rapture C2 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /ˈɹæpt͡ʃɚ/ UK /ˈɹaptʃə/ See IPA manual Freq #20699 Meanings 1 noun A feeling of great joy, delight, or excitement. They went into raptures about the meal they'd had. 2 noun A state of being completely swept away by overwhelming emotion. The audience listened in rapture as the orchestra played. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a feeling of great joy,... transport Word family Forms rapturedraptures Derived forms enrapturerapturelessrapturesomerapturiserapturistrapturizerapturous Related forms rapt Etymology AI details Borrowed from Middle French rapture, from Latin raptūra, future active participle of rapiō (“snatch, carry off”). rapture Middle French raptūra Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # rapture **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɹæpt͡ʃɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɹaptʃə/ **Frequency rank:** 20699 ## Meanings 1. A feeling of great joy, delight, or excitement. 2. A state of being completely swept away by overwhelming emotion. ## Examples - They went into raptures about the meal they'd had. - The audience listened in rapture as the orchestra played. ## Derived Forms - enrapture - raptureless - rapturesome - rapturise - rapturist - rapturize - rapturous ## Related Forms - rapt ## Roots and Affixes - Root: rapture - Root: raptūra ## Etymology Borrowed from Middle French rapture, from Latin raptūra, future active participle of rapiō (“snatch, carry off”). ## AI Etymology Rapture is borrowed from Middle French rapture, from Latin raptūra, future active participle of rapiō (“snatch, carry off”). Important recorded forms include rapture (Middle French) and raptūra (Latin). Current senses include a feeling of great joy, delight, or excitement and a state of being completely swept away by overwhelming emotion. The wider family includes derived forms such as enrapture, raptureless, rapturesome, rapturise, and rapturist and related words such as rapt. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown