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English Wikipedia has an article on:bless youWikipedia

Etymology

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Short for God bless you, from Middle English God blesse you, God blisse you.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈblɛs juː/, /ˈblɛʃ(j)uː/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Interjection

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bless you!

1. Short for (may) God bless you: said as a short prayer for the recipient.
2. (idiomatic) Said to someone who has just sneezed, as a polite remark. Synonym: gesundheit
3. (idiomatic, humorous) 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).
   • 2000 July 8, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], “The Goblet of Fire”, in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter; 4), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 221:‘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.’

Usage notes

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• Saying bless you after a sneeze is not considered particularly religious. The remark is used by and toward those who belong to a religion as well as those who do not.

Translations

[edit] short for "God bless you" — see God bless you said to somebody who has sneezed

Albanian: shëndet (sq) Arabic: صِحَّة (ar) (ṣiḥḥa) (health), اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰه (al-ḥamdu li-llāh) (praise God), يَرْحَمْكُم اللّٰه (yarḥamkum allāh) ((may) Allah have mercy on you), يَرْحَمْكُم (yarḥamkum) (mercy on you) South Levantine Arabic: صَحَّة (ṣaḥḥa) Armenian: առողջություն (hy) (aṙoġǰutʻyun) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܪ̈ܲܚܡܹܐ (b-raḥmē) Asturian: santinos Azerbaijani: sağlam ol (singular, informal), sağlam olun (plural, formal) Basque: doministiku Bulgarian: наздра́ве (bg) (nazdráve) Catalan: salut (ca), Jesús Chinese: Mandarin: (uncommon) 一百歲 / 一百岁 (yībǎi suì) ((live up to) 100 years) Czech: na zdraví (cs) Danish: prosit (da) Dutch: gezondheid (nl), proost (nl) (humorous) Esperanto: sanon (eo) Estonian: terviseks Faroese: Gud signi teg, Jesus signi teg, Jesuspápi signi teg Finnish: terveydeksi (fi) French: à vos souhaits (fr) (formal), à tes souhaits (fr) (informal), à vos amours, à tes amours (fr) (after a second sneeze) Galician: saúde! (gl) Georgian: ჯანმრთელობა (ǯanmrteloba) German: Gesundheit (de) (normal); hatschi (de) (informal); prost (de) (very informal); Helfgott (Austria) Greek: υγείες (el) (ygeíes), γείτσες (el) (geítses) Hebrew: לַבְּרִיאוּת (he) (labri'út), לִבְרִיאוּת (he) (livri'út), אָסוּתָא (he) f (asúta) (formal, dated) Hindi: हरी ॐ (harī om) Hungarian: egészségedre (hu) Hunsrik: Gesundheet, Gesundheit Icelandic: guð hjálpi þér, hjálpi þér, Guð blessi þig, blessi þig Ingrian: oo terve Irish: Dia linn!, deiseal! Italian: salute! (it) Japanese: (uncommon) お大事に (ja) (おだいじに, o-daiji ni) (take care), 徳万歳 (ja) (とこまんざい, tokomanzai) Kalmyk: бурхнаш (burxnaş), бурхн арш (burxn arş) Kazakh: жәрекімалда (järekımalda) Khmer: អាយុវែង (’aayu’ vɛɛng) Korean: not used in Korean Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: xêr be înşele Kyrgyz: Акчуч (Akcuc), ак чүч (ak cüc) Lao: ພຸດໂທ (phut thō), ທັມໂມ (tham mō), ສົງໂຄ (song khō) Latin: absit omen, salūtā, salvē (la) sg, salvēte (la) pl Latvian: uz veselībām Lithuanian: į sveikatą Luxembourgish: Gesondheet Macedonian: на здравје (na zdravje) Malagasy: velona (mg) Maltese: evviva Nepali: चिरन्जिभी (ciranjibhī) Ngazidja Comorian: âfia Norwegian: prosit Persian: عافیت باشه ('âfiyat bâše), الحمد للّٰه (al-hamdo le-llâh) Polish: na zdrowie (pl) Portuguese: saúde! (pt) (Brazilian), santinho! (pt) (European), viva (pt), Deus te crie Romanian: sănătate! (ro), noroc (ro), chef (ro) Russian: будь здоро́в (ru) m (budʹ zdoróv) (informal), будь здоро́ва f (budʹ zdoróva) (informal), бу́дьте здоро́вы (ru) pl (búdʹte zdoróvy) (formal and plural) Rwanda-Rundi: kira Scottish Gaelic: Dia leat! Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: на здравље, наздравље Roman: na zdravlje, nazdravlje Sicilian: gisuzzu, saluti! Slovak: na zdravie Slovene: na zdravje Spanish: ¡Jesús! (es) (Spain), ¡salud! (es) (Latin America), ¡santinos! (Northern Spain, specifically Asturias) Swahili: afya (sw) Swedish: prosit (sv), väl bekomme (sv) Tày: cơm muối Telugu: చిరంజీవ (cirañjīva) Thai: พุทโธ, ธรรโม, สงโฆ Turkish: çok yaşa (tr) (singular, informal), çok yaşayın (plural, formal), yerhamükellah Ukrainian: будьте здорові (uk) (budʹte zdorovi) Urdu: الحمد للّٰہ (al-hamdu li-llāh), یرحمک اللہ (yarhamak-allāh), سلامت باشد (salāmat-bāśad), سلامت باشید (salāmat-bāśed) Uzbek: sogʻ boʻling, salomat boʻling Vietnamese: cơm muối Welsh: bendithiwch chi, Bendith Duw di Yiddish: זײַ געזונט (zay gezunt), צו געזונט (tsu gezunt) Yoruba: pẹ̀lẹ́

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