felice
See also: Felice and feliĉe
Interlingua
Noun
felice (comparative plus felice, superlative le plus felice)
- happy; fortunate
Italian
Alternative forms
- filice (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fēlīcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-lw-i, from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /feˈli.t͡ʃe/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -itʃe
- Hyphenation: fe‧lì‧ce
Adjective
felice (plural felici, superlative felicissimo)
- happy (contented)
- Antonym: infelice
- glad
- Synonym: lieto
- blessed, lucky
- Synonym: fortunato
- Antonym: sfortunato
- (obsolete) an epithet given by monarchs to their states and subjects
- (figurative) appropriate, apt, happy
- Synonyms: appropriato, opportuno
- Antonyms: inappropriato, inopportuno
- (obsolete or literary) fertile, fruitful
- Synonyms: fecondo, fertile
- Antonyms: infecondo, infertile, sterile
Derived terms
- felicemente
Related terms
- felicità
- felicitare
- felicitazione
Further reading
- felice in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Adjective
felice m or f (plural felices)
- Archaic form of feliz.
Spanish
Adjective
felice
- Archaic form of feliz.
Further reading
- “felice”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014