joy

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʤɔɪ/
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  Rhymes: -ɔɪ

[edit] Etymology

Via Middle English and Old French, from Latin gaudium.

[edit] Noun

joy (countable and uncountable; plural joys)

1. (uncountable) The feeling of happiness, extreme cheerfulness.

   They will be a source of strength and joy in your life.

2. (countable) An activity etc which causes this feeling.

   The joys and demands of new parents.

[edit] Derived terms

• bundle of joy
• cocky's joy
• enjoy
• joyance
• joyful
• joygasm
• joyless
• joyous
• joy ride
• joystick
• jump for joy
• killjoy
• no joy
• overjoy
• traveller's joy

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to joy (third-person singular simple present joys, present participle joying, simple past and past participle joyed)

1. (intransitive) To feel joy, to rejoice.
   • 1885: I swore readily enough to this and he joyed with exceeding joy and embraced me round the neck while love for him possessed my whole heart. — Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 18