paradise

B1 Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /ˈpɛɹ.ə.daɪ̯s/ UK /ˈpæɹ.ə.daɪ̯s/ See IPA manual

noun verb Freq #3343

Meanings

1

noun
A very beautiful or perfect place.

The island felt like paradise, with white sand and clear blue water.
2

noun
An ideal place for a particular kind of person or activity.

The market is a paradise for food lovers.
3

noun
In religion, the happy place where good souls are believed to go after death.

They believed the faithful would live forever in paradise.

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1 noun · a very beautiful or perfect... heaven

3 noun · in religion, the happy... heaven

More arcadiaarcadyavaloneden nirvanashangri-lautopia

Word family

Forms paradises

Derived forms disparadisedisparadisedemparadiseimparadiseparadisaicparadisaicalparadisalparadise-crowparadiseanparadisefishparadisiacparadisiacal

Related forms arcadiaavaloneden nirvanashangri-lautopia

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.

paradis Middle English paradīs Old English paradīsus Latin παράδεισος Ancient Greek *paridayjah ira-pro

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# paradise

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** ˈpɛɹ.ə.daɪ̯s
**IPA (UK):** ˈpæɹ.ə.daɪ̯s
**Frequency rank:** 3343

## Meanings
1. A very beautiful or perfect place.
2. An ideal place for a particular kind of person or activity.
3. In religion, the happy place where good souls are believed to go after death.

## Examples
- The island felt like paradise, with white sand and clear blue water.
- The market is a paradise for food lovers.
- They believed the faithful would live forever in paradise.

## Synonyms
- arcadia
- arcady
- avalon
- eden
- heaven
- nirvana
- shangri-la
- utopia

## Derived Forms
- disparadise
- disparadised
- emparadise
- imparadise
- paradisaic
- paradisaical
- paradisal
- paradise-crow
- paradisean
- paradisefish
- paradisiac
- paradisiacal

## Related Forms
- arcadia
- avalon
- eden
- nirvana
- shangri-la
- utopia

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: paradis
- Root: paradīs
- Root: paradīsus
- Root: παράδεισος
- Root: *paridayjah

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Paradise comes 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. Modern senses include a very beautiful or perfect place and an ideal place for a particular kind of person or activity. The wider word family includes derivatives such as disparadise, disparadised, emparadise, imparadise, paradisaic, and paradisaical and related forms such as arcadia, avalon, eden, and nirvana.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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