Noun for the word happy

joy, the emotion of being happy. Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.

Is happiness a noun or adjective?

The noun happiness is formed from the adjective ‘happy’ and the suffix ‘-ness’, used to form nouns that refer to a state or quality.

What type of word is happy?

adjective, hap·pi·er, hap·pi·est. delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person. characterized by or indicative of pleasure, contentment, or joy: a happy mood; a happy frame of mind.

Is happy an adjective?

Are feelings nouns?

A noun is a word that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance, or quality (Cambridge Dictionary). You can say that a feeling is a quality, so, in general, all feelings as independent words are nouns. Most body sensations, emotions and mental states are uncountable.

What kind of noun is the word hospital?

common noun
The word ‘hospital’ is usually a common noun, but it can be part of a proper noun phrase.

What are the top 5 words that describes happiness?

happiness

• beatitude,
• blessedness,
• bliss,
• blissfulness,
• felicity,
• gladness,
• joy,
• warm fuzzies.

What is a adjective for happiness?

joyful, merry, cheerful, delighted, delightful, ecstatic, effervescent, enjoyable, fantastic, glad, heartwarming, high, jubilant, pleasing, pleasurable, welcome, wonderful, cheery, contented, elated, euphoric, jocund, jovial, joyous, overjoyed, vivacious, amusing, blissful, boisterous, boon, buoyant, carefree, chuffed.

Is Happy a noun or a verb?

“happy” is an adjective that qualifies the noun “reading”. “Happy” cannot be a verb, there’s no verb in that sentence but the verb “have” is implied: I wish you have a happy reading, meaning : “I wish you enjoy your reading.”

What emotions are nouns?

4 Answers. A noun is generally defined as “a person, place, thing, or idea”. So a thing that you are feeling or can feel must be a noun, because it is a “thing”. So yes, “headache”, “nausea”, “happiness”, “depression”, etc, are all nouns.

What are positive nouns?

A possessive noun is a noun that possesses something—i.e., it has something. In most cases, a possessive noun is formed by adding an apostrophe +s to the noun, or if the noun is plural and already ends in s, only an apostrophe needs to be added.

What’s the noun for the word’happy’?

What’s the noun for happy? Here’s the word you’re looking for. (uncountable) The emotion of being happy; joy. (archaic, uncountable) prosperity, thriving, wellbeing. (archaic, uncountable) Good luck; good fortune. (obsolete, countable) Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; — used especially of language. preceded by the: happy people as a group.

What is the meaning of the word happily?

Here’s the word you’re looking for. (uncountable) The emotion of being happy; joy. (archaic, uncountable) prosperity, thriving, wellbeing. (archaic, uncountable) Good luck; good fortune. (obsolete, countable) Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; — used especially of language. preceded by the: happy people as a group. plural of happy.

When do you capitalize happy in a sentence?

Again, the noun form of happy is happiness. And only capitalize “happy” in a greeting if it is at the start of a sentence.

What does the word without mean in English?

Apart from my mother tongue, I can speak two other languages. Not: Without my mother-tongue … Without has a negative meaning. We don’t use another negative word immediately after it: The flight was delayed and we had to wait for five hours without anything to eat or drink. Not: … without nothing to eat or drink.

счастливый, довольный, веселый, благополучный, удачный, навеселе, подходящий

прилагательное ↓

Словосочетания

unavailing efforts to make her happy — бесплодные попытки сделать её счастливой  
we endeavor to make our customers happy — Мы стараемся угодить нашим клиентам. (досл. мы стараемся сделать наших клиентов счастливыми)  
her answer made him deliriously happy — её ответ сделал его безумно счастливым  
his dole is to be happy — у него счастливая судьба  
happy face — счастливое лицо  
happy smile — счастливая улыбка  
happy marriage — счастливый брак  
happy childhood — счастливое детство  
he is happy at school — у него все хорошо в школе  
happy event — шутл. рождение ребенка; новорожденный  
to live happily /a happy life/ — жить счастливо  
may you be happy! — да сопутствует вам счастье!  

