contentment en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /kənˈtɛntmənt/
Etymology
From Middle French contentement. By surface analysis, content + -ment.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The state or degree of being contented or satisfied.
Then they got out their boat from the boat-house, sculled down the river home, and at a very late hour sat down to supper in their own cosy riverside parlour, to the Rat's great joy and contentment.
1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:[…]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout ſuſpition, no doubt to their equall ioy and contentment.
1620, Giovanni Bocaccio, translated by John Florio, The Decameron, Containing an Hundred Pleaſant Nouels: Wittily Diſcourſed, Betweene Seuen Honourable Ladies, and Three Noble Gentlemen, Isaac Iaggard, Nouell 8, The Eighth Day:
- (uncountable, usually) Happiness in one's situation; satisfaction
- (uncountable, usually) The neurophysiological experience of satisfaction and being at ease in one's situation, body, and/or mind.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| contentments | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
discontentment · discontent · dissatisfaction
Translations (33)
ar رِضَا (state or degree of being contented) · hu megelégedettség (state or degree of being contented) · de Zufriedenheit (state or degree of being contented) · hi संतुष्टि (state or degree of being contented) · uk задово́леність (state or degree of being contented) · ga suáilceas (state or degree of being contented) · ro mulțumire (state or degree of being contented) · mi uruhautanga (state or degree of being contented) · gd suaimhneas (state or degree of being contented) · bg задоволство (state or degree of being contented) · hu megelégedés (state or degree of being contented) · uk задово́лення (state or degree of being contented) · hu elégedettség (state or degree of being contented) · es contentamiento (state or degree of being contented) · fr contentement (state or degree of being contented) · ga sástacht (state or degree of being contented) · pt contentamento (state or degree of being contented) · pl zadowolenie (state or degree of being contented) · hi संतोष (state or degree of being contented) · sh zadovoljstvo (state or degree of being contented) · pt satisfação (state or degree of being contented) · es contentura (state or degree of being contented) · hi तृप्ति (state or degree of being contented) · ro satisfacție (state or degree of being contented) · es contenteza (state or degree of being contented) · el ικανοποίηση (state or degree of being contented) · mr समाधान (state or degree of being contented) · de Genügsamkeit (state or degree of being contented) · ru удовлетворённость (state or degree of being contented) · es satisfacción (state or degree of being contented) · fi tyytyväisyys (state or degree of being contented) · eo kontento (state or degree of being contented) · tr hoşnutluk (state or degree of being contented)