bliss

See also: Bliss

English

Etymology

From Middle English bliss, from Old English bliss, variant of earlier blīds, blīþs (“joy, gladness”), from Proto-Germanic *blīþisjō (“joy, goodness, kindness”). Cognate with Old Saxon blīthsia, blīdsea, blizza (“joy, jubilation”). Related to blithe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɪs

Noun

bliss (countable and uncountable, plural blisses)

1. perfect happiness

Derived terms

terms derived from bliss (noun)

• blissful
• blissless
• bliss ninny

• blissed up
• follow one's bliss
• ignorance is bliss

Translations

perfect happiness

• Arabic: بَرَكَة‎ f (baraka), سَعَادَة‎ f (saʿāda)
• Belarusian: асалода f (asalóda), блажэнства n (blažénstva), благасць f (bláhascʹ)
• Bulgarian: блаженство (bg) n (blažénstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 極樂 (zh), 极乐 (zh) (jílè), 喜悅 (zh), 喜悦 (zh) (xǐyuè), 福佑 (zh) (fúyòu), 幸福 (zh) (xìngfú)

• Czech: blaženost f
• Dutch: gelukzaligheid f, verrukking (nl) f
• Finnish: onni (fi), autuus
• French: béatitude (fr) f, félicité (fr) f
• Georgian: ნეტარება (neṭareba), გან­ცხრო­მა (gan­cxro­ma)
• German: Glückseligkeit (de) f, Glück (de) n
• Greek: ευδαιμονία (el) f (evdaimonía), μακαριότητα (el) f (makariótita)
• Hindi: आनन्द (hi) m (ānãnd)
• Italian: beatitudine (it)
• Japanese: 幸福 (ja) (こうふく, kōfuku), 至福 (しふく, shifuku)
• Macedonian: блаженство n (bláženstvo)
• Malay: kebahagiaan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lykksalighet

• Old Church Slavonic: блажєньство n (blaženĭstvo)
• Old English: ēad n
• Old Saxon: ōd n
• Persian: سعادت‎ (fa) (sa'âdat)
• Polish: błogość (pl) f
• Portuguese: júbilo (pt) m, gáudio (pt) m, êxtase (pt) f
• Romanian: beatitudine (ro) f, euforie (ro) f, extaz (ro) n
• Russian: блаже́нство (ru) n (blažénstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian: блаженство n, blaženstvo (sh) n
• Slovak: blaženosť f
• Slovene: blaženost f
• Spanish: euforia (es) f, dicha (es) f, beatitud (es) f
• Swedish: lycksalighet c, lycka (sv) c
• Turkish: mutluluk (tr), huzur (tr), erinç (tr), gönül rahatlığı (tr), dirlik (tr)
• Ukrainian: блаженство (uk) n (blažénstvo)
• Urdu: آنند‎ (ur) m (ānand)

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Old English

Etymology

From bliðs, from Proto-Germanic *blīþisjō, from *blīþiz (“gentle, kind”) + -tjo. See also blithe.

Noun

bliss f

1. joy