happy
English
/ˈhæpiː/, /ˈhæpi/
adj
Definitions
- 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.
- Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky, propitious.
- Content, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).
- (Of acts, speech, etc.) Appropriate, apt, felicitous.
- (in combination) Favoring or inclined to use.
- (rare) Dexterous, ready, skilful.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English happy (fortunate, happy), happyn derived from Old Norse heppinn (happy, fortunate) suf from English hap (luck, chance, occurrence, byfall, fortune, event, a chance, coincidence).
Origin
English
hap
Gloss
luck, chance, occurrence, byfall, fortune, event, a chance, coincidence
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- behap English
- hap English
- hapful English
- haphazard English
- hapless English
- haply English
- happen English
- happify English
- happily English
- happiness English
- happycore English
- happyish English
- happyologist English
- happyology English
- mishap English
- mishappiness English
- mishappy English
- nonhappy English
- overhappy English
- perhaps English
- semihappy English
- unhappied English
- unhappily English
- unhappiness English
- unhappy English
- happy German
- ハッピー Japanese
- hap Middle English
- happily Middle English
- happy Middle English
- happyn Middle English
- myshappy Middle English
- heppinn Old Norse