Примеры с переводом

Примеры, ожидающие перевода

Возможные однокоренные слова

chappy  — паренек, парнишка, потрескавшийся
hap  — происходить, случаться, случай, судьба
hapless  — несчастный, незадачливый, злополучный, горемычный
happen  — происходить, случаться, бывать, статься, случайно найти, приводиться
happily  — счастливо, к счастью, весело, успешно, удачно
happiness  — счастье, удача
trigger-happy  — воинственный, агрессивный, готовый стрелять по любому поводу
unhappy  — несчастный, несчастливый, неудачный
slaphappy  — обалдевший, придурковатый, ошеломленный, потрясенный, шальной, беспечный
bomb-happy  — угрожающий ядерным оружием или войной, воинственный, контуженный

Формы слова

adjective
срав. степ. (comparative): happier
прев. степ. (superlative): happiest

• Afrikaans: bly (af), gelukkig
• Albanian: i lumtur, i kënaqur, (i) gëzuar
• American Sign Language: OpenB@Chest-PalmBack-OpenB@Chest-PalmBack Upanddown-Upanddown OpenB@SideNeckhigh-PalmBack-OpenB@SideNeckhigh-PalmBack
• Arabic: سَعِيد‎ (saʕīd), فَرِح‎ (ar) (fariḥ)

  Egyptian Arabic: مبسوط‎ (mabsūṭ), سعيد‎ (saʿīd), فرحان‎ (farḥān), منشكح‎ (monšakeḥ) (usually humorous)

  Hijazi Arabic: مبسوط‎ (mabsūṭ), فَرْحان‎ (farḥān)

• Armenian: երջանիկ (hy) (erǰanik), ուրախ (hy) (urax)
• Aromanian: ambar, hãrios
• Assamese: please add this translation if you can
• Asturian: feliz, contentu, gayoleru, gayasperu
• Azerbaijani: xoşbəxt (az), məsud, bəxtiyar (az), səadətli, şən (az)
• Bashkir: бәхетле (bäxetle)
• Basque: pozik
• Belarusian: шчаслі́вы (ščaslívy), ра́дасны (be) (rádasny)
• Bengali: খুশি (bn) (khuśi)
• Bikol Central: maugma (bcl)
• Bulgarian: щастли́в (bg) (štastlív), ра́достен (bg) (rádosten)
• Burmese: ရွှင်ပျ (my) (hrwangpya.), ပျော် (my) (pyau)
• Catalan: feliç (ca), content (ca), alegre (ca)
• Chakma: please add this translation if you can
• Chamicuro: pya’kijnani
• Chechen: реза (reza)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 高興／高兴 (gou¹ hing³)

  Mandarin: 高興／高兴 (zh) (gāoxìng), 愉快 (zh) (yúkuài), 快樂／快乐 (zh) (kuàilè), 幸福 (zh) (xìngfú)

  Min Nan: 歡喜／欢喜 (zh-min-nan) (hoaⁿ-hí), 快樂／快乐 (zh-min-nan) (khòai-lo̍k)

• Cornish: lowen
• Czech: šťastný (cs), radostný (cs)
• Dalmatian: alegr
• Danish: glad (da), lykkelig (da)
• Dutch: gelukkig (nl), blij (nl)
• Esperanto: feliĉa
• Estonian: õnnelik (et)
• Faroese: glaður
• Fijian: marau (fj)
• Finnish: onnellinen (fi), iloinen (fi), tyytyväinen (fi)
• French: heureux (fr) m, heureuse (fr) f, content (fr) m, contente (fr) f, bienheureux (fr) m, bienheureuse (fr) f
• Friulian: feliç
• Galician: feliz (gl), ledo (gl) m
• Georgian: ბედნიერი (bednieri)
• German: zufrieden (de), fröhlich (de), froh (de), freudig (de)
• Greek: ευχαριστημένος (el) m (efcharistiménos), χαρούμενος (el) m (charoúmenos)
• Haitian Creole: kontan
• Hawaiian: hauʻoli
• Hebrew: מאושר‎ (m’ushar), שָׂמֵחַ‎ (he) (saméakh)
• Hindi: सुखी (hi) (sukhī), ख़ुश (xuś), प्रसन्न (hi) (prasanna)
• Hungarian: boldog (hu)
• Icelandic: hamingjusamur (is)
• Ido: felica (io)
• Indonesian: senang (id)
• Interlingua: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: áthasach, sona
• Italian: felice (it), lieto (it), contento (it)
• Japanese: 幸せな (ja) (しあわせな, shiawase na), 幸福な (ja) (こうふくな, kōfuku na), 嬉しい (ja) (うれしい, ureshii)
• Kaingang: mrir
• Kazakh: бақытты (kk) (baqytty), аруақты (aruaqty), базарлы (bazarly)
• Khmer: រីករាយ (km) (riik riəy)
• Korean: 행복하다 (ko) (haengbokhada), 기뻐하다 (ko) (gippeohada), 기쁘다 (ko) (gippeuda)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: دڵ خۆش‎ (dill xoş), خەنی‎ (ckb) (xenî)

