"wellness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɛl.nɪs/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwel.nɪs/ [General-Australian] Forms: wellnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English welnes, welenes, equivalent to well + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|welnes}} Middle English welnes, {{suffix|en|well|ness}} 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). 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), apʼedag (O'odham), سَلامَتی (salâmati) (Persian), bunăstare [feminine] (Romanian), здравствование (zdravstvovanije) [neuter] (Russian), ben ser [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-wellness-en-noun-JnE5Ev10 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gulf Arabic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with O'odham translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Gulf Arabic translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with O'odham translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of 'The quality or state of being in good health.': 97 3
  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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: wellness check, wellness hotel

Inflected forms

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