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wikipedia|Happy (disambiguation)
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Pronunciation
IPA|/�hæpi/
audio|en-us-happy.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æpi|-æpi

Etymology
hap + -y

Adjective
wikipedia
en-adj|happ|ier

1. Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire.

#: a happy expedient
#: a happy effort
#: a happy venture
#: a happy omen
#*Chymists have been more happy in finding experiments than the causes of them - Boyle

1. Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous.

#: happy hours
#: happy thoughts
#: happy times
#*Happy is that people, whose God is the Lord - Psalm 144:15
#*The learned is happy Nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more - Pope

1. dexterous|Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.

#*One gentleman is happy at a reply, another excels in a rejoinder - Swift

1. content|Content (to do something); having no objection (to something).

#: Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week?

Synonyms
See WikiSaurus:happy

Antonyms
sad
unhappy

Derived terms
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happify
happily
happiness
happy as a lark
happy as a pig in shit
happy as Larry
happy bunny
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happy chappy
happy-clappy
happy families
happy family <!--*Happy family: a collection of animals of different and hostile propensities living peaceably together in one cage. Used ironically of conventional alliances of persons who are in fact mutually repugnant-->
happy-go-lucky<!--*Happy-go-lucky: trusting to hap or luck; improvident; easy-going
:Quotations
:*Happy-go-lucky carelessness - W. Black
-->
happy hour
happy slapping
slap-happy
trigger-happy

Translations
trans-top|enjoying peace, comfort, etc; contented, joyous
Afrikaans: bly, gelukkig
Asturian: feliz, contentu, gayoleru, gayasperu
Croatian: t-|hr|sretan
Czech: šťastný
Danish: glad, lykkelig
Dutch: t+|nl|gelukkig, t+|nl|blij
Esperanto: t-|eo|feli�a|xsEsperanto, t-|eo|kontenta|xsEsperanto, t-|eo|gaja|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: �nnelik
Finnish: t+|fi|onnellinen
French: t+|fr|heureux|m, t+|fr|heureuse|f, t+|fr|content|m, t+|fr|contente|f, t+|fr|bienheureux|m, t-|fr|bienheureuse|f
German: t+|de|glücklich
Greek: t|el|ε��α�ι��ημένο�|m|scGrek (efcharistiménos), t|el|�α�ο�μενο�|m|scGrek (charoúmenos)
Hebrew: ���שר (me'ooshar), ש��|שָ��ֵ�ַ (same'akh)
Hindi: �़�श (<u>kh</u>u�) <!--this underlined kh represents a Persian sound used in Hindi. I don't know it's IPA, but it's like a throaty "h" with a slight scrape-->, प�रसन�न (prasann)
Hungarian: t+|hu|boldog
Icelandic: hamingjusamur
Indonesian: t-|id|senang|xs=Indonesian
Irish: sona, séanmhar
Italian: t+|it|felice|m|f, t+|it|lieto|m, t+|it|lieta|f
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Japanese: JAchar|幸�� (JAchar|幸��, shiawasena), JAchar|幸�� (JAchar|�����, k�fukuna
Korean: �복�� (haengbok-hada)
Kurdish: KUchar|دڵ خ�ش
Latin: t+|la|laetus
Mandarin: zh-ts|��|�� (g�oxìng), zh-ts|�快|�快 (yúkuài)
Norwegian: glad, lykkelig
Old English: t-|ang|bliþe|altblīþe|xsOld English, t-|ang|glæd|xsOld English, t-|ang|eadig|alt�adiġ|xsOld English, t-|ang|wynfull|xsOld English
Polish: szcz��liwy m, szcz��liwa f, szcz��liwe n, szcz��liwi plural, szcz��liwe plural,f
Portuguese: t+|pt|feliz
Romanian: fericit m, bucuros m
Russian: ��а��лив�й (s�astlívyj)
Scottish Gaelic: sona, toilichte, àghmhor
Serbian:

Slovene: sre�en
Spanish: t+|es|feliz, t-|es|alegre, t-|es|contento, t-|es|satisfecho, t-|es|ecuanime
Swedish: glad c, glatt n, lycklig c, lyckligt n
Thai: THchar|มี�วามสุ� (mee kwaam sòok)
Turkish: mutlu
Vietnamese: mừng
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trans-top|fortunate
Afrikaans: gelukkig
Arabic: ARchar|�حظ�ظ|��ح�ظ�ظ
Catalan: feliç
Chinese: zh-ts|幸��|幸�� (xìngyùnde)
Czech: šťastný
Danish: t-|da|heldig
Dutch: t+|nl|gelukkig
Esperanto: t-|eo|feli�a|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: õnnelik
Finnish: t+|fi|hyvä, t+|fi|onnekas, t+|fi|onnellinen
French: t+|fr|heureux|m, t+|fr|heureuse|f, t+|fr|chanceux|m, t+|fr|chanceuse|f
German: t+|de|glücklich
Greek, Modern: ε����ή� (eftikhis) m, ε����ι�μένο� (eftikhismenos) m
Hindi: �़�श (<u>kh</u>u�) <!--this underlined kh represents a Persian sound used in Hindi. I don't know the IPA, but it's like a throaty "h" with a slight scrape-->, प�रसन�न (prasann)
Hungarian: szerencsés
Icelandic: heppilegur
Indonesian: untung, mujur
Italian: t+|it|fortunato|m, t+|it|fortunata|f
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Japanese: JAchar|幸�� (JAchar|�����, k�unna), JAchar|���� (JAchar|�����, un no yoi)
Korean: ��� (unjoheun)
Latin: t-|la|felix
Lithuanian: laimingas
Norwegian: t-|no|heldig
Portuguese: t+|pt|feliz
Romanian: norocos
Russian: �да�н�й (udáchnyj)
Serbian:

Slovak: šťastný
Slovene: sre�en
Spanish: t-|es|afortunado, t+|es|feliz
Swedish: gynnsam c, gynnsamt n, lyckad c, lyckat n
Turkish: �anslı
Vietnamese: sư�ng, sung sư�ng, may#Vietnamese|may, may mắn, hạnh phúc
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trans-top|dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous
Afrikaans: handig, kundig, slim
Dutch: handig, bedreven, kundig
Esperanto: t-|eo|feli�a|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: kätevä, aulis
Greek: ε����ή� (eftikhis) m, ε����ι�μένο� (eftikhismenos) m
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Vietnamese: tài tình
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trans-top|content (to do something); having no objection (to something)
Afrikaans: tevrede, gelukkig
Catalan: feliç
Czech: t-|cs|spokojený
Dutch: t+|nl|tevreden
Esperanto: vole (willingly), kun plezuro (with pleasure), kontenta pri (happy with)
Finnish: halukas, suostuvainen
French: t-|fr|satisfait|m
German: mit (etwas) einverstanden sein
Hungarian: elégedett; meg van elégedve
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Italian: t+|it|contento|m, t+|it|contenta|f
Norwegian: fornøyd
Romanian: mulţumit
Scottish Gaelic: toilichte, sàsaichte
Serbian:

Swedish: nöjd c, nöjt n
Vietnamese: vui lòng
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|سع�د (sa�íd)
ttbc|Irish: sásta
ttbc|Konkani: khoxi
ttbc|Tagalog: maligaya, masaya
ttbc|Welsh: dedwydd, gwynfydedig, hapus, swynedig

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• 2008-01-02 02:33 - Keene - [[happy as a pig in shit]]/[[happy as Larry]]

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