happy

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English happy (“fortunate, happy”), perhaps an alteration of Middle English happyn, happen (“fortunate, happy”), possibly related to or from Old Norse heppinn (“fortunate, happy”); and potentially assimilated to be equivalent to hap (“chance, luck, fortune”) +‎ -y. Compare also Icelandic heppinn (“lucky”), Faroese heppin (“fortunate, lucky, happy”), Norwegian Nynorsk heppen (“lucky”), Scots happin (“fortunate, blessed”). See further at hap. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhæp.i/ Hyphenation: hap‧py Rhymes: -æpi === Adjective === happy (comparative happier or more happy, superlative happiest or most happy) Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous. Synonyms: cheerful, content, delighted, elated, exultant, glad, joyful, jubilant, merry; see also Thesaurus:happy Antonyms: blue, depressed, down, miserable, moody, morose, sad, unhappy; see also Thesaurus:sad (of people) Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky. Synonyms: fortunate, lucky; see also Thesaurus:lucky Antonyms: unfortunate, unlucky (archaic) Elect or saved after death, blessed. Content, willing, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something). Synonym: pleased Antonyms: disenchanted, dissatisfied (of acts, events, speech, etc.) Bringing or being an instance of favourable fortune; apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious. Antonyms: inapt, unfelicitous, unfortunate, unpropitious (in combination) Favoring or inclined to use. (rare, of people, often followed by "at" or "in") Dexterous, ready, skilful. Implying “May you have a happy ⁓” or similar; used in phrases to wish someone happiness or good fortune at the time of a festival, celebration, or other event or activity. ==== Usage notes ==== (contented, joyous): Said of people, hours, times, thoughts, etc. (fortunate, lucky): Said of efforts, expedients, omens, ventures, etc. ==== Alternative forms ==== happie (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → German: happy → Welsh: hapus (calque) → Japanese: ハッピー (happī) ==== Translations ==== === Noun === happy (plural happies) (informal, rare) A happy event, thing, person, etc. === Verb === happy (third-person singular simple present happies, present participle happying, simple past and past participle happied) (intransitive, informal) Often followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up. Synonyms: blithen, cheer up, chirk, liven up, perk up (transitive, informal) Often followed by up: to make happy; to brighten, to cheer, to enliven. Synonyms: bright, cheer up, happify, perk up; see also Thesaurus:gladden === Further reading === Happy (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Chinese == === Etymology === From English happy. === Pronunciation 1 === ==== Verb ==== happy (Hong Kong Cantonese) to amuse oneself (by extension in Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism elsewhere, euphemistic) to party; to make love ==== Adjective ==== happy (Hong Kong Cantonese) happy ==== Adverb ==== happy (Hong Kong Cantonese) happily === Pronunciation 2 === ==== Adjective ==== happy (Hong Kong Cantonese) happy; delightful; delighted ==== Adverb ==== happy (Hong Kong Cantonese) happily; delightfully; delightedly === References === Bauer, Robert S. (2021), ABC Cantonese-English Comprehensive Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 434 == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from English happy. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɛpi/ === Adjective === happy (strong nominative masculine singular happyer, comparative happyer, superlative am happysten) (colloquial, chiefly predicative) glad; satisfied; momentarily happy ==== Usage notes ==== The German word is used as a synonym of froh (“glad, momentarily happy”) rather than glücklich (“happy, both momentarily and generally in life”). On the rare occasion that this adjective is used attributively, the positive form happy typically remains undeclined, whereas the comparison forms are declined in the normal fashion. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === happi === Etymology === hap +‎ -y === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhapiː/ === Adjective === happy fortunate, prosperous, lucky; blessed ==== Descendants ==== English: happy (see there for further descendants) Yola: happie ==== References ==== “happī, adj. & adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.