felice

See also: Felice and feliĉe

Interlingua

Noun

felice (comparative plus felice, superlative le plus felice)

  1. happy; fortunate

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fēlīcem.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /feˈli.t͡ʃe/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -itʃe
  • Hyphenation: fe‧lì‧ce

Adjective

felice (plural felici, superlative felicissimo)

  1. happy (contented)
    Antonym: infelice
  2. glad
    Synonym: lieto
  3. blessed, lucky
    Synonym: fortunato
    Antonym: sfortunato
  4. (obsolete) an epithet given by monarchs to their states and subjects
  5. (figurative) appropriate, apt, happy
    Synonyms: appropriato, opportuno
    Antonyms: inappropriato, inopportuno
  6. (obsolete or literary) fertile, fruitful
    Synonyms: fecondo, fertile
    Antonyms: infecondo, infertile, sterile

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Esperanto: feliĉa
  • → Sardinian: felitze

Further reading
  • felice in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /feˈli.si/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /feˈli.se/

  • Hyphenation: fe‧li‧ce

Adjective

felice m or f (plural felices)

  1. Archaic form of feliz.

Spanish

Adjective

felice

  1. Archaic form of feliz.

Further reading
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