paradise
The place where sanctified souls are believed to live after deathThe place where sanctified souls are believed to live after death.
» This beach is a paradise for surfers.
Dieser Strand ist ein Paradies für Wellenreiter.
Этот пляж - рай для сёрферов.
Этот пляж - рай для серфингистов.
Цей пляж — рай для серферів.
Meaning
8 senses(countable, uncountable)The place where sanctified souls are believed to live after death.
Living in paradise comes with a price.
Paradies, Himmel
райraj, небеса́nebesá
райraj, небеса́nebesá
(Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death
(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
Paradies
райraj
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)An ideal place for a specified type of person, activity, etc.
a shoppers’ paradise
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A very pleasant experience.
райraj, кайфkajf, ништя́кništják
(countable, slang, uncountable)The upper gallery in a theatre.
(countable, uncountable)A cake, often as a paradise slice.
(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.
Examples
118 sentencesThis beach is a paradise for surfers.
Цей пляж — рай для серферів.
ruЭтот пляж - рай для сёрферов.
deDieser Strand ist ein Paradies für Wellenreiter.
This island is a tropical paradise.
ruЭтот остров — тропический рай.
deDiese Insel ist ein tropisches Paradies.
Hawaii is known as an earthly paradise.
ruГавайи называют земным раем.
deHawaii nennt man Paradies auf Erden.
Hawaii is a paradise on earth.
Гаваї — це рай на землі.
ruГавайи - это рай на Земле.
This island is a paradise for children.
Цей острів — рай для дітей.
ruЭтот остров - рай для детей.
deDiese Insel ist ein Paradies für Kinder.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English paradis, paradise, paradys, from Late Old English paradīs, borrowed frFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: paradisesSynonyms
15 synonyms- any place of complete bliss and delight and peace:Edennirvanaheavenpromised landShangri-la
Word family
35 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable