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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈhapɪj/
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• Scotland: /ˈhape/
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• Scotland: /ˈhapɪ/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈhɛpi/
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From Middle English happy (“fortunate, happy”), perhaps an alteration of Middle English happyn, happen (“fortunate, happy”), possibly related to or from Old Norse heppinn (“fortunate, happy”); and potentially assimilated to be equivalent to hap (“chance, luck, fortune”) + -y. Compare also Icelandic heppinn (“lucky”), Faroese heppin (“fortunate, lucky, happy”), Norwegian Nynorsk heppen (“lucky”), Scots happin (“fortunate, blessed”). See further at hap.

418 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: bly — contented, joyous
• Afrikaans: gelukkig — contented, joyous
• Albanian: i lumtur — contented, joyous
• Albanian: i kënaqur — contented, joyous
• Albanian: (i) gëzuar — contented, joyous
• Southern Altai: ырысту (ïrïstu) — contented, joyous
• Southern Altai: урматту (urmattu) — contented, joyous
• Amharic: ደስተኛ (dästäña) — contented, joyous
• Arabic: سَعِيد (saʕīd) — contented, joyous
• Arabic: فَرِح (fariḥ) — contented, joyous
• Arabic: مبسوط (mabsūṭ) — contented, joyous
• Arabic: سعيد (saʕīd) — contented, joyous
• Arabic: فرحان (farḥān) — contented, joyous
• Arabic: منشكح (monšakeḥ) — contented, joyous
• Arabic: مبسوط (mabsūṭ) — contented, joyous
• Arabic: فَرْحان (farḥān) — contented, joyous
• Armenian: երջանիկ (erǰanik) — contented, joyous
• Armenian: ուրախ (urax) — contented, joyous
• Aromanian: ambar — contented, joyous
• Aromanian: hãrios — contented, joyous
• Assamese: সুখী (xukhi) — contented, joyous
• Asturian: feliz — contented, joyous
• Asturian: contentu — contented, joyous
• Asturian: gayoleru — contented, joyous
• Asturian: gayasperu — contented, joyous
• Azerbaijani: xoşbəxt — contented, joyous
• Azerbaijani: məsud — contented, joyous
• Azerbaijani: bəxtiyar — contented, joyous
• Azerbaijani: səadətli — contented, joyous
• Azerbaijani: şən — contented, joyous
• Bashkir: бәхетле (bəxetle) — contented, joyous
• Basque: pozik — contented, joyous
• Belarusian: шчаслі́вы (ščaslívy) — contented, joyous
• Belarusian: ра́дасны (rádasny) — contented, joyous
• Bengali: খুশি (khuśi) — contented, joyous
• Central Bikol: maugma — contented, joyous
• Bulgarian: щастли́в (štastlív) — contented, joyous
• Bulgarian: ра́достен (rádosten) — contented, joyous
• Burmese: ရွှင်ပျ (hrwangpya.) — contented, joyous
• Burmese: ပျော် (pyau) — contented, joyous
• Catalan: feliç — contented, joyous
• Catalan: content — contented, joyous
• Catalan: alegre — contented, joyous
• Chamicuro: pya'kijnani — contented, joyous
• Chechen: реза (reza) — contented, joyous
• Chinese Cantonese: 高興 /高兴 (gou1 hing3) — contented, joyous
• Chinese: 歡喜 /欢喜 (zh-min-nan) — contented, joyous
• Chinese: 快樂 /快乐 (zh-min-nan) — contented, joyous
• Chinese Mandarin: 高興 /高兴 (gāoxìng) — contented, joyous
• Chinese Mandarin: 愉快 (yúkuài) — contented, joyous
• Chinese Mandarin: 快樂 /快乐 (kuàilè) — contented, joyous
• Chinese Mandarin: 幸福 (xìngfú) — contented, joyous
• Cornish: lowen — contented, joyous
• Czech: šťastný — contented, joyous
• Czech: radostný — contented, joyous
• Dalmatian: alegr — contented, joyous
• Danish: glad — contented, joyous
• Danish: lykkelig — contented, joyous
• Dutch: gelukkig — contented, joyous
• Dutch: blij — contented, joyous
• Esperanto: feliĉa — contented, joyous
• Estonian: õnnelik — contented, joyous
• Faroese: glaður — contented, joyous
• Fijian: marau — contented, joyous
• Finnish: onnellinen — contented, joyous
• Finnish: iloinen — contented, joyous
• Finnish: tyytyväinen — contented, joyous
• French: heureux — contented, joyous
• French: heureuse — contented, joyous
• French: content — contented, joyous
• French: contente — contented, joyous
• French: bienheureux — contented, joyous
• French: bienheureuse — contented, joyous
• North Frisian: bliir — contented, joyous
• West-Frisian: bliid — contented, joyous
• Friulian: feliç — contented, joyous
• Galician: feliz — contented, joyous