• Kyrgyz: бактылуу (ky) (baktıluu)
• Ladin: please add this translation if you can
• Lao: ກະຈົວະກະຈວກ (ka chua ka chūak), ກະເຈາະກະຈອກ (lo) (ka chǫ ka chǭk)
• Latgalian: laimeigs
• Latin: laetus (la), beatus
• Latvian: laimīgs, priecīgs
• Ligurian: feliçe
• Lithuanian: laimingas (lt)
• Lombard: felice
• Louisiana Creole French: gé, èrè, konten
• Luxembourgish: glécklech (lb)
• Macedonian: среќен (sreḱen), радосен (radosen)
• Malay: bahagia, gembira
• Malayalam: സന്തോഷിപ്പിക്കുന്ന (santōṣippikkunna)
• Maltese: kuntenti (mt), ferħan
• Manx: maynrey
• Mazanderani: خار‎
• Middle English: wynne
• Mizo: hlim
• Mongolian: азтай (aztaj), баяртай (mn) (bajartaj), жаргалтай (žargaltaj)
• Norman: heûtheux
• North Frisian: bliir (Sylt)
• Norwegian: glad (no), lykkelig
• Occitan: urós (oc), joiós (oc), gaujós, content (oc)
• Old English: blīþe
• Persian: شاد‎ (fa) (šâd), خوش‎ (fa) (xoš), خوشحال‎ (fa) (xošhâl), خرم‎ (fa) (xorram)
• Piedmontese: felice
• Plautdietsch: froo, freelich, schaftich
• Polish: szczęśliwy (pl), radosny (pl)
• Portuguese: feliz (pt)
• Quechua: kusi, kusisqa
• Rohingya: kúci
• Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
• Romani: baxtalo m, baxtali m, baxtale m
• Romanian: fericit (ro), bucuros (ro)
• Romansch: legher, alleger, cuntent, cuntaint, ventiraivel
• Russian: счастли́вый (ru) (sčastlívyj), ра́достный (ru) (rádostnyj)
• Sanskrit: सुखिन् (sa) (sukhin), प्रसन्न (sa) (prasanna)
• Scots: blithe
• Scottish Gaelic: sona, toilichte, àghmhor
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: срећан (Bosnia, Serbia), сретан (Bosnia, Croatia)

  Roman: srećan (Bosnia, Serbia), sretan (sh) (Bosnia, Croatia)

• Shor: ырыстығ (ırıstığ)
• Sicilian: filici (scn)
• Slovak: šťastný (sk), radostný, rád m, rada f
• Slovene: srečen (sl)
• Spanish: feliz (es), alegre (es), contento (es), satisfecho (es)
• Swedish: glad (sv), lycklig (sv)
• Sylheti: please add this translation if you can
• Tagalog: masaya
• Tajik: хушбахт (tg) (xušbaxt), хушҳол (tg) (xušhol)
• Tatar: бәхетле (bäxetle)
• Telugu: ప్రశాంతం (te) (praśāntaṁ), ప్రసన్నత (te) (prasannata)
• Thai: มีความสุข (mee kwaam sòok), ดีใจ (th) (dii-jai)
• Tocharian B: sākre
• Tongan: fiefia
• Turkish: mutlu (tr)
• Turkmen: hoşbagt
• Ukrainian: щасли́вий (uk) (ščaslývyj), ра́дісний (rádisnyj)
• Urdu: خوش‎ (xuś), سکھی‎ (sukhī), پرسن‎ (prasann)
• Uzbek: baxtiyor (uz), baxtli (uz), xushhol (uz), xursand (uz)
• Vietnamese: mừng (vi), vui (vi), hạnh phúc (vi)
• Volapük: fredik (vo)
• Welsh: dedwydd (cy), hapus (cy)
• West Frisian: bliid
• Yiddish: פֿריילעך‎ (freylekh), גליקלעך‎ (gliklekh), באַגליקט‎ (baglikt)
• Yucatec Maya: kiimak ool

