"auspicious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɔːˈspɪ.ʃəs/ [UK], /ɔˈspɪʃ.əs/ [US], /ɑˈspɪʃ.əs/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-auspicious.ogg Forms: more auspicious [comparative], most auspicious [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪʃəs Etymology: From auspice + -ious, from Latin auspicium (“augury”), from auspex (“augur”), possibly via French. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*speḱ-}}, {{af|en|auspice|-ious}} auspice + -ious, {{der|en|la|auspicium|t=augury}} Latin auspicium (“augury”), {{der|en|fr|-}} French Head templates: {{en-adj}} auspicious (comparative more auspicious, superlative most auspicious)
  1. Of good omen; indicating future success. Translations (indicating future success): αἴσιος (aísios) (Ancient Greek), спрыя́льны (spryjálʹny) (Belarusian), благоприятен (blagoprijaten) (Bulgarian), вещаещ добро (veštaešt dobro) (Bulgarian), propici (Catalan), favorable (Catalan), 吉利 (jílì) (Chinese Mandarin), 吉祥 (jíxiáng) (Chinese Mandarin), slibný (Czech), nadějný (Czech), příznivý (Czech), lovende (Danish), gunstig (Dutch), aŭspicia (Esperanto), lupaava (Finnish), hyväenteinen (Finnish), propice (French), faste (French), de bon augure (French), günstig (German), vielversprechend (German), verheißungsvoll (German), glückverheißend (German), ευοίωνος (evoíonos) (Greek), शुभ (śubh) (Hindi), dea-thuarúil (Irish), めでたい (medetai) (Japanese), 喜ばしい (yorokobashii) (Japanese), faustus (Latin), благопри́јатен (blagopríjaten) (Macedonian), по́волен (póvolen) (Macedonian), gunstig (Norwegian Bokmål), gunstig (Norwegian Nynorsk), promissor (Portuguese), благоприя́тный (blagoprijátnyj) (Russian), prometedor (Spanish), propicio (Spanish), lovande (Swedish), lyckobådande (Swedish), gynnsam (Swedish), lyckobringande (Swedish), сприя́тливий (spryjátlyvyj) (Ukrainian), شبھ (śubh) (Urdu), ffafrol (Welsh)
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  2. Conducive to success. Synonyms: favourable, favorable, promising, propitious, fortunate, lucky
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  3. Marked by success; prosperous. Synonyms: lucky, fortunate
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: auspitious [obsolete], auspicious, favorable, fortunate, fortuitous, lucky, propitious, prosperous, serendipitous Derived forms: auspiciously, auspiciousness, unauspicious Related terms: promising

Alternative forms

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