prosperous

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French prospereus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French prosperer, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin prosperare (“to cause to succeed”), from Old Latin pro spere ("according to expectation"), from pro (“for”)+ spes (“hope”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑs.pə.ɹəs/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒs.p(ə.)ɹəs/

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• Rhymes: -ɒspəɹəs, -ɒspɹəs
• Hyphenation: pros‧per‧ous, pros‧perous

Adjective

prosperous (comparative more prosperous, superlative most prosperous)

1. characterized by success

   Trading Babe Ruth was far more prosperous for the Yankees than for the Red Sox.

2. well off; affluent

   He was raised in a very prosperous household.

3. favorable

   He chose a prosperous lottery number that evening.

Synonyms

• (characterized by success): successful; see also Thesaurus:prosperous
• (well off): affluent, rich, well off, well-to-do, wealthy; see also Thesaurus:wealthy
• (favorable): favorable, lucky; see also Thesaurus:auspicious

Derived terms

• prosperously
• prosperousness
• prosperity

Related terms

• prosper

Translations

characterized by success

• Armenian: բարգավաճ (hy) (bargavač)
• Catalan: pròsper (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 繁榮／繁荣 (zh) (fánróng), 繁荣 (zh) (fánróng), 昌盛 (zh) (chāngshèng)

• Dutch: succesvol (nl), geslaagd (nl)
• Finnish: menestyvä
• French: prospère (fr), florissant (fr), réussissant (fr)
• German: blühend (de), florierend (de), erfolgreich (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: οὔριος (oúrios)

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• Hungarian: sikeres (hu)
• Irish: rafar
• Japanese: 繁栄している (ja) (はんえいしている, han'ei shite iru)
• Latin: prosper, prosperus
• Maori: taurikura
• Norman: prospéthe
• Portuguese: próspero (pt) m
• Romanian: prosper (ro)
• Russian: процвета́ющий (ru) (procvetájuščij), преуспева́ющий (ru) (preuspevájuščij), уда́чливый (ru) (udáčlivyj), благополу́чный (ru) (blagopolúčnyj), успе́шный (ru) (uspéšnyj)

well off; affluent

• Catalan: pròsper (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 富裕 (zh) (fùyù)

• Dutch: welvarend (nl), welgesteld (nl), succesvol (nl)
• Finnish: vauras (fi)
• French: prospère (fr), riche (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: wohlhabend (de), reich (de)
• Hungarian: jómódú (hu)
• Maori: houkura, tōnui
• Norman: prospéthe
• Portuguese: próspero (pt)
• Russian: зажи́точный (ru) (zažítočnyj), состоя́тельный (ru) (sostojátelʹnyj), бога́тый (ru) (bogátyj), обеспе́ченный (ru) (obespéčennyj)
• Spanish: rico (es)

favorable

• Catalan: pròsper (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 好意 (zh) (hǎoyì), 順利／顺利 (zh) (shùnlì), 顺利 (zh) (shùnlì), 有利 (zh) (yǒulì)

• Dutch: voorspoedig (nl), geslaagd (nl), gelukkig (nl)
• Finnish: onnekas (fi)
• French: favorable (fr)
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• German: günstig (de)
• Japanese: 順調な (じゅんちょうな, junchō na)
• Maori: houkura
• Portuguese: próspero (pt)
• Russian: благоприя́тный (ru) (blagoprijátnyj)

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Translations to be checked

• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} dobrostojan m, dobrostojna f
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Anagrams

• oppressour