• Galician: ledo — contented, joyous
• Georgian: ბედნიერი (bednieri) — contented, joyous
• German: zufrieden — contented, joyous
• German: fröhlich — contented, joyous
• German: froh — contented, joyous
• German: freudig — contented, joyous
• Greek: ευχαριστημένος (efcharistiménos) — contented, joyous
• Greek: χαρούμενος (charoúmenos) — contented, joyous
• Haitian Creole: kontan — contented, joyous
• Hawaiian: hauʻoli — contented, joyous
• Hebrew: מאושר (m'ushar) — contented, joyous
• Hebrew: שָׂמֵחַ (saméakh) — contented, joyous
• Hindi: सुखी (sukhī) — contented, joyous
• Hindi: ख़ुश (xuś) — contented, joyous
• Hindi: प्रसन्न (prasann) — contented, joyous
• Hungarian: boldog — contented, joyous
• Icelandic: hamingjusamur — contented, joyous
• Ido: felica — contented, joyous
• Indonesian: senang — contented, joyous
• Ingrian: hyvämeeliin — contented, joyous
• Ingrian: onnelikas — contented, joyous
• Ingrian: osalliin — contented, joyous
• Irish: áthasach — contented, joyous
• Irish: sona — contented, joyous
• Italian: felice — contented, joyous
• Italian: lieto — contented, joyous
• Italian: contento — contented, joyous
• Japanese: 幸せな (shiawase na) — contented, joyous
• Japanese: 幸福な (kōfuku na) — contented, joyous
• Japanese: 嬉しい (ureshii) — contented, joyous
• Kabuverdianu: filís — contented, joyous
• Kaingang: mrir — contented, joyous
• Kazakh: бақытты (baqytty) — contented, joyous
• Kazakh: аруақты (aruaqty) — contented, joyous
• Kazakh: базарлы (bazarly) — contented, joyous
• Khmer: រីករាយ (riik riəy) — contented, joyous
• Korean: 행복하다 (haengbokhada) — contented, joyous
• Korean: 기뻐하다 (gippeohada) — contented, joyous
• Korean: 기쁘다 (gippeuda) — contented, joyous
• Central Kurdish: دڵ خۆش (dill xoş) — contented, joyous
• Central Kurdish: خەنی (xenî) — contented, joyous
• Kyrgyz: бактылуу (baktıluu) — contented, joyous
• Kyrgyz: ырыстуу (ırıstuu) — contented, joyous
• Ladino: felis — contented, joyous
• Ladino: alegre — contented, joyous
• Ladino: afortunado — contented, joyous
• Ladino: feliche — contented, joyous
• Lao: ກະຈົວະກະຈວກ (ka cho wa ka chūak) — contented, joyous
• Lao: ກະເຈາະກະຈອກ (ka chǫ ka chǭk) — contented, joyous
• Latgalian: laimeigs — contented, joyous
• Latin: laetus — contented, joyous
• Latin: beatus — contented, joyous
• Latvian: laimīgs — contented, joyous
• Latvian: priecīgs — contented, joyous
• Ligurian: feliçe — contented, joyous
• Lithuanian: laimingas — contented, joyous
• Lombard: felice — contented, joyous
• Louisiana Creole: gé — contented, joyous
• Louisiana Creole: èrè — contented, joyous
• Louisiana Creole: konten — contented, joyous
• Lutuv: nuo — contented, joyous
• Luxembourgish: glécklech — contented, joyous
• Macedonian: среќен (sreḱen) — contented, joyous
• Macedonian: радосен (radosen) — contented, joyous
• Malay: bahagia — contented, joyous
• Malay: gembira — contented, joyous
• Malay: suka hati — contented, joyous
• Brunei Malay: gumbira — contented, joyous
• Malayalam: സന്തോഷിപ്പിക്കുന്ന (santōṣippikkunna) — contented, joyous
• Maltese: kuntenti — contented, joyous
• Maltese: ferħan — contented, joyous
• Manx: maynrey — contented, joyous
• Mazanderani: خار — contented, joyous
• Middle English: wynne — contented, joyous
• Mizo: hlim — contented, joyous
• Mongolian: азтай (aztaj) — contented, joyous
• Mongolian: баяртай (bajartaj) — contented, joyous
• Mongolian: жаргалтай (žargaltaj) — contented, joyous
• Khiamniungan Naga: mōnglīng — contented, joyous
• Norman: heûtheux — contented, joyous
• Norwegian: glad — contented, joyous
• Norwegian: lykkelig — contented, joyous
• Occitan: urós — contented, joyous
• Occitan: joiós — contented, joyous
• Occitan: gaujós — contented, joyous
• Occitan: content — contented, joyous
• Old English: blīþe — contented, joyous
• Old Tupi: oryb — contented, joyous
• Old Tupi: ory — contented, joyous
• Persian: شاد (šâd) — contented, joyous
• Persian: خوش (xoš) — contented, joyous
• Persian: خوشحال (xošhâl) — contented, joyous
• Persian: خرم (xorram) — contented, joyous
• Piedmontese: felice — contented, joyous
• Plautdietsch: froo — contented, joyous
• Plautdietsch: freelich — contented, joyous
• Plautdietsch: schaftich — contented, joyous
• Polish: szczęśliwy — contented, joyous
• Polish: radosny — contented, joyous
