prosperity

English

Etymology

From Old French prosperitet, from Latin prosperitās.

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

Related terms

• prosper
• prosperous

Translations

condition of being prosperous

• 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)

• Icelandic: velmegun f, góðæri (is) n
• Irish: rath m
• Italian: prosperità (it) f

• Japanese: 繁栄 (ja) (はんえい, han'ei)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئاسووده‌یی‎ (ku) (asûdeyî), به‌ختیاری‎ (ku) (bextyarî), کامه‌رانی‎ (ku) (kameranî)

• Maori: tōnuitanga, houkuratanga
• 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)
• Scottish Gaelic: àigh, piseach m
• Serbo-Croatian: imućstvo n
• Slovak: prosperita f
• Spanish: prosperidad (es) f
• Swedish: välstånd (sv)
• Turkish: refah (tr), gönenç (tr)
• Volapük: plöp (vo)

Further reading

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