auspicious

English

Alternative forms

• auspitious (obsolete)

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.
   • 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 1, page 130:

     It was a boast of Napoleon, that the very weather owned the influence of his auspicious star—his triumphal entry, his procession, or his fête, were always marked by sunshine.

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 […] (First Folio), London: […] 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

• auspiciously
• auspiciousness

 

Translations

indicating future success

• Belarusian: спрыя́льны (be) (spryjálʹny)
• Bulgarian: благоприятен (bg) (blagoprijaten), вещаещ добро (veštaešt dobro)
• Catalan: propici, favorable (ca)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: slibný (cs), nadějný (cs), příznivý (cs)
• Danish: lovende
• 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)
• Latin: faustus
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gunstig

  Nynorsk: gunstig

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