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hap·py

 (hăp′ē)

adj. hap·pi·er, hap·pi·est

1. Enjoying, showing, or marked by pleasure, satisfaction, or joy. See Synonyms at glad.

2. Cheerful; willing: happy to help.

3. Characterized by good luck. See Synonyms at fortunate.

4. Being especially well-adapted; felicitous: a happy turn of phrase.

5.

a. Characterized by a spontaneous or obsessive inclination to use something. Often used in combination: trigger-happy.

b. Enthusiastic about or involved with to a disproportionate degree. Often used in combination: money-happy; clothes-happy.

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[Middle English, from hap, luck; see hap.]

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hap′pi·ly adv.

hap′pi·ness n.

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happy

(ˈhæpɪ)

adj, -pier or -piest

1. feeling, showing, or expressing joy; pleased

2. willing: I’d be happy to show you around.

3. causing joy or gladness

4. fortunate; lucky: the happy position of not having to work.

5. aptly expressed; appropriate: a happy turn of phrase.

6. (postpositive) informal slightly intoxicated

interj

(in combination): happy birthday; happy Christmas.

[C14: see hap¹, -y¹]

ˈhappily adv

ˈhappiness n

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hap•py

(ˈhæp i)

adj. -pi•er, -pi•est.

1. delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing.

2. characterized by or indicative of pleasure, contentment, or joy: a happy mood.

3. fortunate or lucky: a happy, fruitful land.

4. apt or felicitous, as actions, utterances, or ideas.

5. obsessed by or quick to use the item indicated (usu. used in combination): a trigger-happy gangster.

[1300–50; see hap¹, -y¹]

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glad

– happy – cheerful

1. ‘glad’

If you are glad about something, you are pleased about it.

I’m so glad that you passed the exam.

She seemed glad of the chance to leave early.

2. ‘happy’

You can also say that you are happy about something when you are pleased about it.

She was happy that his sister was coming.

If someone is contented and enjoys life, you say that they are happy.

She always seemed such a happy woman.

Be Careful!
Don’t use ‘glad’ with this meaning, and don’t use ‘glad’ in front of a noun. Don’t say, for example, ‘She always seemed such a glad woman‘.

3. ‘cheerful’

If someone shows that they are happy by smiling and laughing a lot, you say that they are cheerful.

The men stayed cheerful and determined even when things got difficult.

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happy

– sad

There are a number of adjectives which are used to indicate how happy or sad someone is. The adjectives in the following list are arranged from ‘most happy’ to ‘least happy’:

• ecstatic, elated, euphoric

  His wife gave birth to their first child, and he was ecstatic about it.

  ‘That was one of the best races of my life,’ said an elated Hakkinen.

  It had received euphoric support from the public.

• joyful, radiant, jubilant

  A wedding is a joyful celebration of love.

  On her wedding day the bride looked truly radiant.

  Hogg was jubilant after winning the men’s doubles for the 10th time.

• happy, cheerful, jolly

  Marina was a confident, happy child.

  They are both very cheerful in spite of their colds.

  She was a jolly, kindhearted woman.
• light-hearted

  They were light-hearted and prepared to enjoy life.

• contented, fulfilled

  She was gazing at him with a soft, contented smile on her face.

  I feel more fulfilled doing this than I’ve ever done.

• dissatisfied, moody, discontented

  82% of voters are dissatisfied with the way their country is being governed.

  David’s mother was unstable and moody.

  The government tried to appease discontented workers.

• sad, unhappy, depressed, gloomy, glum, dejected, despondent, dispirited

  I’d grown fond of our little house and felt sad to leave it.

  Her marriage is in trouble and she is desperately unhappy.

  She’s been very depressed and upset about this whole situation.

  Do you tend to be over-serious or gloomy?

  She was very glum and was obviously missing her children.

  Everyone has days when they feel dejected or down.

  I feel despondent when my work is rejected.

  I left eventually at six o’clock feeling utterly dispirited and depressed.

• miserable, wretched

  I took a series of badly paid secretarial jobs which made me really miserable.

  I feel really confused and wretched.

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lucky

– happy

1. ‘lucky’

You say that someone is lucky when something nice happens to them, or when they always seem to have good luck.

