Meaning

8 senses
  1. (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

  2. (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

  3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)An ideal place for a specified type of person, activity, etc.

    a shoppers’ paradise

  4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A very pleasant experience.

    райraj, кайфkajf, ништя́кništják

  5. (countable, slang, uncountable)The upper gallery in a theatre.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A cake, often as a paradise slice.

  7. (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.

  8. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A churchyard or cemetery.

Examples

118 sentences
  1. This beach is a paradise for surfers.

    Цей пляж — рай для серферів. — deniko

    ruЭтот пляж - рай для сёрферов. — marafon

    deDieser Strand ist ein Paradies für Wellenreiter. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. This island is a tropical paradise.

    ruЭтот остров — тропический рай. — Wezel

    deDiese Insel ist ein tropisches Paradies. — Adelpa

  3. Hawaii is known as an earthly paradise.

    ruГавайи называют земным раем. — shanghainese

    deHawaii nennt man Paradies auf Erden. — Esperantostern

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  4. Hawaii is a paradise on earth.

    Гаваї — це рай на землі. — deniko

    ruГавайи - это рай на Земле. — marafon

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  5. This island is a paradise for children.

    Цей острів — рай для дітей. — deniko

    ruЭтот остров - рай для детей. — alik_farber

    deDiese Insel ist ein Paradies für Kinder. — Manfredo

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
heaven:
Русский
By meaning 2
heaven:
very pleasant experience:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
heaven:

Origin

From Middle English paradis, paradise, paradys, from Late Old English paradīs, borrowed fr

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.

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