good news

English

good news (uncountable)

Something or someone pleasant, fortunate, or otherwise positive.
- 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Aylesbury (2009)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 61:
  The mainstream media hones in on bad news stories where UK railways are concerned, yet gives scant attention to the many items of good news emerging from the network.
Antonym: bad news
(Christianity) The message of Jesus concerning the salvation of the faithful (as elaborated in the Gospels)

something positive

Armenian: ավետիս (hy) (avetis)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 喜訊／喜讯 (zh) (xǐxùn), 福音 (zh) (fúyīn), 好消息 (hǎo xiāoxi), 福音 (zh) (fúyīn)
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} goed nieuws ?
Finnish: hyvät uutiset
French: bonne nouvelle f
Galician: boas novas f pl
German: gute Nachricht f
Greek:
Ancient: εὐαγγέλιον n (euangélion)
Hindi: ख़ुशख़बरी f (xuśxabrī)
Hungarian: jó hír
Italian: ^{(please verify)} buone nuove pl
Japanese: 良いニュース (yoi nyūsu), 朗報 (ja) (ろうほう, rōhō), 吉報 (ja) (きっぽう, kippō), 喜ばしい知らせ (よろこばしいしらせ, yorokobashii shirase), 福音 (ja) (ふくいん, fukuin)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} خەبەری خۆش‎ (xeberî xoş), ^{(please verify)} مژدە‎ (mijde)
Ladino:
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} בשׂורה‎ ?

Latin: ^{(please verify)} beśorah ?
Malay: kabar gembira
Persian: نوید‎ (fa) (navid), مژده‎ (fa) (možde)
Portuguese: notícia boa f, boa notícia f
Russian: хоро́шие но́вости f pl (xoróšije nóvosti), до́брая весть f (dóbraja vestʹ)
Swedish: goda nyheter c pl
Telugu: శుభవార్త (te) (śubhavārta)
Urdu: خوش خبری‎ f (xoś xabrī)
Vietnamese: tin mừng (vi), tin vui, tin lành (vi)

the message of Jesus concerning the salvation of the faithful

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.