Healthy

English

Etymology

health +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhɛl.θi/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlθi

Adjective

Healthy (comparative healthier, superlative healthiest)

Positive Healthy

Comparative healthier

Superlative healthiest

1. Enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit: well.

   He was father to three healthy kids.

2. Conducive to health.

   A healthy diet and exercise can help to maintain proper weight.

3. Evincing health.

   Sam unwrapped the sandwich and took a healthy bite out of the middle.

4. (figuratively) Significant, hefty; beneficial.

   Healthy spankings never fail to restore a rascal's healthy respect for his educators, said dad while he gave Paul a healthy belting over the knee

Synonyms

• (conducive to health): healthful

Antonyms

• unhealthy

Derived terms

• healthily
• healthiness

Related terms

• heal
• healing
• whole

Translations

enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit: well

Croatian: zdrȁv hr(hr) Czech: zdravý cs(cs) m. Dutch: gezond nl(nl) Esperanto: sana eo(eo) Finnish: terve fi(fi), hyvinvoiva fi(fi) French: sain fr(fr), en bonne santé fr(fr) German: gesund de(de) Greek: υγιής el(el) m. sg. (igiís), γερός el(el) m. sg. (gerós) Irish: folláin ga(ga), sláintiúil ga(ga) Japanese: 健康な (kenkou na), x ja(ja) (tasscha na) Latin: sanus la(la)

Macedonian: здрав mk(mk) (zdrav) m. Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: [[съдравъ#Template:Cu|Template:Cyrs]] (sŭdravŭ) Glagolitic: [[ⰔⰟⰄⰓⰀⰂⰟ#Template:Cu|Template:Glag]] (sŭdravŭ) Old French: sain Romanian: sănătos ro(ro) Russian: здоровый ru(ru) (zdoróvyj) Scots: hailsome Slovene: zdrav sl(sl) Spanish: saludable es(es), sano es(es) m. Welsh: iach cy(cy)

conducive to health

Croatian: zdrȁv hr(hr) Czech: zdravý cs(cs) m. Dutch: gezond nl(nl) Finnish: terveellinen fi(fi) German: gesund de(de) Greek: υγιεινός el(el) m. sg. (igieinós)

Japanese: 健康的な (kenkouteki na) Latin: sanus la(la) Macedonian: здрав mk(mk) (zdrav) m. Russian: здоровый ru(ru) (zdoróvyj), полезный ru(ru) (pol'éznyj) Slovene: zdrav sl(sl) Spanish: saludable es(es), sano es(es) m.

evincing health

Croatian: zdrȁv hr(hr) Dutch: hartig Finnish: reilu fi(fi) French: sain fr(fr), en bonne santé fr(fr)

German: gesund de(de), anständig de(de) Macedonian: здрав mk(mk) (zdrav) m. Spanish: saludable es(es), sano es(es) m.

significant, hefty

Dutch: gezond, deugdelijk, duchtig, hartig Finnish: terve fi(fi)

Macedonian: здрав mk(mk) (zdrav) m.

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Esperanto: sana Italian: sano Korean: 건강한 Norwegian: frisk

Portuguese: saudável m/f Spanish: sano Tagalog: malusog Maigi, Yanu Telugu: ఆరోగ్యవంతమైన (aarOgyakaramaina), ఆరోగ్యకరమైన (aarOgyavaMtamaina)

External links

• Healthy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Healthy in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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