Standard Lemma guide

euphoria

noun · 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /juːˈfɔː.ɹi.ə/
  • General-American: /juˈfo.ɹi.ə/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔːɹiə
  • homophone: ewphoria
  • CMU ARPABET: Y UW0 F AO1 R IY0 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An excited state of joy; a feeling of intense happiness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The runner was in (a state of) absolute euphoria after winning his first marathon.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Ellipsis of gender euphoria.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: euphory

Antonyms: dysphoria

Broader terms: elation, high spirits, lightness

History

Etymology

From New Latin euphoria, from Ancient Greek εὐφορίᾱ (euphoríā), from εὔφορος (eúphoros, “bearing well”), from εὐ- (eu-, “well”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear”).

Across languages

Translations

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: eufori — an excited state of joy
  • Arabic: اِبْتِهَاج (ibtihāj) — an excited state of joy
  • Arabic: نَشْوَة (našwa) — an excited state of joy
  • Armenian: էյֆորիա (ēyforia) — an excited state of joy
  • Asturian: euforia — an excited state of joy
  • Azerbaijani: eyforiya — an excited state of joy
  • Belarusian: эйфары́я (ejfarýja) — an excited state of joy
  • Bulgarian: еуфо́рия (eufórija) — an excited state of joy
  • Catalan: eufòria — an excited state of joy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 欣快症 (xīnkuàizhèng) — an excited state of joy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 狂喜 (kuángxǐ) — an excited state of joy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 極樂 /极乐 (jílè) — an excited state of joy
  • Czech: euforie — an excited state of joy
  • Danish: eufori — an excited state of joy
  • Dutch: euforie — an excited state of joy
  • Esperanto: eŭforio — an excited state of joy
  • Estonian: eufooria — an excited state of joy
  • Finnish: euforia — an excited state of joy
  • French: euphorie — an excited state of joy
  • French: pêche — an excited state of joy
  • French: frite — an excited state of joy
  • Galician: euforia — an excited state of joy
  • Georgian: ეიფორია (eiporia) — an excited state of joy
  • German: Euphorie — an excited state of joy
  • German: Hochgefühl — an excited state of joy
  • German: Glücksgefühl — an excited state of joy
  • Greek: ευφορία (efforía) — an excited state of joy
  • Hebrew: אוּפוֹרְיָה (ofórya) — an excited state of joy
  • Hebrew: אֵיפוֹרְיָה (efórya) — an excited state of joy
  • Hungarian: eufória — an excited state of joy
  • Indonesian: suka cita — an excited state of joy
  • Indonesian: kegembiraan — an excited state of joy
  • Indonesian: euforia — an excited state of joy
  • Italian: euforia — an excited state of joy
  • Japanese: 多幸感 (takōkan) — an excited state of joy
  • Japanese: ユーフォリア (yūforia) — an excited state of joy
  • Kapampangan: makapagpangaligayan — an excited state of joy
  • Kapampangan: mangapagpasaya — an excited state of joy
  • Kazakh: эйфория (éiforiä) — an excited state of joy
  • Korean: 다행감 (dahaenggam) — an excited state of joy
  • Korean: 행복감 (haengbokgam) — an excited state of joy
  • Kyrgyz: эйфория (eyforiya) — an excited state of joy
  • Latvian: eiforija — an excited state of joy
  • Lithuanian: euforija — an excited state of joy
  • Macedonian: еуфорија (euforija) — an excited state of joy
  • Malay: euforia — an excited state of joy
  • Māori: manahau — an excited state of joy
  • Māori: harikoa — an excited state of joy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: eufori — an excited state of joy
  • Occitan: euforia — an excited state of joy
  • Persian: سرخوشی (sarxoši) — an excited state of joy
  • Persian: خوشی (xoši) — an excited state of joy
  • Persian: نشاط (nešât) — an excited state of joy
  • Polish: euforia — an excited state of joy
  • Portuguese: euforia — an excited state of joy
  • Romanian: euforie — an excited state of joy
  • Russian: эйфори́я (ejforíja) — an excited state of joy
  • Russian: ра́достное настрое́ние (rádostnoje nastrojénije) — an excited state of joy
  • Russian: припо́днятое состоя́ние (pripódnjatoje sostojánije) — an excited state of joy
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀схит — an excited state of joy
  • Serbo-Croatian: усхиће́ње — an excited state of joy
  • Serbo-Croatian: еуфо̀рија — an excited state of joy
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùshit — an excited state of joy
  • Serbo-Croatian: ushićénje — an excited state of joy
  • Serbo-Croatian: eufòrija — an excited state of joy
  • Slovak: eufória — an excited state of joy
  • Slovene: evforija — an excited state of joy
  • Spanish: euforia — an excited state of joy
  • Swedish: eufori — an excited state of joy
  • Turkish: öfori — an excited state of joy
  • Ukrainian: ейфорі́я (ejforíja) — an excited state of joy
  • Uzbek: eyforiya — an excited state of joy