optimistic

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk/
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• Canada, US: /ˌɑptɪˈmɪstɪk/
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• Canada, US: /ˌɑptəˈmɪstɪk/
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• rhymes with -ɪstɪk
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• CMU ARPABET: AA2 P T AH0 M IH1 S T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h1épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h1epi Proto-Indo-European *-tm̥mos ? Latin optimus Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French optim(isme) ▲ Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. French -iste French optimistebor. English optimist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English optimistic From optimist + -ic.

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُتَفَائِل (mutafāʔil) — expecting a good outcome
• Armenian: լավատես (lavates) — expecting a good outcome
• Armenian: լավատեսական (lavatesakan) — expecting a good outcome
• Belarusian: аптымісты́чны (aptymistýčny) — expecting a good outcome
• Bulgarian: оптимисти́чен (optimistíčen) — expecting a good outcome
• Catalan: optimista — expecting a good outcome
• Chinese Mandarin: 樂觀的 /乐观的 (lèguān de) — expecting a good outcome
• Czech: optimistický — expecting a good outcome
• Danish: optimistisk — expecting a good outcome
• Dutch: optimistisch — expecting a good outcome
• Esperanto: optimisma — expecting a good outcome
• Finnish: optimistinen — expecting a good outcome
• French: optimiste — expecting a good outcome
• Galician: optimista — expecting a good outcome
• Georgian: ოპტიმისტური (oṗṭimisṭuri) — expecting a good outcome
• German: optimistisch — expecting a good outcome
• Greek: αισιόδοξος (aisiódoxos) — expecting a good outcome
• Hawaiian: hauʻoli — expecting a good outcome
• Hebrew: אוֹפְּטִימִי — expecting a good outcome
• Hindi: आशावादी (āśāvādī) — expecting a good outcome
• Hungarian: optimista — expecting a good outcome
• Hungarian: derűlátó — expecting a good outcome
• Italian: ottimista — expecting a good outcome
• Japanese: 楽観的 (rakkanteki) — expecting a good outcome
• Korean: 낙천적인 (nakcheonjeogin) — expecting a good outcome
• Korean: 낙관적인 (nakgwanjeogin) — expecting a good outcome
• Low German: toversichtlich — expecting a good outcome
• Low German: optimist'sch — expecting a good outcome
• Māori: ngākau rorotu — expecting a good outcome
• Marathi: आशावादी (āśāvādī) — expecting a good outcome
• Norwegian: optimistisk — expecting a good outcome
• Persian: خوش بین — expecting a good outcome
• Persian: خوش بینانه — expecting a good outcome
• Polish: optymistyczny — expecting a good outcome
• Portuguese: otimista — expecting a good outcome
• Romanian: optimist — expecting a good outcome
• Russian: оптимисти́ческий (optimistíčeskij) — expecting a good outcome
• Russian: оптимисти́чный (optimistíčnyj) — expecting a good outcome
• Serbo-Croatian: оптимистичан — expecting a good outcome
• Serbo-Croatian: optimističan — expecting a good outcome
• Slovak: optimistický — expecting a good outcome
• Spanish: optimista — expecting a good outcome
• Swedish: optimistisk — expecting a good outcome
• Thai: มองโลกในแง่ดี — expecting a good outcome
• Turkish: iyimser — expecting a good outcome
• Ukrainian: оптимісти́чний (optymistýčnyj) — expecting a good outcome
• Vietnamese: lạc quan — expecting a good outcome
• Volapük: fredimik — expecting a good outcome
• Yiddish: אָפּטימיסטיש (optimistish) — expecting a good outcome
• Finnish: optimistinen — computing
• Portuguese: otimista — computing