in weal and woe

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪn ˌwiːl‿n̩ ˈwəʊ/
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• General-American: /ɪn ˌwil‿n̩ ˈwoʊ/
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• rhymes with -əʊ
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PIE word *wáy From weal (“prosperity; welfare”) + woe (“great distress or sadness; calamity, trouble”). Compare Dutch wel en wee, Swedish väl och ve.

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: v dobrém i zlém — in both prosperity and adversity
• Czech: v hojnosti i nedostatku — in both prosperity and adversity
• Danish: i medgang og modgang — in both prosperity and adversity
• Dutch: in goede en in slechte tijden — in both prosperity and adversity
• Finnish: niin myötä- kuin vastoinkäymisissä — in both prosperity and adversity
• French: pour le meilleur et pour le pire — in both prosperity and adversity
• Macedonian: и во сре́ќа и во бе́да (i vo sréḱa i vo béda) — in both prosperity and adversity
• Polish: na dobre i na złe — in both prosperity and adversity
• Russian: и в горе и в радости (i v gore i v radosti) — in both prosperity and adversity
• Turkish: iyi zamanda kötü zamanda — in both prosperity and adversity
• Vietnamese: hoạ phúc — in both prosperity and adversity