felice

See also: Felice and feliĉe

Interlingua

Noun

felice (comparative plus felice, superlative le plus felice)

1. happy; fortunate

Italian

Alternative forms

• filice (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fēlīcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-lw-i, from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feˈli.t͡ʃe/

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• Rhymes: -itʃe
• Syllabification: fe‧lì‧ce

Adjective

felice (plural felici, superlative felicissimo)

1. happy (contented)

   Antonym: infelice

2. glad

   Synonym: lieto

3. blessed, lucky

   Synonym: fortunato

   Antonym: sfortunato

4. (obsolete) an epithet given by monarchs to their states and subjects
5. (figurative) appropriate, apt, happy

   Synonyms: appropriato, opportuno

   Antonyms: inappropriato, inopportuno

6. (obsolete or literary) fertile, fruitful

   Synonyms: fecondo, fertile

   Antonyms: infecondo, infertile, sterile

Derived terms

• felicemente

Related terms

• felicità
• felicitare
• felicitazione

Further reading

• felice in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Adjective

felice m or f (plural felices)

1. Archaic form of feliz.

Spanish

Adjective

felice

1. Archaic form of feliz.

Further reading

• “felice”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014