You’re a lucky girl to have so many friends.

The lucky winners were given £5000 each.

2. ‘happy’

Don’t use ‘lucky’ to say that someone has feelings of pleasure and contentment. The word you use is happy.

Sarah’s such a happy person – she’s always laughing.

Barbara felt tremendously happy when she heard the news.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	happy — enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure; «a happy smile»; «spent many happy days on the beach»; «a happy marriage» cheerful — being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; «her cheerful nature»; «a cheerful greeting»; «a cheerful room»; «as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be» content, contented — satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are; «a contented smile» elated — exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits; «the elated winner»; «felt elated and excited» euphoric — exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation felicitous — exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style; «a felicitous speaker» glad — showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy; «glad you are here»; «glad that they succeeded»; «gave a glad shout»; «a glad smile»; «heard the glad news»; «a glad occasion» joyful — full of or producing joy; «make a joyful noise»; «a joyful occasion» joyous — full of or characterized by joy; «felt a joyous abandon»; «joyous laughter» unhappy — experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent; «unhappy over her departure»; «unhappy with her raise»; «after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence»; «had an unhappy time at school»; «the unhappy (or sad) news»; «he looks so sad»
	2.	happy — marked by good fortune; «a felicitous life»; «a happy outcome» felicitous fortunate — having unexpected good fortune; «other, less fortunate, children died»; «a fortunate choice»
	3.	happy — eagerly disposed to act or to be of service; «glad to help» glad willing — disposed or inclined toward; «a willing participant»; «willing helpers»
	4.	happy — well expressed and to the point; «a happy turn of phrase»; «a few well-chosen words» well-chosen felicitous — exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style; «a felicitous speaker»

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happy

adjective

1. pleased, delighted, content, contented, thrilled, glad, blessed, blest, sunny, cheerful, jolly, merry, ecstatic, gratified, jubilant, joyous, joyful, elated, over the moon (informal), overjoyed, blissful, rapt, blithe, on cloud nine (informal), cock-a-hoop, walking on air (informal), floating on air I’m just happy to be back running.

2. contented, blessed, blest, joyful, blissful, blithe We have a very happy marriage.
joyful low, sad, depressed, sorry, unhappy, miserable, gloomy, discontented, melancholy, sombre, forlorn, displeased, mournful, despondent, sorrowful, joyless, down in the dumps (informal)

4. fortunate, lucky, timely, appropriate, convenient, favourable, auspicious, propitious, apt, befitting, advantageous, well-timed, opportune, felicitous, seasonable a happy coincidence
fortunate unhappy, unfortunate, unlucky, inapt

Quotations
«Happy the man, and happy he alone»
«He who can call today his own;»
«He who, secure within, can say,»
«Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today» [John Dryden Imitation of Horace]
«The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself» [Publilius Syrus Moral Sayings]
«Call no man happy till he dies, he is at best but fortunate» [Solon]
«Happy men are grave. They carry their happiness cautiously, as they would a glass filled to the brim which the slightest movement could cause to spill over, or break» [Jules Barbey D’Aurevilly Les Diaboliques]

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happy

adjective

1. Characterized by luck or good fortune:

2. Being in or showing good spirits:

3. Having achieved satisfaction, as of one’s goal:

4. Providing joy and pleasure:

5. Marked by festal celebration:

6. Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place:

appropriate, apt, becoming, befitting, correct, felicitous, fit, fitting, meet, proper, right, tailor-made.

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Translations

سَعيدسَعِيدمَحْظوظمُسْتَعِد

feliç

šťastnýrádspokojený

gladheldiglykkeligvillig

feliĉagajakontenta

onnellinenaulishyväkäteväonnekas

sretan

boldogszerencsés

senang

heppilegurglaîur, feginnhamingjusamur

幸福な

행복한

felixlaetus

aukso viduryslaimingaslaimingas galėdamas

laimīgspriecīgsveiksmīgs

bucurosfericit

šťastný

srečenzadovoljen

lyckliglyckligtnöjdnöjtglad

เป็นสุข

hạnh phúcmaymay mắnmừngsung sướng

happy

[ˈhæpɪ]

A. ADJ (happier (compar) (happiest (superl)))

7. (= tipsy) → contentillo, alegre

B. CPD happy families NSING (Cards) → juego m de las familias
happy hour N → happy hour m (hora durante la cual se paga menos por la bebida en los bares)

