Everyone remembers the happy days of his youth as his halcyon days.
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Halcyon
//ˈhælʃən//
Synonyms for "halcyon" (103 found)
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42 translations across 15 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀλκυών noun (poetic: kingfisher)
Bulgarian
3 entries- мирен adj (calm)
- спокоен adj (calm)
- синьо рибарче noun (bird of genus Halcyon)
Catalan
2 entries- alció noun (bird of genus Halcyon)
- blauet noun (poetic: kingfisher)
Czech
4 entries- blažený adj (calm)
- idylický adj (calm)
- klidný adj (calm)
- šťastný adj (calm)
Finnish
4 entries- kuningaskalastaja adj (pertaining to the kingfisher)
- tyven adj (calm)
- jäälintu noun (poetic: kingfisher)
- metsäkalastaja noun (bird of genus Halcyon)
French
1 entries- halcyon noun (poetic: kingfisher)
German
3 entries- friedlich adj (calm)
- glücklich adj (calm)
- ruhig adj (calm)
Greek
2 entries- αλκυόνη noun (poetic: kingfisher)
- αλκυόνη noun (bird of genus Halcyon)
Hungarian
2 entries- halcion noun (bird of genus Halcyon)
- halkapó noun (bird of genus Halcyon)
Irish
1 entries- ailcín noun (poetic: kingfisher)
Italian
2 entries- alcionio adj (pertaining to the kingfisher)
- alcionio adj (calm)
Māori
3 entries- aupaki adj (calm)
- āio adj (calm)
- kōtare noun (poetic: kingfisher)
Spanish
4 entries- alcedón noun (poetic: kingfisher)
- alcedón noun (bird of genus Halcyon)
- alción noun (poetic: kingfisher)
- martín pescador noun (bird of genus Halcyon)
Ukrainian
4 entries- безтурбо́тність adj (calm)
- спо́кій adj (calm)
- водоморо́з noun (poetic: kingfisher)
- зиморо́док noun (poetic: kingfisher)
Walloon
3 entries- pexhrea noun (poetic: kingfisher)
- rapexheu noun (poetic: kingfisher)
- vert-pexheu noun (poetic: kingfisher)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
We cannot expect to have halcyon days until we get safely through the crucial period in life.
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Combat soldiers during peaceful moments like to reminisce of their halcyon days.
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Everyone remembers the happy days of youth as his halcyon days.
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