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

Borrowed from Middle French rapture, from Latin raptūra, future active participle of rapiō (“snatch, carry off”).

rapture Middle French raptūra Latin

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Topics

Emotions & Feelings

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# 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

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