bless you
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bless you
- /ˈblɛs juː/
- /ˈblɛʃ(j)uː/
Where it comes from
Short for God bless you, from Middle English God blesse you, God blisse you.
interjection bless you !
- Short for (may) God bless you: said as a short prayer for the recipient.
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Said to someone who has just sneezed, as a polite remark.
Similar: gesundheit
- Used to express non-understanding of someone who has just used an unusual or foreign word or phrase (as if to imply that it sounds like a sneeze). ‘What’s that?’ said Ron, pointing at a large dish of some sort of shellfish stew that stood beside a large steak-and-kidney pudding. ‘Bouillabaisse,’ said Hermione. ‘Bless you,’ said Ron. ‘It’s French,’ said Hermione. ‘I had it on holiday, summer before last, it’s very nice.’
Translations
Every language
intj said to somebody who has sneezed
| Español | ¡salud!, ¡Jesús!, ¡santinos! |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | お大事に o-daiji ni, 徳万歳 tokomanzai |
| 中文 | 一百歲 /一百岁 yībǎi suì |
| हिन्दी | हरि ॐ hari om |
| Kiswahili | afya |
| Português | santinho!, saúde!, viva, Deus te crie |
| Français | à vos souhaits, à tes souhaits, à vos amours, à tes amours, et qu'elles durent toujours |
| Deutsch | Gesundheit, hatschi, prost |
| Italiano | salute! |
| Ελληνικά | υγείες ygeíes, γείτσες geítses |
| Română | sănătate!, noroc, chef |
| Русский | будь здоро́в budʹ zdoróv, будь здоро́ва budʹ zdoróva, бу́дьте здоро́вы búdʹte zdoróvy |
| Tiếng Việt | cơm muối |
| العربية | صِحَّة ṣiḥḥa, اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰه al-ḥamdu li-llāh, يَرْحَمْكُم اللّٰه yarḥamkum allāh, يَرْحَمْكُم yarḥamkum |
| עברית | לַבְּרִיאוּת labri'út, לִבְרִיאוּת livri'út, אָסוּתָא asúta |
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title = {bless you},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bless%20you},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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