noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/kənˈtɛntmənt/
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CMU ARPABET:K AH0 N T EH1 N T M AH0 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The state or degree of being contented or satisfied.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Happiness in one's situation; satisfaction
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The neurophysiological experience of satisfaction and being at ease in one's situation, body, and/or mind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
happiness with one's situation in life
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: discontentment
Broader terms: happiness
Narrower terms: satisfaction
History
Etymology
From Middle French contentement. By surface analysis, content + -ment.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
رِضَا
(riḍā)
— state or degree of being contented
Bulgarian:
задоволство
(zadovolstvo)
— state or degree of being contented
Esperanto:
kontento
— state or degree of being contented
Finnish:
tyytyväisyys
— state or degree of being contented
French:
contentement
— state or degree of being contented
German:
Zufriedenheit
— state or degree of being contented
German:
Genügsamkeit
— state or degree of being contented
Greek:
ικανοποίηση
(ikanopoíisi)
— state or degree of being contented
Hindi:
संतुष्टि
(santuṣṭi)
— state or degree of being contented
Hindi:
संतोष
(santoṣ)
— state or degree of being contented
Hindi:
तृप्ति
(tŕpti)
— state or degree of being contented
Hungarian:
elégedettség
— state or degree of being contented
Hungarian:
megelégedés
— state or degree of being contented
Hungarian:
megelégedettség
— state or degree of being contented
Irish:
sástacht
— state or degree of being contented
Irish:
suáilceas
— state or degree of being contented
Māori:
uruhautanga
— state or degree of being contented
Marathi:
समाधान
(samādhān)
— state or degree of being contented
Polish:
zadowolenie
— state or degree of being contented
Portuguese:
contentamento
— state or degree of being contented
Portuguese:
satisfação
— state or degree of being contented
Romanian:
satisfacție
— state or degree of being contented
Romanian:
mulțumire
— state or degree of being contented
Russian:
удовлетворённость
(udovletvorjónnostʹ)
— state or degree of being contented
Scottish Gaelic:
suaimhneas
— state or degree of being contented
Serbo-Croatian:
zadovoljstvo
— state or degree of being contented
Spanish:
contentamiento
— state or degree of being contented
Spanish:
satisfacción
— state or degree of being contented
Spanish:
contentura
— state or degree of being contented
Spanish:
contenteza
— state or degree of being contented
Ukrainian:
задово́лення
(zadovólennja)
— state or degree of being contented
Ukrainian:
задово́леність
(zadovólenistʹ)
— state or degree of being contented
