enjoy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈdʒɔɪ/
• (when enunciating) IPA: /ɛnˈdʒɔɪ/

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  Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Etymology

From Old French enjoir (en- +‎ joir), from Latin gaudere.

Verb

enjoy (third-person singular simple present enjoys, present participle enjoying, simple past and past participle enjoyed)

1. To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something

   Enjoy your holidays!

   I enjoy dancing.

2. To have the use or benefit of something

   ...while I still enjoy good health...

   • 1988, Harry G Frankfurt, The importance of what we care about: philosophical essays

     This account fails to provide any basis for doubting that animals of subhuman species enjoy the freedom it defines.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Derived terms

• enjoyable
• enjoyment
• to enjoy oneself

Translations

to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something

• Albanian: gëzoj (sq)
• American Sign Language: OpenB@Chest-PalmBack-OpenB@Trunk-PalmBack RoundSurface-RoundSurface
• Arabic: استمتع (ar) (istamta3a)
• Azeri: həzz almaq (az)
• Bulgarian: радвам се (bg) (radvam se), изпитвам удоволствие (bg) (izpitvam udovolstvie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 欣賞 (cmn), 欣赏 (cmn) (xīnshǎng), 喜愛 (cmn), 喜爱 (cmn) (xǐ'ài), 享受 (cmn) (xiǎngshòu)

• Czech: bavit (cs)
• Dalmatian: gaudar
• Danish: nyde (da)
• Esperanto: ĝui (eo)
• Estonian: nautima (et)
• Finnish: nauttia (fi)
• French: (with a noun) profiter (fr) de, (with a verb) no translation, jouir (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: genießen (de)
• Hungarian: élvez (hu)

• Ido: juar (io)
• Irish: bain sult as (ga), bain taitneamh as (ga)
• Italian: godere (it)
• Japanese: 楽しむ (ja) (tanoshimu)
• Jèrriais: joui
• Luxembourgish: genéissen (lb)
• Maltese: igawdu (mt)
• Persian: لذت بردن (fa)
• Portuguese: aproveitar (pt), desfrutar (pt), gozar (pt)
• Romanian: savura (ro), a se bucura de (ro), a se distra (ro)
• Russian: наслаждаться (ru) (naslaždát'sja) impf., насладиться (ru) (nasladít'sja) pf.
• Scottish Gaelic: còrd ri (gd), meal (gd), gabh tlachd ann (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ужи́вати (sh), густирати (sh)

  Roman: užívati (sh), gustirati (sh)

• Spanish: disfrutar (es)
• Swahili: kujivinjari (sw)
• Swedish: tycka om (sv), njuta av (sv)
• Turkish: zevk almak (tr), haz almak (tr)
• Volapük: juitön (vo)

to have the use or benefit of something

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 享有 (cmn) (xiǎngyǒu)

• Czech: těšit se
• French: jouir (fr) de
• Hungarian: élvez (hu)

• Japanese: 享受する (ja) (kyōjusuru)
• Portuguese: aproveitar (pt)
• Swahili: kujivinjari (sw)
• Swedish: åtnjuta (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• Catalan: gaudir
• Dutch: genieten (nl)
• French: jouir (fr)
• Hebrew: נֶהֱנָה ,נִשְׂכַּר
• Irish: bain sult (ga) as, bain taitneamh (ga) as
• Italian: godere (it)

• Malayalam: ആസ്വദിയ്ക്കുക (aasvadikkuka)
• Norwegian: nyte (no), glede seg ved (no)
• Romanian: a se delecta
• Romansch: giudair
• Sardinian: godire
• Spanish: gozar (es)
• Polish: lubić (pl)