boon

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A good thing; a thing to be thankful for or to appreciate duly.
2. (archaic) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.
3. (obsolete) A prayer; petition.
4. (British, dialectal) An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
5. (Hinduism) A blessing, typically a supernatural power, granted to an ascetic by a god or goddess.

Adj

1. Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
2. (archaic) Kind; bountiful; benign.
3. (obsolete) Good; prosperous.

Conceptes

inseparable

Oposat a

bane#Noun

Sinònims

blessing

gift

🎁

benefit

favour

good

👍

present

good deed

request

jolly

advantage

blithesome

bonus

bounteous

charm

cheerful

cheery

close

close together

convivial

donation

familiar

favor

favourable

fortunate

godsend

grace

gracefulness

grant

intimate

jocund

kind

kindness

near

nearby

nigh

open hearted

petition

piece

portion

prayer

prosperous

proximal

proximate

result

sheave

sticks

token

vantage

vicinal

windfall

Traduccions

Segen

zegen

bendición

zegening

lütuf

grâce

Geschenk

🎁

bienfait

gunst

Wohltat

beneficium

faveur

Gabe

🎁

Heil

⚕️

aubaine

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/buːn/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: boon

Heretat de anglès mitjà: bone

Heretat de anglès antic: bune

In summary

From Middle English boon (“prayer”), from Old Norse bón (“prayer, petition”), from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“supplication”), influenced by boon (“good, favorable”, adjective). Doublet of ben; see there for more.