prosper

See also: pròsper, Pròsper, and Prosper

English

Alternative forms

• prospre (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Old French prosperer, from Latin prosperō (“I render happy”), from prosperus (“prosperous”), from Proto-Italic *prosparos, from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to succeed”), whence also Latin spēs (“hope, expectation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒspə(ɹ)/

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Verb

prosper (third-person singular simple present prospers, present participle prospering, simple past and past participle prospered)

1. (transitive) To favor; to render successful.
   • (Can we date this quote by Book of Common Prayer and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Prosper thou our handiwork.

   • (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     All things concur to prosper our design.

2. (intransitive) To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.
3. (intransitive) To grow; to increase.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:prosper

Related terms

• prosperous
• prosperity

Translations

to be successful

• Arabic: اززْدَهَرَ
• Catalan: prosperar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亨祚 (zh) (hēngzuò), 興旺／兴旺 (zh) (xīngwàng), 兴旺 (zh) (xīngwàng), 繁榮／繁荣 (zh) (fánróng), 繁荣 (zh) (fánróng), 昌盛 (zh) (chāngshèng)

• Dutch: welvaren (nl)
• Esperanto: prosperi
• Finnish: vaurastua (fi), menestyä (fi)
• French: prospérer (fr)
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• German: gedeihen (de), prosperieren (de), florieren (de)
• Italian: prosperare
• Japanese: 栄える (ja) (さかえる, sakaeru), 賑わう (にぎわう, nigiwau)
• Lao: ຈະເລີນ (cha lœ̄n), ຮຸ່ງເຮືອງ (hung hư̄ang)
• Latin: vigeō
• Old English: þeon
• Portuguese: prosperar (pt)
• Russian: процвета́ть (ru) impf (procvetátʹ), преуспева́ть (ru) impf (preuspevátʹ), благоде́нствовать (ru) impf (blagodénstvovatʹ)
• Shan: ၶိုၼ်ႈယႂ်ႇမႂ်ႇသုင် (khūen yàue màue sǔng), မၢၵ်ႈမီးလီပဵၼ် (māak míi lǐi pǎen)
• Spanish: prosperar (es)
• Thai: เจริญ (th) (jà-rəən), รุ่งเรือง (th) (rûng-rʉʉang)
• Turkish: başarmak (tr)

Anagrams

• Propers, propers, prospre

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Latin

Adjective

prosper

1. Alternative form of prosperus (singular masculine nominative)