auspicious

English

Etymology

From auspice +‎ -ious, from Latin auspicium ‎(“augury”), from Latin auspex ‎(“augur”), possibly via French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈspɪʃəs/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃəs

Adjective

auspicious ‎(comparative more auspicious, superlative most auspicious)

1. Of good omen; indicating future success.
2. Conducive to success.

   This is an auspicious day.

3. Marked by success; prosperous.

Synonyms

• (conducive to success): favourable, favorable, promising, propitious, fortunate, lucky
• (marked by success): lucky, fortunate

Antonyms

• disastrous
• ruinous
• inauspicious
• ominous

Derived terms

• auspiciously
• auspiciousness

Translations

indicating future success

• Catalan: propici m, propícia f, favorable (ca) m, f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吉利 (zh) ‎(jílì), 吉祥 (zh) ‎(jíxiáng)

• Czech: slibný m, nadějný (cs) m
• Dutch: gunstig (nl)
• Finnish: lupaava (fi)
• French: propice (fr), faste (fr)
• German: günstig (de), vielversprechend, verheißungsvoll (de), glückverheißend
• Greek:

  Ancient: αἴσιος ‎(aísios)

• Hindi: शुभ (hi) ‎(śubh)

• Irish: dea-thuarúil
• Japanese: めでたい ‎(medetai), 喜ばしい ‎(yorokobashii)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gunstig

  Nynorsk: gunstig

• Portuguese: promissor (pt)
• Russian: благоприя́тный (ru) ‎(blagoprijátnyj)
• Spanish: prometedor (es), propicio (es)
• Swedish: lovande (sv), lyckobådande, gynnsam (sv)
• Urdu: شبھ ‎(śubh)
• Welsh: ffafrol (cy)