joy

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good.
2. Anything that causes such a feeling.
3. Luck or success; a positive outcome.
4. (obsolete) The sign or exhibition of joy; gaiety; merriment; festivity.

Intj

Expressing appreciation and happiness.

Verb

1. To feel joy, to rejoice.
2. To enjoy.
3. (obsolete) To give joy to; to congratulate.
4. (obsolete) To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.

Concepts

joie

😂

allégresse

bonheur

plaisir

gaieté

content

joyeux

contentement

exubérance

fortune

grande joie

ravissement

débordement de joie

délice

exultation

félicité

jubilation

prospérité

réjouir

satisfaction

Synonymes

delight

happiness

pleasure

gladness

mirth

exultation

bliss

rejoice

jubilation

enjoyment

happy

😀

satisfaction

fun

rejoicing

cheerfulness

glee

merriment

joyfulness

gratification

gaiety

elation

rapture

exhilaration

hilarity

high spirits

gladden

joviality

cheer

joyousness

gleefulness

contentment

have fun

enjoy

comfort

amused

laugh

😆

laughter

mercy

mirthfulness

glad

excitement

exuberance

exult

blissfulness

festivity

celebrate

exultance

celebration

love

❤️

joie de vivre

joke

🤣

jolliness

jollity

joyful

jubilance

luck

🍀

lust

merriness

merry

negligent

peace

☮️

pleased

pride

profound

prosperity

radiance

relief

relish

satisfied

😆

sorrow

surprise

sweetness

taste

treat

willingness

be delighted

bonheur

ecstacy

good fortune

great joy

felicitations

jubilancy

ecstasy

hate

😡

humour

take pleasure

act of rejoicing

goldness

gladsomeness

admiration

rejoicement

allurement

amuse

amusement

anger

💢

attraction

be glad

be pleased

blessedness

blessing

charm

cheerful

cheer up

coddling

comfortable feeling

comforted

congratulations

㊗️

contented

contentedness

conviviality

dance

💃

delighted

desire

dream

😴💭

energy

enthusiasm

exultancy

feeble

felicity

flavor

fluke

flurry

fortune

frolicsomeness

gaily

gaudy

gayness

geniality

glory

good humour

gratify

holiday

humor

humorousness

in-joke

jauntiness

jocoseness

jocosity

jocundity

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/d͡ʒɔɪ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: joye

Hérité de moyen anglais: joyen

In summary

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.