joy
Betekenis (Engels)
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- A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good.
- Anything that causes such a feeling.
- Luck or success; a positive outcome.
- (obsolete) The sign or exhibition of joy; gaiety; merriment; festivity.
Sinonieme
be delighted
bonheur
ecstacy
great joy
act of rejoicing
goldness
rejoicement
be glad
be pleased
comfortable feeling
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/d͡ʒɔɪ/
Etimologie (Engels)
From Middle English joye, borrowed from Old French joie, from Late Latin gaudia, neuter plural (mistaken as feminine singular) of Latin gaudium (“joy”), from gaudēre (“to be glad, rejoice”). Doublet of jo and gaudy (“Oxford college reunion”). Displaced native Old English ġefēa.
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