Phrase guide

bless you

intj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈblɛs juː/
  • /ˈblɛʃ(j)uː/
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1

intj

Meaning 1

Short for (may) God bless you: said as a short prayer for the recipient.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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intj

Meaning 2

Said to someone who has just sneezed, as a polite remark.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gesundheit

Antonyms: none provided

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intj

Meaning 3

Used to express non-understanding of someone who has just used an unusual or foreign word or phrase (as if to imply that it sounds like a sneeze).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: humorous, idiomatic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Short for God bless you, from Middle English God blesse you, God blisse you.

Across languages

Translations

132 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: shëndet — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Arabic: صِحَّة (ṣiḥḥa) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Arabic: اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰه (al-ḥamdu li-llāh) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Arabic: يَرْحَمْكُم اللّٰه (yarḥamkum allāh) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Arabic: يَرْحَمْكُم (yarḥamkum) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Arabic: صَحَّة (ṣaḥḥa) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܪ̈ܲܚܡܹܐ (b-raḥmē) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Armenian: առողջություն (aṙoġǰutʻyun) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Asturian: santinos — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Azerbaijani: sağlam ol — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Azerbaijani: sağlam olun — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Basque: doministiku — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Bulgarian: наздра́ве (nazdráve) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Catalan: salut — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Catalan: Jesús — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Cheyenne: nevá'esėstse tsénėhetáta'e — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一百歲 /一百岁 (yībǎi suì) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Ngazidja Comorian: âfia — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Czech: na zdraví — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Danish: prosit — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Dutch: gezondheid — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Dutch: proost — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Esperanto: sanon — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Estonian: terviseks — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Faroese: Gud signi teg — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Faroese: Jesus signi teg — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Faroese: Jesuspápi signi teg — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Finnish: terveydeksi — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • French: à vos souhaits — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • French: à tes souhaits — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • French: à vos amours — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • French: à tes amours — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • French: et qu'elles durent toujours — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Galician: saúde! — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Georgian: ჯანმრთელობა (ǯanmrteloba) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • German: Gesundheit — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • German: hatschi — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • German: prost — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • German: Helfgott — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Greek: υγείες (ygeíes) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Greek: γείτσες (geítses) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Hebrew: לַבְּרִיאוּת (labri'út) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Hebrew: לִבְרִיאוּת (livri'út) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Hebrew: אָסוּתָא (asúta) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Hindi: हरी ॐ (harī om) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Hungarian: egészségedre — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Hunsrik: Gesundheet — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Hunsrik: Gesundheit — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Icelandic: guð hjálpi þér — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Icelandic: hjálpi þér — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Icelandic: Guð blessi þig — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Icelandic: blessi þig — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Ingrian: oo terve — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Irish: Dia linn! — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Irish: deiseal! — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Italian: salute! — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Japanese: お大事に (o-daiji ni) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Japanese: 徳万歳 (tokomanzai) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Kalmyk: бурхнаш (burxnaş) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Kalmyk: бурхн арш (burxn arş) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Kazakh: жәрекімалда (järekımalda) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Khmer: អាយុវែង (’aayu’ vɛɛng) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Northern Kurdish: xêr be înşele — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Kyrgyz: Акчуч (Akcuc) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Kyrgyz: ак чүч (ak cüc) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Lakota: waȟtéšni — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Lao: ພຸດໂທ (phut thō) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Lao: ທັມໂມ (tham mō) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Lao: ສົງໂຄ (song khō) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Latin: absit omen — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Latin: salūtā — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Latin: salvē — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Latin: salvēte — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Latvian: uz veselību — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Lithuanian: į sveikatą — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Luxembourgish: Gesondheet — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Macedonian: на здравје (na zdravje) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Malagasy: velona — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Maltese: evviva — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Nepali: चिरन्जिभी (ciranjibhī) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Norwegian: prosit — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Persian: عافیت باشه ('âfiyat bâše) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Persian: الحمد للّٰه (al-hamdo le-llâh) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Polish: na zdrowie — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Portuguese: santinho! — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Portuguese: saúde! — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Portuguese: viva — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Portuguese: Deus te crie — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Romanian: sănătate! — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Romanian: noroc — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Romanian: chef — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Russian: будь здоро́в (budʹ zdoróv) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Russian: будь здоро́ва (budʹ zdoróva) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Russian: бу́дьте здоро́вы (búdʹte zdoróvy) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Rwanda-Rundi: kira — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Scottish Gaelic: Dia leat! — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Serbo-Croatian: на здравље — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Serbo-Croatian: наздравље — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Serbo-Croatian: na zdravlje — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Serbo-Croatian: nazdravlje — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Sicilian: gisuzzu — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Sicilian: saluti! — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Slovak: na zdravie — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Slovene: na zdravje — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Spanish: ¡salud! — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Spanish: ¡Jesús! — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Spanish: ¡santinos! — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Swahili: afya — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Swedish: prosit — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Swedish: väl bekomme — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Tày: cơm muối — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Telugu: చిరంజీవ (cirañjīva) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Thai: พุทโธ — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Thai: ธรรโม — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Thai: สงโฆ — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Turkish: çok yaşa — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Turkish: çok yaşayın — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Turkish: yerhamükellah — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Turkmen: sabyr et — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Ukrainian: будьте здорові (budʹte zdorovi) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Urdu: الحمد للّٰہ (al-hamdu li-llāh) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Urdu: یرحمک اللہ (yarhamak-allāh) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Urdu: سلامت باشد (salāmat-bāśad) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Urdu: سلامت باشید (salāmat-bāśed) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Uzbek: sogʻ boʻling — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Uzbek: salomat boʻling — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Vietnamese: cơm muối — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Welsh: bendithiwch chi — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Welsh: Bendith Duw di — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Yiddish: זײַ געזונט (zay gezunt) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Yiddish: צו געזונט (tsu gezunt) — said to somebody who has sneezed
  • Yoruba: pẹ̀lẹ́ — said to somebody who has sneezed