prosperity

English

Etymology

From Middle English prosperite, from Old French prosperitet, from Latin prosperitās. Equivalent to prosper +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹɑˈspɛɹ.ɪ.ti/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹɒˈspɛɹ.ɪ.ti/

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• Hyphenation: pros‧per‧i‧ty

Noun

prosperity (countable and uncountable, plural prosperities)

1. The condition of being prosperous, of having good fortune

Synonyms

• welfare
• well-being
• affluence
• richdom
• weal
• wealth

Related terms

• prosper
• prosperous

Translations

condition of being prosperous

• Bulgarian: преуспяване (bg) n (preuspjavane), благоденствие (bg) n (blagodenstvie)
• Burmese: မင်္ဂလာ (my) (mangga.la)
• Catalan: prosperitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 繁榮 (zh), 繁荣 (zh) (fánróng)

• Czech: prosperita f
• Dutch: voorspoed (nl)
• Esperanto: prospero
• Finnish: vauraus (fi)
• French: prospérité (fr) f
• Galician: prosperidade (gl) f
• German: Prosperität (de) f, Wohlstand (de) m
• Greek: ευημερία (el) f (evimería), ευπορία (el) f (efporía)

  Ancient: εὐθηνία f (euthēnía), ὄλβος m (ólbos)

• Hindi: समृद्धि (hi) (samŕddhi)
• Icelandic: velmegun f, góðæri (is) n
• Irish: rath m
• Italian: prosperità (it) f
• Japanese: 繁栄 (ja) (はんえい, han'ei)
• Korean: 번영(繁榮) (ko) (beonyeong)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئاسوودەیی‎ (asûdeyî), بەختیاری‎ (ku) (bextyarî), کامەرانی‎ (ku) (kameranî)

• Latin: prosperitās f
• Malayalam: സമൃദ്ധി (ml) (samr̥ddhi), അഭിവൃദ്ധി (ml) (abhivr̥ddhi)
• Manchu: ᠮᡠᡴᡩᡝᠨ (mukden)
• Maori: tōnuitanga, houkuratanga
• Middle English: welthe
• Occitan: prosperitat f
• Polish: dobrobyt (pl) m
• Portuguese: prosperidade (pt) f
• Romanian: prosperitate (ro) f
• Russian: преуспева́ние (ru) n (preuspevánije), процвета́ние (ru) n (procvetánije), благосостоя́ние (ru) n (blagosostojánije)
• Sanskrit: ऋद्धि (sa) f (ṛddhi), स्वस्ति (sa) n (svasti)
• Scottish Gaelic: àigh, piseach m
• Serbo-Croatian: imućstvo n
• Slovak: prosperita f
• Spanish: prosperidad (es) f
• Swedish: välstånd (sv)
• Thai: ความรุ่งเรือง (th) (kwaam-rûng-rʉʉang)
• Turkish: refah (tr), gönenç (tr)
• Ukrainian: процвіта́ння n (procvitánnja)
• Volapük: plöp (vo)

Further reading

• prosperity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• prosperity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911