thrive

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From Middle English thryven, thriven, from Old Norse þrífa (“to seize, grasp, take hold, prosper”), from Proto-Germanic *þrībaną (“to seize, prosper”), from Proto-Indo-European *trep-, *terp- (“to satisfy, enjoy”). Cognate with Swedish trivas, Danish trives, Norwegian Bokmål trives.

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: ظَهَرَ (ẓahara) — to increase in bulk or stature
• Bulgarian: раста буйно (rasta bujno) — to increase in bulk or stature
• Catalan: créixer — to increase in bulk or stature
• Chinese Mandarin: 繁榮 /繁荣 (fánróng) — to increase in bulk or stature
• Czech: prospívat — to increase in bulk or stature
• Czech: prosperovat — to increase in bulk or stature
• Czech: růst — to increase in bulk or stature
• Czech: vzkvétat — to increase in bulk or stature
• Danish: trives — to increase in bulk or stature
• Dutch: gedijen — to increase in bulk or stature
• Faroese: ærast — to increase in bulk or stature
• Finnish: viihtyä — to increase in bulk or stature
• French: 1&2: croître — to increase in bulk or stature
• French: s'épanouir — to increase in bulk or stature
• French: 2:prospérer — to increase in bulk or stature
• German: gedeihen — to increase in bulk or stature
• German: prosperieren — to increase in bulk or stature
• Ancient Greek: θάλλω (thállō) — to increase in bulk or stature
• Hebrew: שִֹגְשֵֹג (sigség) — to increase in bulk or stature
• Hindi: फलना (phalnā) — to increase in bulk or stature
• Hungarian: jól megvan — to increase in bulk or stature
• Italian: prosperare — to increase in bulk or stature
• Japanese: 繁栄する (han'ei suru) — to increase in bulk or stature
• Latin: vigeō — to increase in bulk or stature
• Māori: ngaruru — to increase in bulk or stature
• Māori: whakapuāwai — to increase in bulk or stature
• Middle English: thryven — to increase in bulk or stature
• Norwegian: blomstre — to increase in bulk or stature
• Persian: شکوفیدن (šekufidan) — to increase in bulk or stature
• Persian: شکفتن (šekoftan) — to increase in bulk or stature
• Portuguese: prosperar — to increase in bulk or stature
• Portuguese: desenvolver-se — to increase in bulk or stature
• Portuguese: crescer — to increase in bulk or stature
• Russian: расцветать (rascvetatʹ) — to increase in bulk or stature
• Russian: цвести (cvesti) — to increase in bulk or stature
• Russian: разрастаться (razrastatʹsja) — to increase in bulk or stature
• Russian: буйно расти (bujno rasti) — to increase in bulk or stature
• Russian: пышно расти (pyšno rasti) — to increase in bulk or stature
• Scots: dae guid — to increase in bulk or stature
• Serbo-Croatian: bujati — to increase in bulk or stature
• Spanish: prosperar — to increase in bulk or stature
• Spanish: crecer — to increase in bulk or stature
• Spanish: medrar — to increase in bulk or stature
• Swedish: frodas — to increase in bulk or stature
• Turkish: gelişmek — to increase in bulk or stature
• Turkish: inkişaf etmek — to increase in bulk or stature
• Arabic: اِزْدَهَرَ (izdahara) — to prosper by industry
• Arabic: أَهَلَّ (ʔahalla) — to prosper by industry
• Arabic: أَنْجَحَ (ʔanjaḥa) — to prosper by industry
• Arabic: أَضَاءَ (ʔaḍāʔa) — to prosper by industry
• Arabic: أَبْلَجَ (ʔablaja) — to prosper by industry
• Arabic: زَهَرَ (zahara) — to prosper by industry
• Bulgarian: процъфтявам (procǎftjavam) — to prosper by industry
• Bulgarian: преуспявам (preuspjavam) — to prosper by industry
• Catalan: prosperar — to prosper by industry
• Czech: vzkvétat — to prosper by industry
• Czech: dařit se — to prosper by industry
• Czech: prosperovat — to prosper by industry
• Dutch: gedijen — to prosper by industry
• Finnish: kukoistaa — to prosper by industry
• French: prospérer — to prosper by industry
• French: s'épanouir — to prosper by industry
• German: aufblühen — to prosper by industry
• German: blühen — to prosper by industry
• German: florieren — to prosper by industry
• Hindi: फलना (phalnā) — to prosper by industry
• Italian: prosperare — to prosper by industry
• Italian: fiorire — to prosper by industry
• Latin: prōveniō — to prosper by industry
• Latin: vigeō — to prosper by industry
• Latvian: plaukt — to prosper by industry
• Māori: tipu — to prosper by industry
• Māori: whakapuāwai — to prosper by industry
• Middle English: thryven — to prosper by industry
• Portuguese: prosperar — to prosper by industry
• Russian: благоденствовать (blagodenstvovatʹ) — to prosper by industry
• Russian: преуспевать (preuspevatʹ) — to prosper by industry
• Russian: процветать (procvetatʹ) — to prosper by industry
• Sanskrit: पुष्यति (puṣyati) — to prosper by industry
• Serbo-Croatian: prosperirati — to prosper by industry
• Spanish: prosperar — to prosper by industry
• Spanish: medrar — to prosper by industry
• Spanish: florecer — to prosper by industry
• Spanish: chapearse — to prosper by industry
• Spanish: florescer — to prosper by industry
• Turkish: büyümek — to prosper by industry
• Turkish: işi iyi gitmek — to prosper by industry
• Turkish: zenginleşmek — to prosper by industry