good news

English

Noun

good news (uncountable)

1. Something or someone pleasant, fortunate, or otherwise positive.

   Antonym: bad news

   • 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Aylesbury (2009)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 61:

     The mainstream media hones in on bad news stories where UK railways are concerned, yet gives scant attention to the many items of good news emerging from the network.

3. (Christianity) The message of Jesus concerning the salvation of the faithful, as elaborated in the Gospels.
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see good,‎ news.

Derived terms

• no news is good news

Translations

something positive

• Arabic: بُشْرَى (ar) f (bušrā)
• Armenian: ավետիս (hy) (avetis)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喜訊／喜讯 (zh) (xǐxùn), 福音 (zh) (fúyīn), 好消息 (hǎo xiāoxi), 福音 (zh) (fúyīn)

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} goed nieuws ?
• Finnish: hyvät uutiset
• French: bonne nouvelle (fr) f
• Galician: boas novas f pl
• German: gute Nachricht f
• Greek:

  Ancient: εὐαγγέλιον n (euangélion)

• Hindi: ख़ुशख़बरी f (xuśxabrī)
• Hungarian: jó hír
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} buone nuove pl
• Japanese: 良いニュース (yoi nyūsu), 朗報 (ja) (ろうほう, rōhō), 吉報 (ja) (きっぽう, kippō), 喜ばしい知らせ (よろこばしいしらせ, yorokobashii shirase), 福音 (ja) (ふくいん, fukuin)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} خەبەری خۆش (xeberî xoş), ^{(please verify)} مژدە (mijde)

• Ladino:

  Hebrew: בשׂורה f, חאביריס בואינוס pl

  Latin: besorá f, haberes buenos pl

• Macedonian: до́бри ве́сти f pl (dóbri vésti), до́бра вест f (dóbra vest)
• Malay: kabar gembira
• Ottoman Turkish: مژده (müjde), تباشیر (tebâşir)
• Persian: نوید (fa) (navid), مژده (fa) (možde)
• Portuguese: notícia boa f, boa notícia f
• Russian: хоро́шие но́вости f pl (xoróšije nóvosti), до́брая весть f (dóbraja vestʹ)
• Spanish: buenas noticias f pl
• Swedish: goda nyheter c pl
• Telugu: శుభవార్త (te) (śubhavārta)
• Turkish: müjde (tr), muştu (tr), sava (tr) (archaic)
• Urdu: خوش خبری f (xoś xabrī)
• Vietnamese: tin mừng (vi), tin vui, tin lành (vi)

the message of Jesus concerning the salvation of the faithful

• Arabic: بِشَارَة f (bišāra), إِنْجِيل (ar) m (ʔinjīl), خَبَر سَارّ m (ḵabar sārr)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 福音 (zh) (fúyīn)

• Dutch: goede nieuws n
• French: bonne nouvelle (fr) f, Évangile (fr) m
• German: gute Nachricht f
• Greek:

  Ancient: εὐαγγελίον n (euangelíon)

• Hebrew: בשורה טובה f (Besorá Tová)
• Hungarian: örömhír (hu)
• Irish: soscéala m

  Old Irish: soiscélae n

• Japanese: 福音 (ja) (ふくいん, fukuin)
• Ladino:

  Hebrew: איבֿאנגֿילייו m, בשורה טובה f

  Latin: Evanjillio m, Besorà Tovà f

• Latin: ēvangelium n
• Norman: bouônne nouvelle f
• Plautdietsch: Evangelium n
• Polish: dobra nowina f
• Portuguese: boas novas (pt) f pl
• Russian: блага́я весть f (blagája vestʹ)
• Spanish: buenas nuevas f pl, buenas noticias f pl
• Swahili: Habari Njema class 9

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