paradise en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpæɹədaɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈpaɾədʌɪs/ (Scotland)
- (US) audio
- /ˈpaɹədɑjs/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈpɛɹədaɪs/ Mary–marry–merry merger
- /ˈpɛɹədɑes/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈpæɹədɑes/ (Australia)
- /ˈpæɹədaɪs/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
Etymology
From Middle English paradis, paradise, paradys, from Late Old English paradīs, borrowed from Old French paradis, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah. Doublet of parvis. Displaced Old English neorxnawang.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The place where sanctified souls are believed to live after death.
This employment I considered as the only satisfaction I could offer to the memory of your unfortunate mother, and I flatter myself that if she could look down, it would give her angelic mind pleasure even in paradise, to behold me instilling into the minds of her children, sentiments congenial with her own.
1791, Charlotte Lennox, “Hermione”, in London, volume 1, William Lane, page 123:I believe the soul in Paradise must enjoy something nearer to a perpetual adulthood than to any other state we know.
2004, Marilynne Robinson, Gilead, London: Virago, published 2005, page 189:Kruban is a tidally-locked Venusian hothouse, its surface perpetually obscured by clouds of sulfur and carbon dioxides. The first group of krogan brought into orbit by the salarian uplift teams requested a trip to Kruban. The salarians at first thought the krogan were confused about the nature of Kruban's environment; the planet is named for a krogan mythological paradise in which honorable warriors feast on the internal organs of their enemies. In fact, krogan astronomers had correctly deduced the nature of Kruban in the years before the global holocaust.
2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Kruban:And Jesus said unto him [the malefactor], Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 23:43:The imagination of the Hindoo paints his Swergas as "profuse of bliss," and all the joys of sense are collected in the Paradise of the Mussulman.
1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 71:He hears his daughter's voice, / Singing in the village choir, / And it makes his heart rejoice. / It sounds to him like her mother's voice, / Singing in Paradise!
1839, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “[Miscellaneous.] w:The Village Blacksmith.”, in Ballads and Other Poems, 2nd edition, Cambridge, Mass.: […] John Owen, published 1842, →OCLC, stanzas 5–6, page 101:Living in paradise comes with a price.
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) A very pleasant place, such as a place full of lush vegetation.
Near-synonym: rose garden
an island paradise in the Caribbean
“Each household will have to have a tap with water running out of it all the year round,” he said. “And not only palm trees, but fruit trees too and flower gardens. It won’t take so many years to turn Golema Mmidi into a paradise. […]”
1968, Bessie Head, chapter 8, in When Rain Clouds Gather, New York: Simon & Schuster, published 1969, page 114:On Earth, there is no poverty, no crime, no war. You look out the window of Starfleet Headquarters and you see paradise. Well, it's easy to be a saint in paradise, but the Maquis do not live in paradise.
1994, Ira Steven Behr, “The Maquis, Part II”, in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, season 2, episode 21, spoken by Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks):The reader cannot but judge of the irksomeness of this situation to a mind like mine, in being daily exposed to new hardships and impositions, after having seen many better days, and been as it were, in a state of freedom and plenty; added to which, every part of the world I had hitherto been in, seemed to me a paradise in comparison of the West Indies.
1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 6, in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, volume 1, London: for the author, page 243:Let me live here ever; So rare a wonder’d father and a wife Makes this place Paradise.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) An ideal place for a specified type of person, activity, etc.
a shoppers’ paradise
And at this point, also, begins the pilot’s paradise: a wide river hence to New Orleans, abundance of water from shore to shore, and no bars, snags, sawyers, or wrecks in his road.
1883, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter 40, in Life on the Mississippi, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, →OCLC:But the idea that Singapore is a deregulated paradise is not borne out by reality, as anyone who has tried to dispose of a piece of used chewing gum there will know.
2019 December 17, Howard Davies, “Will the UK really turn into 'Singapore-on-Thames' after Brexit?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) A very pleasant experience.
He poured the last of the wine as Fanny, her face composed as she stroked his leg, after a paradise of expectation touched his aroused organ.
1979, Bernard Malamud, chapter 2, in Dubin’s Lives, New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, page 62:The weariest and most loathed worldly life That age, ache, penury and imprisonment Can lay on nature is a paradise To what we fear of death.
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:[…] sitting by him, roused from the nightmare of parting—called to the paradise of union—I thought only of the bliss given me to drink in so abundant a flow.
1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter VIII, in Jane Eyre. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 214:
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, such as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A churchyard or cemetery.
- (countable, slang, uncountable) The upper gallery in a theatre.
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(countable, uncountable) A cake, often as a paradise slice.
