cloud nine

Significado (Inglés)

1. (idiomatic, uncountable) Often in the phrase on cloud nine: a state of bliss, elation or happiness.
2. (idiomatic, nonstandard, possibly, uncountable) A state of fantastic or impractical dreaming or thinking.

Conceptos

séptimo cielo

gloria

transporte

Sinónimos

seventh heaven

bliss

blissfulness

walking on air

Traducciones

septième ciel

Wolke sieben

sétimo céu

èxtasi

arrapament

deliqui

felicitat absoluta

στον έβδομο ουρανό

εξαιρετική ευτυχία

béatitude

قمَة السعادَة

septième Ciel

cloud 9

beatitudine

felicità

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈklaʊd ˈnaɪn/

Etimología (Inglés)

The origin of sense 1 (“a state of bliss”) is uncertain; however, the following etymology has been suggested:
* The first edition of the International Cloud Atlas (1896), which defined ten types of cloud, described the ninth type as the cumulonimbus which rises to 10 km (6.2 miles), the highest a cloud can be.
Compare cloud seven (“state of complete happiness or euphoria”), which may have originated from confusion of cloud nine with seventh heaven.
Sense 2 (“a state of fantastic or impractical dreaming or thinking”) may be due to a confusion between sense 1 and the phrase head in the clouds.