• Portuguese: feliz — contented, joyous
• Quechua: kusi — contented, joyous
• Quechua: kusisqa — contented, joyous
• Rohingya: kúci — contented, joyous
• Romani: baxtalo — contented, joyous
• Romani: baxtali — contented, joyous
• Romani: baxtale — contented, joyous
• Romanian: fericit — contented, joyous
• Romanian: bucuros — contented, joyous
• Romansh: legher — contented, joyous
• Romansh: alleger — contented, joyous
• Romansh: cuntent — contented, joyous
• Romansh: cuntaint — contented, joyous
• Romansh: ventiraivel — contented, joyous
• Russian: счастли́вый (sčastlívyj) — contented, joyous
• Russian: ра́достный (rádostnyj) — contented, joyous
• Sanskrit: सुखिन् (sukhin) — contented, joyous
• Sanskrit: प्रसन्न (prasanna) — contented, joyous
• Scots: blithe — contented, joyous
• Scottish Gaelic: sona — contented, joyous
• Scottish Gaelic: toilichte — contented, joyous
• Scottish Gaelic: àghmhor — contented, joyous
• Serbo-Croatian: срећан — contented, joyous
• Serbo-Croatian: сретан — contented, joyous
• Serbo-Croatian: srećan — contented, joyous
• Serbo-Croatian: sretan — contented, joyous
• Shor: ырыстығ (ırıstığ) — contented, joyous
• Sicilian: filici — contented, joyous
• Slovak: šťastný — contented, joyous
• Slovak: radostný — contented, joyous
• Slovak: rád — contented, joyous
• Slovak: rada — contented, joyous
• Slovene: srečen — contented, joyous
• Spanish: feliz — contented, joyous
• Spanish: alegre — contented, joyous
• Spanish: alacre — contented, joyous
• Swahili: furahifu — contented, joyous
• Swedish: glad — contented, joyous
• Swedish: lycklig — contented, joyous
• Tagalog: masaya — contented, joyous
• Tajik: хушбахт (xušbaxt) — contented, joyous
• Tajik: хушҳол (xušhol) — contented, joyous
• Tatar: бәхетле (bäxetle) — contented, joyous
• Telugu: ప్రశాంతం (praśāntaṁ) — contented, joyous
• Telugu: ప్రసన్నత (prasannata) — contented, joyous
• Thai: มีความสุข (mee kwaam sòok) — contented, joyous
• Thai: ดีใจ (dii-jai) — contented, joyous
• Tocharian B: sākre — contented, joyous
• Tongan: fiefia — contented, joyous
• Turkish: mutlu — contented, joyous
• Ottoman Turkish: سرخوش (sarhoş) — contented, joyous
• Turkmen: hoşbagt — contented, joyous
• Ukrainian: щасли́вий (ščaslývyj) — contented, joyous
• Ukrainian: ра́дісний (rádisnyj) — contented, joyous
• Urdu: خوش (xuś) — contented, joyous
• Urdu: سکھی (sukhī) — contented, joyous
• Urdu: پرسن (prasann) — contented, joyous
• Uzbek: baxtiyor — contented, joyous
• Uzbek: baxtli — contented, joyous
• Uzbek: xushhol — contented, joyous
• Uzbek: xursand — contented, joyous
• Vietnamese: mừng — contented, joyous
• Vietnamese: vui — contented, joyous
• Vietnamese: hạnh phúc — contented, joyous
• Volapük: fredik — contented, joyous
• Welsh: dedwydd — contented, joyous
• Welsh: hapus — contented, joyous
• Yiddish: פֿריילעך (freylekh) — contented, joyous
• Yiddish: גליקלעך (gliklekh) — contented, joyous
• Yiddish: באַגליקט (baglikt) — contented, joyous
• Yiddish: צופֿרידן (tsufridn) — contented, joyous
• Yucatec Maya: kiimak ool — contented, joyous
• Afrikaans: gelukkig — fortunate, lucky
• Southern Altai: ырысту (ïrïstu) — fortunate, lucky
• Southern Altai: урматту (urmattu) — fortunate, lucky
• Arabic: مَحْظُوظ (maḥẓūẓ) — fortunate, lucky
• Azerbaijani: bəxtli — fortunate, lucky
• Azerbaijani: bəxti gətirən — fortunate, lucky
• Azerbaijani: bəxtəvər — fortunate, lucky
• Bulgarian: удачен (udačen) — fortunate, lucky
• Catalan: feliç — fortunate, lucky
• Catalan: afortunat — fortunate, lucky
• Chinese Mandarin: 幸運的 /幸运的 (xìngyùn de) — fortunate, lucky
• Czech: šťastný — fortunate, lucky
• Danish: heldig — fortunate, lucky
• Dutch: gelukkig — fortunate, lucky
• Esperanto: feliĉa — fortunate, lucky
• Estonian: õnnelik — fortunate, lucky
• Finnish: hyvä — fortunate, lucky
• Finnish: onnekas — fortunate, lucky
• Finnish: onnellinen — fortunate, lucky
• French: heureux — fortunate, lucky
• French: chanceux — fortunate, lucky
• Galician: afortunado — fortunate, lucky
• German: glücklich — fortunate, lucky
• Greek: ευτυχής (eftychís) — fortunate, lucky
• Greek: ευτυχισμένος (eftychisménos) — fortunate, lucky
• Ancient Greek: εὐτυχής (eutukhḗs) — fortunate, lucky
• Hindi: ख़ुश (xuś) — fortunate, lucky
