heureux
French
Etymology
From heur (“luck”) + -eux. Compare Occitan aürós.
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /œ.ʁø/, /ø.ʁø/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ø
- Hyphenation: heu‧reux
Adjective
heureux (feminine heureuse, masculine plural heureux, feminine plural heureuses)
- happy
- Synonym: content
- Antonym: malheureux
- glad [with de]
- lucky, fortunate
- good, excellent
- Synonym: bon
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Louisiana Creole: èrè
Noun
heureux m (plural heureux)
- happy person
- faire des heureux ― to make some people happy
- Ça ne va pas faire que des heureux ! ― It won't please everybody! It won't be to everyone's liking!
Further reading
- “heureux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.