She was learned in decocting all kinds of herb-tea, infallible in curing burns, sprains, and scalds; and not a few pennyworths of gingerbread and paradise (for the latter she was very famous) went among her young customers, for which the till was never the richer.
1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Knife, page 127:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| paradize | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| paradises | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
paradisefish · earthly paradise · long-tailed paradise whydah · Surfers Paradise · magnificent bird of paradise · paradisaical · fool's paradise · paradise flycatcher · paradise shelduck · paradise bird · paradisean · paradisian · paradisic · paradise parrot · another day in paradise · paradise syndrome · grains of paradise · paradisiac · paradisical · paradise sugar · disparadised · disparadise · paradisiacal · workers' paradise · eastern paradise whydah · unparadise · paradise-crow · paradise tree · imparadise · paradisial · paradisal · paradol · trouble in paradise · emparadise · paradise pie · bird of paradise · paradise skipper · paradise duck · paradise crane · grain of paradise · paradise nut · paradise on Earth · paradise on earth · Paradise Island · paradisaic
Descendants
palataiho · parataiso · pararaiia · parataisi
Relateds
Shangri-La · kingdom come · nirvana · sweet hereafter · Abraham's bosom · Arcadia · Avalon · utopia · happy hunting ground · neverland · Eden
Synonyms
nirvana · heaven · kingdom come · Eden · heaven · heaven · Avalon · sweet hereafter · rose garden · happy hunting ground · Heaven · earthly paradise · Arcadia · Peach Blossom Spring · utopia · Arcady · Shangri-La
Translations (229)
ko 낙원 (heaven) · ps فردوس (heaven) · ko 락원 (heaven) · be нябёсы (heaven) · ru ништя́к (very pleasant experience) · cs nebesa (heaven) · fo paradis (heaven) · fa-ira بِهِشْت (heaven) · kk бейіш (heaven) · mr वैकुंठ (heaven) · tt җәннәт (heaven) · bn ফেরদৌস (heaven) · ang neorxnawang (heaven) · sk raj (heaven) · syc ܫܡܝܐ (heaven) · ja 極楽 (heaven) · ar فِرْدَوْس (heaven) · syc ܦܪܕܝܣܐ (heaven) · de Paradies (very pleasant place) · sh nebèsa (heaven) · ja パラダイス (very pleasant place) · cmn 天國 /天国 (heaven) · ps هسک (heaven) · hu paradicsom (heaven) · ro rai (heaven) · mi pararaiha (heaven) · cy gwynfa (heaven) · orv раи (heaven) · gl paraíso (heaven) · bal جنت (heaven) · be рай (heaven) · acw جَنَّة (heaven) · fi paratiisi (very pleasant place) · prs پَرْدیس (heaven) · chy séano (heaven) · niu parataiso (heaven) · cmn 樂土 /乐土 (heaven) · ba йәннәт (heaven) · swb pev̄o (heaven) · is himinn (heaven) · tl paraiso (heaven) · ur بِہِشْت (heaven) · fr cieux (heaven) · id surga (heaven) · ur فِرْدَوس (very pleasant place) · lo ທິວ (heaven) · th พาราไดซ์ (heaven) · uk рай (heaven) · tl langit (heaven) · lez женнет (heaven) · pl raj (heaven) · lt rojus (heaven) · nl hemel (heaven) · cmn 天堂 (heaven) · ru кайф (very pleasant experience) · lv paradīze (heaven) · csb rôj (heaven) · ug بىيىش (heaven) · et paradiis (heaven) · lo ວິມານ (heaven) · hy դրախտ (heaven) · cs ráj (heaven) · tpw tupãrorypaba (heaven) · ja 天国 (heaven) · pl niebiosa (heaven) · mk рај (very pleasant place) · sq xhenet (heaven) · ca paradís (heaven) · az behişt (heaven) · lo ສວງ (heaven) · mt paradijs (heaven) · nb himmel (heaven) · ur بَہِشْت (heaven) · pt paraíso (heaven) · sv himmel (heaven) · haw paradaiso (heaven) · ur جَنَّت (very pleasant place) · ba рәхәт (very pleasant experience) · lo ທິວະ (heaven) · mk рај (very pleasant experience) · hy դրախտ (very pleasant place) · la paradisus (heaven) · ba ләззәт (very pleasant experience) · ang neorxnawang (very pleasant place) · nl paradijs (very pleasant place) · kk ұжмақ (heaven) · uz firdavs (heaven) · roa-opt parayso (heaven) · he גן עדן (very pleasant experience) · ast paraísu (very pleasant place) · he גַּן עֵדֶן (heaven) · acw فِردوس (heaven) · cu раи (heaven) · ota اوچماق (heaven) · se paradiijás (heaven) · hi वैकुण्ठ (heaven) · nn paradis (very pleasant place) · ce ялсамани (heaven) · ang heofon (heaven) · ru рай (heaven) · fy paradys (heaven) · cmn 樂園 /乐园 (very pleasant place) · ur فِرْدَوس (heaven) · fa-ira جَنَّت (heaven) · tk jennet (heaven) · to palataisi (heaven) · tg биҳишт (heaven) · es paraíso (very pleasant place) · fr paradis (very pleasant place) · ja 天堂 (heaven) · grc παράδεισος (heaven) · km សួគ៌ (heaven) · got 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (heaven) · tg фирдавс (heaven) · ug جەننەت (heaven) · so janno (heaven) · mr स्वर्ग (heaven) · ru рай (very pleasant experience) · sh ра̑ј (heaven) · uz jannat (heaven) · sah ырай (heaven) · id firdaus (heaven) · ka სამოთხე (heaven) · he גַּן עֵדֶן (very pleasant place) · kl paratiisi (heaven) · bg небеса́ (heaven) · tl paraiso (very pleasant place) · tpw orypaba (heaven) · zdj mpvepvo (heaven) · ru небеса́ (heaven) · af paradys (heaven) · lo ສວັນ (heaven) · my နိဗ္ဗာန် (heaven) · ro paradis (heaven) · eo paradizo (heaven) · sa स्वर्ग (heaven) · ko 천당 (heaven) · mk не́беса (heaven) · cy paradwys (heaven) · sw paradiso (heaven) · ja 楽園 (heaven) · nb paradis (very pleasant place) · da himmel (heaven) · cmn 樂園 /乐园 (heaven) · sv paradis (heaven) · es paraíso (heaven) · ps جنت (heaven) · frm paradis (heaven) · udm узьмаг (heaven) · kk жұмақ (heaven) · hi वैकुंठ (very pleasant place) · fi taivas (heaven) · el παράδεισος (heaven) · bn নন্দন (heaven) · da paradis (heaven) · az cənnət (heaven) · ms firdaus (heaven) · arc פַּרְדֵּיסָא (heaven) · hi स्वर्ग (heaven) · pt paraíso (very pleasant place) · war paraiso (heaven) · hi स्वर्ग (very pleasant place) · ko 락원 (very pleasant place) · ko 파라다이스 (very pleasant place) · my ကောင်းကင်ဘုံ (heaven) · nb paradis (heaven) · uk небеса́ (heaven) · sq parajsë (heaven) · izh raaju (heaven) · mr देवलोक (heaven) · ms jannah (heaven) · th สวรรค์ (heaven) · prs جَنَّت (heaven) · sk nebesia (heaven) · cu небеса (heaven) · pal 𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩 (heaven) · sl raj (heaven) · ky бейиш (heaven) · nl paradijs (heaven) · it paradiso (heaven) · ru рай (very pleasant place) · ja 楽園 (very pleasant place) · ar سَمَاوَات (heaven) · kk жәннат (heaven) · ast paraísu (heaven) · hi देवलोक (heaven) · tg ҷаннат (heaven) · tr cennet (heaven) · prs بِهِشْت (heaven) · fro paradiz (heaven) · te వైకుంఠము (heaven) · ko 낙원 (very pleasant place) · mt ġenna (heaven) · sm parataiso (heaven) · is paradís (heaven) · bn জান্নাত (heaven) · lo ສະຫວັນ (heaven) · nn paradis (heaven) · gl paraíso (very pleasant place) · mk рај (heaven) · fr paradis (heaven) · fi paratiisi (very pleasant experience) · mn диваажин (heaven) · vi thiên đường (heaven) · sh rȃj (heaven) · fi paratiisi (heaven) · ga parthas (heaven) · ur جَنَّت (heaven) · sh небѐса (heaven) · prs فِرْدَوْس (heaven) · bg рай (heaven) · ca paradís (very pleasant place) · km ឋានសួគ៌ (heaven) · de Paradies (heaven) · ota جنت (heaven) · ko 천국 (heaven) · fj parataisi (heaven) · alt учмак (heaven) · de Himmel (heaven) · fa-ira پَرْدیس (heaven) · sl nebesa (heaven) · sk nebesá (heaven) · ar جَنَّة (heaven) · nog еннет (heaven) · fa-ira فِرْدُوس (heaven) · ba ожмах (heaven) · ota فردوس (heaven) · ms syurga (heaven) · lo ພິມານ (heaven)