welfare

Signification (Anglais)

1. Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.
2. Various forms of financial aid provided by the government to those who are in need of it.

bien-être

aide sociale

protection sociale

en sécurité

mieux-être

oeuvres sociales

services sociaux

prestations sociales

à cause de

prestations familiales

bonne santé

welfare work

social assistance

social service

weal and woe

material benefits

rise and fall

good health

national assistance

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈwɛlˌfɛə/

From Middle English welefare, probably from the Old English phrase wel faran (“to fare well, get along successfully, prosper”) (cognate with Middle Dutch welvare (“welfare”), Middle Low German wolvare (“welfare”), Middle High German wolvar, wolfar (“welfare”)). Equivalent to well + fare. Compare also West Frisian wolfeart, Dutch welvaart, German Wohlfahrt, Old Norse velferð (whence Swedish välfärd (“welfare”)). The first recorded use in the sense of "social concern for the well-being of children, the unemployed, etc." is from 1904 and in the sense of "organized effort to provide for maintenance of members of a group" from 1918.