"wellness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɛl.nɪs/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwel.nɪs/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wellness.wav Forms: wellnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English welnes, welenes. By surface analysis, well + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|welnes}} Middle English welnes, {{surf|+suf|en|well|ness}} By surface analysis, well + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wellness (countable and uncountable, plural wellnesses)
  1. The quality or state of being in good health (sometimes emphasizing both health and safety); mental and physical soundness. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: wellbeing, well-being Translations (The quality or state of being in good health.): صِحَّة (ṣiḥḥa) [feminine] (Arabic), سَلامة (salāma) (Arabic), عافِيَة (ʕāfiya) (Arabic), عافية (3afyə) [Gulf-Arabic] (Arabic), komforto (Esperanto), heaolu (Estonian), hyvinvointi (Finnish), bien-être [masculine] (French), Wohlbefinden [neuter] (German), benessere [masculine] (Italian), 웰빙 (welbing) (Korean), സൗഖ്യം (saukhyaṁ) (Malayalam), ആരോഗ്യം (ārōgyaṁ) (Malayalam), 'ap'edag (O'odham), سَلامَتی (salâmati) (Persian), bunăstare [feminine] (Romanian), здравствование (zdravstvovanije) [neuter] (Russian), ben ser [masculine] (Spanish)
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  2. The process of learning about and engaging in behaviors that are likely to result in optimal health. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-wellness-en-noun-y3uM15EA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: wellness check, wellness hotel

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "lang_code": "ml",
      "roman": "ārōgyaṁ",
      "sense": "The quality or state of being in good health.",
      "word": "ആരോഗ്യം"
    },
    {
      "code": "ood",
      "lang": "O'odham",
      "lang_code": "ood",
      "sense": "The quality or state of being in good health.",
      "word": "'ap'edag"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "roman": "salâmati",
      "sense": "The quality or state of being in good health.",
      "word": "سَلامَتی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "The quality or state of being in good health.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bunăstare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "zdravstvovanije",
      "sense": "The quality or state of being in good health.",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "здравствование"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "The quality or state of being in good health.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ben ser"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wellness"
}

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