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health¹

  • /ˈhɛlθ/ US, UK
  • /ˈhelθ/ Australia, New Zealand

Sounds like elf (th-fronting, h-dropping) · Rhymes with -ɛlθ

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English helthe, from Old English hǣlþ, from Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hailiþō, from *hailaz + *-iþō. Cognate with Old High German heilida. Analyzable as whole, hale, or heal + -th (abstract nominal suffix). More at heal. Doublet of wholth.

noun healths · helth · helthe · healthe

  1. uncountable, usually The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness. Her mental health is really affected by stressful environments.
  2. uncountable, usually A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level. The directors are concerned about the financial health of the project.
  3. uncountable, usually Physical condition.
  4. obsolete, uncountable, usually Cure, remedy.
  5. countable, usually A toast to prosperity. Strikingly, however, Waller does not deny but rather revels in the claim that healths lead to excessive drinking
  6. uncountable, usually The amount of damage an in-game entity can withstand before it is killed, destroyed or defeated. The enemies on this level have a lot of health.

health²

Where it comes from

From Middle English heleð (“man, hero, fighter”), from Old English hæleþ (“man, hero, fighter”), from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ, from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (“man, hero”). Cognate with West Frisian held (“hero”), Dutch held (“hero”), German Held (“hero”), Norwegian Nynorsk hauld (“freeman”).

noun healths

  1. obsolete A warrior; hero; man. They, under false pretence of amity and cheer, the British peers invite, the German healths to view.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: wellness, sound, healthy, healthful, wholesome, well-being, wholesomeness, welfare, fitness, quality, wellbeing, soundness, sanity, authenticity, veracity, social

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noun state of being free of physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction

Españolsalud, sanidad
한국어건강 geon'gang
日本語健康 kenkō, 体 karada
中文健康 jiànkāng, 身體 /身体 shēntǐ
हिन्दीआरोग्य ārogya, स्वास्थ्य svāsthya, सेहत sehat
Kiswahiliafya
Portuguêssaúde
Françaissanté, forme
DeutschGesundheit
Italianosalute, sanità
Ελληνικάυγεία ygeía
Românăsănătate
Русскийздоро́вье zdoróvʹje, здра́вие zdrávije
Tiếng Việtsức khỏe
العربيةصِحَّة ṣiḥḥa, عَافِيَة ʕāfiya, سَلَامَة salāma
עבריתבְּרִיאוּת bri’út

noun overall level of function of an organism

Españolsalud
Portuguêssaúde
DeutschGesundheit
Русскийздоро́вье zdoróvʹje

noun physical condition

Españolsalud
हिन्दीस्वास्थ्य svāsthya
Portuguêssaúde
Françaissanté
DeutschGesundheit
Italianosalute
Românăsănătate
Русскийздоро́вье zdoróvʹje
עבריתבריאות bri’út

noun (video games) amount of damage an in-game object can withstand

한국어피통 pitong
中文血量 xuèliàng, 血 xuè, 生命值 shēngmìngzhí
Portuguêsvida
Françaispoint de vie, PV

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@misc{health_2026,
  title = {health},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/health},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}