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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

euphorie

Pronunciation / Transliteration: œ-fɔ-ʁi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Euphoria/juːˈfɔːr.i.ə/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Une vague d'euphorie a submergé les supporters."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A feeling or state of intense excitement, happiness, and elation.

    "A profound sense of euphoria swept through the crowd as their team won the championship."
  2. 2

    An exaggerated or unnatural sense of physical and mental well-being, often induced by substances or pathological conditions.

    "Certain chemical substances can produce a transient drug-induced euphoria."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek word 'euphoria', meaning 'bearing well' or 'fertility', stemming from 'eu' (well) and 'pherein' (to bear). It entered the English medical lexicon in the 17th century to describe a state of bodily health and comfort, later shifting in the 19th and 20th centuries to primarily denote intense psychological delight and elation.

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