paradis

See also: Paradis, paradís, and paradīs

French

Etymology

From Middle French paradis, from Old French paradis, borrowed from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah. Doublet of parvis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁa.di/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -i

Noun

paradis m (plural paradis)

1. paradise (somewhere perfect)
2. (religion) Heaven
3. gods (The highest platform, or upper circle, in an auditorium)

Antonyms

• enfer

Derived terms

• paradisiaque
• paradisier
• graines de paradis

Further reading

• “paradis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• drapais

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Latvian

Participle

paradis (definite paradušais)

1. having gotten used to; (deprecated template usage) indefinite past active participle of parast 

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of paradis

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)		singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	paradis	paraduši		paradusi	paradušas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	paradušu	paradušus		paradušu	paradušas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	paraduša	paradušu		paradušas	paradušu
dative (datīvs)	paradušam	paradušiem		paradušai	paradušām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	paradušu	paradušiem		paradušu	paradušām
locative (lokatīvs)	paradušā	paradušos		paradušā	paradušās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—		—	—

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Middle French

Noun

paradis m (plural paradis)

1. Heaven

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse paradís, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah.

Noun

paradis n (definite singular paradiset, indefinite plural paradis or paradiser, definite plural paradisa or paradisene)

1. paradise
2. hopscotch

Derived terms

• paradisfugl
• skatteparadis

References

• “paradis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse paradís, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah.

Noun

paradis n (definite singular paradiset, indefinite plural paradis, definite plural paradisa)

1. paradise
2. hopscotch

Derived terms

• paradisfugl
• skatteparadis

References

• “paradis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse paradís, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

paradis n

1. paradise

Declension

Declension of paradis
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	paradis	paradiset	paradis	paradisen
Genitive	paradis	paradisets	paradis	paradisens

Descendants

• → Finnish: paratiisi