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Webster 1913 Edition

Paradise

Par′a-dise

(păr′ȧ-dīs)

Noun.

[OE. & F.

paradis

, L.

paradisus

, fr. Gr.

παράδεισοσ

park, paradise, fr. Zend

pairidaēza

an inclosure;

pairi

around (akin to Gr.

περί

) +

diz

to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr.

dih

to smear, and E.

dough

. Cf.

Parvis

The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation.

The abode of sanctified souls after death.

To-day shalt thou be with me in

paradise

Luke xxiii. 43.

It sounds to him like her mother’s voice,
Singing in

Paradise

Longfellow.

A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness.

The earth
Shall be all

paradise

Milton.

Wrapt in the very

paradise

of some creative vision.

Beaconsfield.

(Arch.)

An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.

A churchyard or cemetery.

[Obs.]

Oxf. Gloss.

Fool's paradise

See under

Fool

, and

Limbo

–

Grains of paradise

(Bot.)

See

Melequeta pepper

, under

Pepper

–

Paradise bird

(Zool.)

Same as

Bird of paradise

. Among the most beautiful species are the superb (

Lophorina superba

); the magnificent (

Diphyllodes magnifica

); and the six-shafted paradise bird (

Parotia sefilata

). The long-billed paradise birds (

Epimachinæ

) also include some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird (

Seleucides alba

), which is black, yellow, and white, with six long breast feathers on each side, ending in long, slender filaments. See

Bird of paradise

in the Vocabulary.

–

Paradise fish

(Zool.)

a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish (

Macropodus viridiauratus

) having very large fins. It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish.

–

Paradise flycatcher

(Zool.)

any flycatcher of the genus

Terpsiphone

, having the middle tail feathers extremely elongated. The adult male of

Terpsiphone paradisi

is white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested.

–

Paradise grackle

(Zool.)

a very beautiful bird of New Guinea, of the genus

Astrapia

, having dark velvety plumage with brilliant metallic tints.

–

Paradise nut

(Bot.)

the sapucaia nut. See

Sapucaia nut

[Local, U. S.]

–

Paradise whidah bird

(Zool.)

See

Whidah

Par′a-dise

(păr′ȧ-dīs)

Verb.

To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch.

[R.]

Marston.

Webster 1828 Edition

Paradise

PAR'ADISE

Noun.

[Gr.] The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed immediately after their creation.

A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight.

The earth

Shall all be paradise--

Heaven, the blissful seat of sanctified souls after death.

This day shalt thou be with me in paradise. Luke 23.

Primarily, in Persia, a pleasure-garden with parks and other appendages.

Definition 2024

Paradise

See also: paradise

English

Proper noun

Paradise

(religion) Heaven.
(religion) The Garden of Eden.
A town in California
A town in Grenada
A city in Kansas
A census-designated place in Montana
A town in Newfoundland and Labrador
A rural locality in New Zealand
A community in Nova Scotia
A census-designated place in Pennsylvania
A village in Suriname
A city in Texas
A town in Utah
A settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands

Synonyms

(Heaven): Heaven
(Garden of Eden): Eden, Garden of Eden

Translations

Heaven

Arabic: اَلْفِرْدَوْس f ‎(al-firdaws)
Aramaic:

Syriac: ܦܪܕܝܣܐ m ‎(pardaysā’)

Hebrew: פרדיסא m ‎(pardaysā’)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 天堂 (zh) ‎(tiāntáng), 天國 (zh), 天国 (zh) ‎(tiānguó)
Dutch: Paradijs n
Finnish: taivas (fi)
French: paradis (fr) m
German: Himmel (de) m, Paradies (de) n
Italian: Paradiso m

Irish: parthas
Japanese: 天国 (ja) ‎(てんごく, tengoku)
Norman: Paradis m
Maori: Pararaiha
Occitan: Paradis m
Pashto: جنت (ps) m ‎(ǰanat), هسك (ps) m ‎(hask), فردوس m ‎(firdaws)
Portuguese: Paraíso (pt) m
Russian: рай (ru) m ‎(raj), небеса́ (ru) n pl ‎(nebesá)
Swahili: pepo (sw)
Thai: สวรรค์ (th) ‎(sàwăn), สรวงสวรรค์ ‎(sŭang sàwăn)

the Garden of Eden

Arabic: اَلْفِرْدَوْس f ‎(al-firdaws)
Finnish: paratiisi (fi)
French: paradis (fr) m, paradis terrestre (fr) m
Italian: Paradiso terrestre m

Japanese: エデンの園 ‎(えでんのその, Eden no sono)
Ngazidja Comorian: mpvepvo class 9
Portuguese: Paraíso (pt) m
Thai: สวนอีเดน ‎(sŭan eeden)

Anagrams

Paradesi

paradise

See also: Paradise

English

Noun

paradise ‎(plural paradises)

(chiefly religion) Heaven; the abode of sanctified souls after death.
- Bible, Luke xxiii. 43
  To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
- Longfellow
  It sounds to him like her mother's voice, / Singing in Paradise.
(figuratively) A very pleasant place.
an island paradise in the Caribbean
(figuratively) A very positive experience.
(architecture) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, such as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.
A churchyard or cemetery.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Oxf. Gloss to this entry?)

