"contentment" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kənˈtɛntmənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-contentment.wav [US] Forms: contentments [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French contentement. By surface analysis, content + -ment. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|contentement}} Middle French contentement, {{surf|en|content|-ment}} By surface analysis, content + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} contentment (usually uncountable, plural contentments)
  1. The state or degree of being contented or satisfied. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Emotions Translations (state or degree of being contented): رِضَا (riḍā) (Arabic), задоволство (zadovolstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), kontento (Esperanto), contentement [masculine] (French), Zufriedenheit (German), Genügsamkeit (German), ικανοποίηση (ikanopoíisi) [feminine] (Greek), elégedettség (Hungarian), megelégedés (Hungarian), megelégedettség (Hungarian), sástacht [feminine] (Irish), suáilceas [masculine] (Irish), uruhautanga (Maori), zadowolenie [neuter] (Polish), contente (Portuguese), satisfeito (Portuguese), realizado (Portuguese), satisfacție [feminine] (Romanian), mulțumire [feminine] (Romanian), удовлетворённость (udovletvorjónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), suaimhneas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), zadovoljstvo (Serbo-Croatian), contentamiento [masculine] (Spanish), satisfacción [feminine] (Spanish), задово́лення (zadovólennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), задово́леність (zadovólenistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-contentment-en-noun-0xgx~Xx~ Disambiguation of Emotions: 21 37 42 Disambiguation of 'state or degree of being contented': 78 11 10
  2. happiness in one's situation; satisfaction Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-contentment-en-noun-b9oGFF0Y Disambiguation of Emotions: 21 37 42
  3. The neurophysiological experience of satisfaction and being at ease in one's situation, body, and/or mind. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-contentment-en-noun-UUWiYeHr Disambiguation of Emotions: 21 37 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 14 78 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 16 25 59 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 12 24 63

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