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From Middle English welnes, welenes. By surface analysis, well +‎ -ness.

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɛl.nɪs/
• (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈwel.nɪs/

wellness (countable and uncountable, plural wellnesses)

1. 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.
2. 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.

• wellness check
• wellness hotel

The quality or state of being in good health.

• Arabic: صِحَّة (ar) f (ṣiḥḥa), سَلامة (salāma), عافِيَة (ʕāfiya)
  Gulf Arabic: عافية (3afyə)

• Esperanto: komforto (eo)

• Estonian: heaolu

• Finnish: hyvinvointi (fi)

• French: bien-être (fr) m

• German: Wohlbefinden (de) n

• Italian: benessere (it) m

• Korean: 웰빙 (welbing)

• Malayalam: സൗഖ്യം (ml) (saukhyaṁ), ആരോഗ്യം (ml) (ārōgyaṁ)

• O'odham: 'ap'edag

• Persian: سَلامَتی (fa) (salâmati)

• Romanian: bunăstare (ro) f

• Russian: здравствование (ru) n (zdravstvovanije)

• Spanish: ben ser m

• enswells

Unadapted borrowing from English wellness.

wellness m or f (uncountable)

1. (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
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   • 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 […]
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   • 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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