Synonyms

Derived terms

grains of paradise
paradise duck
paradise flycatcher
paradisiac

Related terms

parvis

Translations

heaven

Arabic: جَنَّة f ‎(janna), سَمَاوَات pl ‎(samāwāt)
Aramaic:

Syriac: ܦܪܕܝܣܐ m ‎(pardaysā’)

Hebrew: פרדיסא m ‎(pardaysā’)
Armenian: դրախտ (hy) ‎(draxt)
Asturian: paraísu m
Azeri: cənnət (az), behişt
Baluchi: جنت ‎(jannat)
Bashkir: ожмах ‎(ožmax), йәннәт ‎(yännät)
Belarusian: рай m ‎(raj), нябёсы n pl ‎(njabjósy)
Bulgarian: рай (bg) m ‎(raj), небеса́ (bg) n pl ‎(nebesá)
Catalan: paradís (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 天堂 (zh) ‎(tiāntáng), 樂園 (zh), 乐园 (zh) ‎(lèyuán), 天國 (zh), 天国 (zh) ‎(tiānguó)
Czech: ráj (cs) m, nebesa (cs) n pl
Danish: paradis
Dutch: paradijs (nl) n
Esperanto: paradizo (eo)
Estonian: paradiis
Finnish: taivas (fi), paratiisi (fi)
French: paradis (fr) m, cieux (fr) m pl

Old French: paradiz m

Middle French: paradis m
Galician: paraíso m
Georgian: სამოთხე ‎(samotxe)
German: Paradies (de) n
Hebrew: גן עדן (he) m ‎(gan éden)
Hindi: वैकुण्ठ (hi) ‎(Vaikuṇṭh), स्वर्ग (hi) ‎(svarg), जन्नत (hi) ‎(jannat) (Persianized)
Hungarian: paradicsom (hu)
Icelandic: himinn (is) m
Italian: paradiso (it) m
Japanese: 天国 (ja) ‎(てんごく, tengoku), 天堂 (ja) ‎(てんどう, tendō), 極楽 (ja) ‎(ごくらく, gokuraku) (Buddhist)
Kazakh: жәннәт ‎(jännät), бейіш ‎(beyiş)
Khmer: ឋានសួគ៌ ‎(tʰaan suǝ)
Korean: 천당 (ko) ‎(cheondang) (天堂 (ko)), 천국 (ko) ‎(cheon-guk) (天國 (ko))

Kyrgyz: бейиш (ky) ‎(beyiş)
Latin: elysium n
Macedonian: рај m ‎(raj), не́беса n pl ‎(nébesa)
Maore Comorian: pev̄o ‎(pevo)
Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩 ‎(wahišt)
Mongolian: диваажин (mn) ‎(divaažin)
Nogai: еннет ‎(yennet)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: paradis n

Nynorsk: paradis n
Old Portuguese: parayso m
Pashto: ^{(please verify)}جنت (ps) m ‎(janat), ^{(please verify)}هسک (ps) m ‎(hask), ^{(please verify)}فردوس m ‎(firdaws)
Persian: پردیس (fa) ‎(pardis), فردوس (fa) ‎(ferdows), بهشت (fa) ‎(behešt), جنت (fa) ‎(jannat)
Polish: raj (pl) m, niebiosa (pl) n pl
Portuguese: paraíso (pt) m
Romanian: rai (ro) n, paradis (ro)
Russian: рай (ru) m ‎(raj), небеса́ (ru) n pl ‎(nebesá)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: рај m, небѐса n pl

Roman: raj (sh) m, nebèsa (sh)
Slovak: raj m, nebesia n pl, nebesá n pl
Slovene: raj (sl) m, nebesa (sl) n pl
Spanish: paraíso (es) m
Swedish: paradis (sv)
Tagalog: paraiso (tl)
Tajik: фирдавс (tg) ‎(firdavs), биҳишт (tg) ‎(bihišt), ҷаннат ‎(jannat)
Tatar: жәннәт ‎(jännät)
Telugu: వైకుంఠము ‎(vaikuṃṭhamu)
Thai: สวรรค์ (th) ‎(sà-wăn)
Turkish: cennet (tr)
Turkmen: jennet (tk)
Udmurt: узьмаг ‎(uzʹmag)
Ukrainian: рай (uk) m ‎(raj), небеса́ n pl ‎(nebesá)
Uzbek: firdavs (uz), jannat (uz)
Vietnamese: thiên đường (vi) (天堂)
Welsh: gwynfa f, paradwys f

very pleasant place

Armenian: դրախտ (hy) ‎(draxt)
Asturian: paraísu m
Catalan: paradís (ca) m
Finnish: paratiisi (fi)
French: paradis (fr) m
Galician: paraíso m
Hebrew: גן עדן (he) m ‎(gan éden)
Japanese: 楽園 (ja) ‎(らくえん, rakuen), パラダイス ‎(paradaisu)

Macedonian: рај m ‎(raj)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: paradis n

Nynorsk: paradis n
Portuguese: paraíso (pt) m
Russian: рай (ru) m ‎(raj)
Spanish: paraíso (es) m

very pleasant experience

Bashkir: рәхәт ‎(räxät), ләззәт ‎(läzzät)
Hebrew: גן עדן (he) m ‎(gan éden)

Macedonian: рај m ‎(raj)
Russian: рай (ru) m ‎(raj)

Verb

paradise ‎(third-person singular simple present paradises, present participle paradising, simple past and past participle paradised)

To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch.
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Anagrams

Paradesi

Latin

Noun

paradīse

vocative singular of paradīsus

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Paradise

PAR'ADISE

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