English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English welnes, welenes. By surface analysis, well + -ness.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɛl.nɪs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈwel.nɪs/
Noun
[edit]wellness (countable and uncountable, plural wellnesses)
- The quality or state of being in good health (sometimes emphasizing both health and safety); mental and physical soundness.
- Synonyms: wellbeing, well-being
- health and wellness
- Diet and exercise are cornerstones of wellness.
- The police conducted a wellness check.
- 2026 January 6, Angelica Stable, “More Americans may be classified as obese under new definition, study suggests”, in Fox News[1], archived from the original on 17 January 2026:
- Abdominal fat accumulation, known as visceral fat, has "long been recognized as metabolically harmful," according to Philip Rabito, M.D., a specialist in endocrinology, weight loss and wellness in New York City.
- The process of learning about and engaging in behaviors that are likely to result in optimal health.
- She made a fortune as a wellness guru.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]The quality or state of being in good health.
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Anagrams
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English wellness.
Noun
[edit]wellness m or f (uncountable)
- (very rare) wellness (good health)
- Synonym: benessere
- 2003, Marco Ingrosso, Senza benessere sociale: nuovi rischi e attese di qualità della vita nell'era planetaria, →ISBN, page 12:
- Al contempo la wellness è una condizione da conquistare e mantenere come mezzo e come simbolo di avanzamento sociale
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2004, Various authors, Panorama: Edizioni 1998-2001, page 165:
- Per chi invece vuole provare l'estasi nell'acqua c'è il massaggio nella vasca di mare firmato da maghi terapisti come Davide, Guido e Nicola e, per chi cerca la wellness ayurveda, va forte il trattamento bioenergetico, con relativo […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2007, Trimarchi Santagata, Turismo culturale e crescita del territorio. Identità tradizioni e piaceri nel Monferrato, →ISBN, page 63:
- Coloro cui i medici prescrivono le "acque" come cura sono gradualmente sostituiti da coloro che cercano la wellness in un centro benessere.
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- 2008, Antonella Nuzzaci, Infanzie invisibili, infanzie negate. Educare al presente per un futuro di pace, →ISBN, page 108:
- […] definire "zone umane" di comunicazione interpersonale, di convivialità, di ristoro, di riposo, di socialità aperta, intese a favorire la wellness ea ridestare nella comunità il gusto della vitta cittadina;
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