bliss

See also: Bliss

English

Etymology

From Middle English bliss, from Old English bliss, variant of earlier blīds, blīþs (“joy, gladness”), from Proto-Germanic *blīþisjō (“joy, goodness, kindness”). Cognate with Old Saxon blīthsia, blīdsea, blizza (“joy, jubilation”). Related to blithe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /blɪs/
Rhymes: -ɪs

Noun

bliss (countable and uncountable, plural blisses)

perfect happiness

Derived terms

terms derived from bliss (noun)

Translations

perfect happiness

Arabic: نَعِيم‎ m (naʿīm)
Belarusian: асалода f (asalóda), блажэнства n (blažénstva), благасць f (bláhascʹ)
Bulgarian: блаженство (bg) n (blažénstvo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 極樂 (zh), 极乐 (zh) (jílè), 喜悅 (zh), 喜悦 (zh) (xǐyuè), 福佑 (zh) (fúyòu), 幸福 (zh) (xìngfú)
Czech: blaženost f
Dutch: gelukzaligheid f, verrukking (nl) f
Esperanto: beato (eo), beateco
Finnish: onni (fi), autuus (fi)
French: béatitude (fr) f, félicité (fr) f
Georgian: ნეტარება (neṭareba), განცხრომა (gancxroma)
German: Glückseligkeit (de) f, Glück (de) n
Greek: ευδαιμονία (el) f (evdaimonía), μακαριότητα (el) f (makariótita)
Hindi: आनन्द (hi) m (ānãnd)
Hungarian: boldogság (hu)
Italian: beatitudine (it)
Japanese: 幸福 (ja) (こうふく, kōfuku), 至福 (しふく, shifuku)
Macedonian: блаженство n (bláženstvo)
Malay: kebahagiaan
Maori: hākoakoa, mākoakoa, manahau

Norwegian:
Bokmål: lykksalighet
Old Church Slavonic: блажєньство n (blaženĭstvo)
Old English: ēad n
Old Saxon: ōd n
Persian: سعادت‎ (fa) (sa'âdat)
Polish: błogość (pl) f
Portuguese: júbilo (pt) m, gáudio (pt) m, êxtase (pt) f
Romanian: beatitudine (ro) f, euforie (ro) f, extaz (ro) n
Russian: блаже́нство (ru) n (blažénstvo)
Serbo-Croatian: блаженство n, blaženstvo (sh) n
Slovak: blaženosť f
Slovene: blaženost f
Spanish: euforia (es) f, dicha (es) f, beatitud (es) f
Swedish: lycksalighet c, lycka (sv) c
Thai: ความผาสุก (kwaam-pǎa-sùk)
Turkish: mutluluk (tr), huzur (tr), erinç (tr), gönül rahatlığı (tr), dirlik (tr)
Ukrainian: блаженство (uk) n (blažénstvo)
Urdu: آنند‎ (ur) m (ānand)

Old English

Etymology

From bliðs, from Proto-Germanic *blīþisjō, from *blīþiz (“gentle, kind”) + -tjo. See also blithe.

Noun

bliss f

joy

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