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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesekstatisch
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ɛkˈʃtaːtɪʃ/
"Die Fans waren ekstatisch, als ihre Band die Bühne betrat."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement.
"She was ecstatic when she learned she had won the national poetry award." - 2
Involving an experience of mystic self-transcendence or religious rapture.
"The dervishes performed their ecstatic dance beneath the night sky."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin ecstaticus, which traces back to the Greek ekstatikos, meaning 'driven out of oneself' or 'insane' (from ek- 'out' + histanai 'to place'). Over centuries, the meaning shifted from religious or mystical trance-like detachment to a general psychological state of overwhelming happiness and rapture by the 17th century.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Ecstatic" is said worldwide
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extatique
Transliteration: /ɛk.sta.tik/
"Ils étaient extatiques après cette victoire historique."
ekstatisch
Transliteration: /ɛkˈʃtaːtɪʃ/
"Die Fans waren ekstatisch, als ihre Band die Bühne betrat."
estatico
Transliteration: /eˈsta.ti.ko/
"Ricevuta la notizia, rimase in uno stato estatico."
éxtasis
Transliteration: /eksˈta.siko/
"Los seguidores estaban estáticos ante el anuncio del artista."
extático
Transliteration: /isˈta.tʃi.ku/
"Ele ficou extático ao receber a proposta de emprego."
परमानंदित
Transliteration: paramanandit
"अपनी परीक्षा में सफलता पाकर वह परमानंदित थी।"
狂喜的
Transliteration: kuáng xǐ de
"听到这个好消息，大家感到狂喜。"
황홀해하는
Transliteration: hwangholhaehaneun
"그는 합격 소식을 듣고 황홀해했다."
狂喜した
Transliteration: kyōki shita
"彼女はその知らせを聞いて狂喜した。"
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