• IPA: /ɔːˈspɪʃəs/

auspicious

1. Of good omen; indicating future success.
2. Conducive to success.

   Synonyms: favourable, favorable, promising, propitious, fortunate, lucky

   This is an auspicious day.

3. Marked by success; prosperous.

   Synonyms: lucky, fortunate

   • c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene ii], lines 8–14, page 153 ↗, column 2:

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• disastrous
• ruinous
• inauspicious
• ominous

• French: propice, faste, de bon augure
• German: günstig, vielversprechend, verheißungsvoll, glückverheißend
• Portuguese: promissor
• Russian: благоприя́тный
• Spanish: prometedor, propicio