (es)
• Swedish: lovande (sv), lyckobådande, gynnsam (sv)
• Ukrainian: сприя́тливий (spryjátlyvyj)
• Urdu: شبھ‎‎ (śubh)
• Welsh: ffafrol (cy)