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happy

[ˈhæpi] adj

(= cheerful, contented) [person] → heureux/euse; [mood] → gai(e); [smile] → satisfait(e); [face] → heureux/euse; [day, occasion] → heureux/euse; [memory] → heureux/euse; [childhood, marriage, life] → heureux/euse; [place] → gai(e)
Janet looks happy → Janet a l’air heureuse.
It was the happiest day of my life → C’était le plus beau jour de ma vie.
to put on a happy face → faire bonne figure

(= pleased, satisfied) [person, customer] → satisfait(e)
to keep sb happy → contenter qn
to be happy with sth [+ arrangements, work] → être satisfait(e) de qch
I’m very happy with your work → Je suis très satisfait de ton travail.
to be happy for sb (= delighted) → être content(e) pour qn
to be happy about doing sth → être content(e) de faire qch
to be happy to hear that … → être heureux/euse d’apprendre que …
I was happy to hear that you passed your exams → J’ai été heureux d’apprendre que tu as réussi tes examens.

(= fortunate) [coincidence] → heureux/eusehappy couple n
the happy couple → les jeunes mariés mplhappy event n (= birth) the happy event → l’heureux événement mhappy-go-lucky [ˌhæpigəʊˈlʌki] adj → insouciant(e)happy hour n → happy hour f dans un bar, heure pendant laquelle les consommations sont à prix réduithappy medium n → juste milieu m

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happy

adj (+er)

(= joyful, glad) person, smile, expression, time, life, home, marriage → glücklich; atmosphere → harmonisch; the happy couple (= newlyweds) → das Brautpaar; a happy feeling → ein Glücksgefühl nt; that gives me a happy feeling → das macht mich glücklich; to make somebody happy → jdn glücklich machen; they were having such a happy time → sie hatten so viel Spaß; the school is a happy place, it’s a happy school → an der Schule sind die Kinder glücklich; a happy atmosphere for their children → eine glückliche Umgebung für ihre Kinder; a happy ending → ein guter or glücklicher Ausgang, ein Happy End nt, → ein Happyend nt; happy birthday (to you) → herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag; Happy Easter/Christmas → frohe Ostern/Weihnachten ? return N a

(= content, satisfied) (not) to be happy about or with something → mit etw (nicht) zufrieden sein; to be happy to do something (= willing) → etw gern tun; (= pleased) → sich freuen, etw zu tun; (= relieved) → froh sein, etw zu tun; that’s a risk I’m happy to take → dieses Risiko gehe ich gern ein; I was happy to hear that you passed your exam → es hat mich gefreut zu hören, dass du die Prüfung bestanden hast; I’m just happy to be back → ich bin einfach nur froh, wieder da zu sein; to be happy to let somebody do something → damit einverstanden sein, dass jd etw tut; he’s happy to leave it to me → er überlässt es mir gern

(= fortunate, felicitous) chance, coincidence, solution, choice → glücklich; by happy chance → durch einen glücklichen Zufall

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happy

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happy hour

n (in pubs etc) Zeit, in der Getränke zu ermäßigten Preisen angeboten werden

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happy

[ˈhæpɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl)))

b. (well-chosen, phrase, idea) → felice, indovinato/a; (lucky, position) → fortunato/a, favorevole
by a happy chance → per fortuna

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happy

(ˈhӕpi) adjective

1. having or showing a feeling of pleasure or contentment. a happy smile; I feel happy today.

2. willing. I’d be happy to help you.

3. lucky. By a happy chance I have the key with me.

ˈhappiness nounˈhappily adverb

The child smiled happily; Happily, (= Fortunately,) she arrived home safely.

ˌhappy-go-ˈlucky adjective

not worrying about what might happen. cheerful and happy-go-lucky.

happy medium

a sensible middle course between two extreme positions. I need to find the happy medium between starving and over-eating.

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

happy

→ سَعِيد šťastný glad glücklich ευτυχισμένος feliz onnellinen heureux sretan felice 幸福な 행복한 gelukkig glad szczęśliwy feliz счастливый lycklig เป็นสุข mutlu hạnh phúc 快乐的

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

happy

a. contento-a, alegre, feliz.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

• Happy New Year!
• Happy birthday!

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happy

adj feliz, contento

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