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prosperous

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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Frenchprospereus, fromOld Frenchprosperer, fromLatinprosperō(“I cause to succeed”), fromOld Latinpro spere(“according to expectation”), frompro(“for”) +spes(“hope”).

Pronunciation

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(General American)IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑs.pə.ɹəs/
(Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒs.p(ə.)ɹəs/
Audio(US): (file)
Rhymes:-ɒspəɹəs,-ɒspɹəs
Hyphenation:pros‧per‧ous,pros‧perous

Adjective

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prosperous (comparativemoreprosperous,superlativemostprosperous)

Characterized bysuccess.
TradingBabe Ruth was far moreprosperous for the Yankees than for the Red Sox.
Well off;affluent.
He was raised in a veryprosperous household.
- 1961 November 10,Joseph Heller, “The Eternal City”, inCatch-22 […], New York, N.Y.:Simon and Schuster,→OCLC,page428:
  He wondered how many people were destitute that same night even in his ownprosperous country, how many homes were shanties, how many husbands were drunk and wives socked, and how many children were bullied, abused or abandoned.
Favorable.
He chose aprosperous lottery number that evening.
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson],In Memoriam, London:Edward Moxon, […],→OCLC, Canto IX:
  So draw him home to those that mourn
  ⁠In vain; a favourable speed
  ⁠Ruffle thy mirror’d mast, and lead
  Thro’prosperous floods his holy urn.

characterized by success

Armenian:բարգավաճ (hy)(bargavač)
Bulgarian:успешен (bg)(uspešen)
Catalan:pròsper (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin:繁榮 /繁荣 (zh)(fánróng),昌盛 (zh)(chāngshèng)
Dutch:succesvol (nl),geslaagd (nl)
Finnish:menestyvä
French:prospère (fr),florissant (fr),réussissant (fr)
Galician:próspero (gl)
German:blühend (de),florierend (de),erfolgreich (de)
Greek:
Ancient:οὔριος(oúrios),ὄλβιος(ólbios)
Hindi:संपन्न (hi)(sampann),समृद्ध (hi)(samŕddh)
Hungarian:sikeres (hu)
Indonesian:makmur (id),sejahtera (id)
Irish:rafar
Japanese:繁栄している (ja)(はんえいしている, han'ei shite iru)
Latin:prosper,prosperus
Macedonian:у́спешен(úspešen)
Maori:taurikura
Norman:prospéthe
Occitan:prospèr (oc)
Ottoman Turkish:عمران(ʼümran)
Persian:برخوردار (fa)
Plautdietsch:noppjebuat
Portuguese:próspero (pt)
Romanian:prosper (ro)
Russian:процвета́ющий (ru)(procvetájuščij),преуспева́ющий (ru)(preuspevájuščij),уда́чливый (ru)(udáčlivyj),благополу́чный (ru)(blagopolúčnyj),успе́шный (ru)(uspéšnyj)
Turkish:bayındır (tr)
Vietnamese:phồn vinh (vi)

well off; affluent

Azerbaijani:firavan (az)
Bulgarian:богат (bg)(bogat),заможен (bg)(zamožen)
Catalan:pròsper (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin:富裕 (zh)(fùyù)
Dutch:welvarend (nl),welgesteld (nl),succesvol (nl)
Finnish:vauras (fi)
French:prospère (fr),riche (fr)
German:wohlhabend (de),reich (de)
Greek:πλούσιος (el)(ploúsios),επιτυχής (el)(epitychís)
Ancient Greek:πλούσιος(ploúsios),ἐπιτυχής(epitukhḗs)
Hindi:संपन्न (hi)(sampann),समृद्ध (hi)(samŕddh)
Hungarian:jómódú (hu)
Latin:prosper,prosperus
Macedonian:бо́гат(bógat)
Maori:houkura,tōnui,taurikura
Norman:prospéthe
Portuguese:próspero (pt)
Russian:зажи́точный (ru)(zažítočnyj),состоя́тельный (ru)(sostojátelʹnyj),бога́тый (ru)(bogátyj),обеспе́ченный (ru)(obespéčennyj)
Spanish:rico (es)
Swedish:välbärgad (sv)

favorable—see alsofavourable

Bulgarian:благоприятен (bg)(blagoprijaten)
Catalan:pròsper (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin:好意 (zh)(hǎoyì),順利 /顺利 (zh)(shùnlì),有利 (zh)(yǒulì)
Dutch:voorspoedig (nl),geslaagd (nl),gelukkig (nl)
Finnish:onnekas (fi)
French:favorable (fr)
German:günstig (de)
Greek:ευνοϊκός (el)(evnoïkós)
Ancient Greek:εὐνοϊκός(eunoïkós)
Japanese:順調な (ja)(じゅんちょうな, junchō na)
Macedonian:по́волен(póvolen),благопри́јатен(blagopríjaten)
Maori:houkura
Portuguese:próspero (pt)
Russian:благоприя́тный (ru)(blagoprijátnyj)

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