euphoria

English

WOTD – 12 July 2010

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euphoria

Etymology

From New Latin euphoria, from Ancient Greek εὐφορίᾱ (euphoríā), from εὔφορος (eúphoros, “bearing well”), from εὐ- (eu-, “well”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear”).

Pronunciation

enPR: yo͞o-fôr′-ē-ə, IPA^(key): /juːˈfɔːɹi.ə/
Audio (US): (file)
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Rhymes: -ɔːɹiə

Noun

euphoria (countable and uncountable, plural euphorias)

An excited state of joy; a feeling of intense happiness.
The runner was in (a state of) absolute euphoria after winning his first marathon.
- 2024 September 14, Zachary Pottle, “Galaxy Gas: Flavored Whipped Cream Charger Or Dangerous Drug?”, in AddictionCenter‎^[1]:
  The effects caused by inhaling nitrous oxide gas, such as lightheadedness and euphoria, can be felt within seconds.
(LGBTQ) Ellipsis of gender euphoria.

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Translations

an excited state of joy

Albanian: eufori (sq) f
Arabic: اِبْتِهَاج (ar) m (ibtihāj), نَشْوَة f (našwa)
Armenian: էյֆորիա (hy) (ēyforia)
Asturian: euforia f
Azerbaijani: eyforiya
Belarusian: эйфары́я f (ejfarýja)
Bulgarian: еуфо́рия f (eufórija)
Catalan: eufòria (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 欣快症 (zh) (xīnkuàizhèng), 狂喜 (zh) (kuángxǐ), 極樂 / 极乐 (zh) (jílè)
Czech: euforie f
Danish: eufori (da) c
Dutch: euforie (nl) f
Esperanto: eŭforio
Estonian: eufooria
Finnish: euforia (fi)
French: euphorie (fr) f, (colloquial) pêche (fr) f, (colloquial) frite (fr) f
Galician: euforia (gl) f
Georgian: ეიფორია (eiporia)
German: Euphorie (de) f, Hochgefühl (de) n, Glücksgefühl (de) n
Greek: ευφορία (el) f (efforía)
Hebrew: אוּפוֹרְיָה (he) f (ofórya)
Hungarian: eufória (hu)
Indonesian: suka cita, kegembiraan (id)
Italian: euforia (it) f
Japanese: 多幸感 (ja) (たこうかん, takōkan), ユーフォリア (yūforia)
Kazakh: эйфория (éiforiä)
Korean: 다행감(多幸感) (dahaenggam), 행복감(幸福感) (haengbokgam)
Kyrgyz: эйфория (eyforiya)
Latvian: eiforija f
Lithuanian: euforija (lt) f
Macedonian: еуфорија f (euforija)
Maori: manahau, harikoa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: eufori m
Occitan: euforia (oc) f
Persian: سرخوشی (fa) (sarxoši), خوشی (fa) (xoši), نشاط (fa) (nešât)
Polish: euforia (pl) f
Portuguese: euforia (pt) f
Romanian: euforie (ro) f
Russian: эйфори́я (ru) f (ejforíja), ра́достное настрое́ние n (rádostnoje nastrojénije), припо́днятое состоя́ние n (pripódnjatoje sostojánije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: у̀схит m, усхиће́ње n, еуфо̀рија f

Roman: ùshit (sh) m, ushićénje n, eufòrija (sh) f
Slovak: eufória f
Slovene: evforija f
Spanish: euforia (es) f
Swedish: eufori (sv) c
Turkish: öfori (tr)
Ukrainian: ейфорі́я f (ejforíja)
Uzbek: eyforiya (uz)