• Hindi: प्रसन्न (prasann) — fortunate, lucky
• Hungarian: szerencsés — fortunate, lucky
• Icelandic: heppilegur — fortunate, lucky
• Ido: fortunoza — fortunate, lucky
• Indonesian: untung — fortunate, lucky
• Indonesian: mujur — fortunate, lucky
• Ingrian: onnekas — fortunate, lucky
• Irish: séanmhar — fortunate, lucky
• Irish: sona — fortunate, lucky
• Irish: sonasach — fortunate, lucky
• Italian: fortunato — fortunate, lucky
• Japanese: 幸運な (kōun na) — fortunate, lucky
• Japanese: 運のよい (un no yoi) — fortunate, lucky
• Khmer: សប្បាយ (sapbaay) — fortunate, lucky
• Korean: 운좋은 (unjo'eun) — fortunate, lucky
• Central Kurdish: بەختەوەر (bextewer) — fortunate, lucky
• Kyrgyz: ырыстуу (ırıstuu) — fortunate, lucky
• Ladino: mazalozo — fortunate, lucky
• Ladino: afortunado — fortunate, lucky
• Ladino: mazaludo — fortunate, lucky
• Ladino: felis — fortunate, lucky
• Latin: felix — fortunate, lucky
• Lithuanian: laimingas — fortunate, lucky
• Luxembourgish: glécklech — fortunate, lucky
• Mizo: vannei — fortunate, lucky
• Norman: heûtheux — fortunate, lucky
• Norwegian: heldig — fortunate, lucky
• Occitan: urós — fortunate, lucky
• Occitan: astruc — fortunate, lucky
• Occitan: aürós — fortunate, lucky
• Occitan: fortunat — fortunate, lucky
• Occitan: fortunós — fortunate, lucky
• Occitan: benastruc — fortunate, lucky
• Occitan: benastrat — fortunate, lucky
• Occitan: benaürat — fortunate, lucky
• Occitan: satisfach — fortunate, lucky
• Old English: ġesǣliġ — fortunate, lucky
• Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰆𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰍 (qutluɣ) — fortunate, lucky
• Polish: szczęśliwy — fortunate, lucky
• Portuguese: feliz — fortunate, lucky
• Romanian: norocos — fortunate, lucky
• Russian: уда́чный (udáčnyj) — fortunate, lucky
• Russian: счастли́вый (sčastlívyj) — fortunate, lucky
• Serbo-Croatian: срећан — fortunate, lucky
• Serbo-Croatian: сретан — fortunate, lucky
• Serbo-Croatian: srećan — fortunate, lucky
• Serbo-Croatian: sretan — fortunate, lucky
• Slovak: šťastný — fortunate, lucky
• Slovene: srečen — fortunate, lucky
• Spanish: afortunado — fortunate, lucky
• Spanish: feliz — fortunate, lucky
• Old Spanish: felix — fortunate, lucky
• Swedish: gynnsam — fortunate, lucky
• Swedish: lyckad — fortunate, lucky
• Tagalog: masaya — fortunate, lucky
• Tagalog: suwerte — fortunate, lucky
• Telugu: అదృవ్ష్టవంతమైన (adr̥vṣṭavantamaina) — fortunate, lucky
• Turkish: şanslı — fortunate, lucky
• Turkish: kutlu — fortunate, lucky
• Ottoman Turkish: قوتلو (qutlu) — fortunate, lucky
• Vietnamese: sướng — fortunate, lucky
• Vietnamese: sung sướng — fortunate, lucky
• Vietnamese: may — fortunate, lucky
• Vietnamese: may mắn — fortunate, lucky
• Vietnamese: hạnh phúc — fortunate, lucky
• Afrikaans: tevrede — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Afrikaans: gelukkig — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Bulgarian: доволен (dovolen) — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Catalan: feliç — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Catalan: satisfet — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Cornish: lowen — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Czech: spokojený — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Dutch: tevreden — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Esperanto: vole — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Esperanto: kun plezuro — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Esperanto: kontenta pri — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Finnish: halukas — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Finnish: suostuvainen — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• French: satisfait — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• French: satisfaite — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• French: content — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• French: contente — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• French: prêt — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• French: prête — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Hungarian: elégedett — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Hungarian: meg van elégedve — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Irish: sásta — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Italian: contento — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Italian: soddisfatto — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Korean: 만족하다 (manjokhada) — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Malayalam: സന്തുഷ്ട (santuṣṭa) — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Norwegian Bokmål: fornøyd — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilfreds — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fornøgd — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Occitan: content — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Occitan: satisfach — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Occitan: satisfait — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Occitan: urós — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Persian: خرسند (xorsand) — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Persian: خشنود (xošnud) — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Polish: zadowolony — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Portuguese: feliz — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Portuguese: contente — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Romanian: mulțumit — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Romanian: satisfăcut — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Scottish Gaelic: toilichte — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Scottish Gaelic: sàsaichte — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Serbo-Croatian: задовољан — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Serbo-Croatian: zadovoljan — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Slovak: spokojný — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Swedish: nöjd — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Thai: ยินดี (yin-dii) — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Vietnamese: vui lòng — content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
• Afrikaans: handig — apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious
• Afrikaans: kundig — apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious
• Afrikaans: slim — apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious
• Bulgarian: уда́чен (udáčen) — apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious
• Dutch: handig — apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious
• Dutch: bedreven — apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious
• Dutch: kundig — apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious
• Esperanto: feliĉa — apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious
• Finnish: kätevä — apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious
• Finnish: aulis — apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious
• French: heureux — apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious
• Georgian: საბედნიერო (sabedniero) — apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious
• Greek: ευτυχής (eftychís) — apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious
• Greek: ευτυχισμένος (eftychisménos) — apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious
• Italian: felice — apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious
• Occitan: urós — apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious
• Occitan: benastrat — apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious
• Occitan: benaürat — apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious
• Romanian: fericit — apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious
• Slovak: šťastný — apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious
• Ukrainian: щасли́вий (ščaslývyj) — apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious
• Vietnamese: tài tình — apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious
• Chinese Mandarin: 快樂 /快乐 (kuàilè) — may you have a happy
• Finnish: hyvä — may you have a happy
• French: bon — may you have a happy
• French: joyeux — may you have a happy
• Romanian: fericit — may you have a happy
• Tagalog: maligaya — may you have a happy
• Welsh: da — may you have a happy
• Welsh: dda — may you have a happy