satisfaction

English

Etymology

From Latin satisfactio.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sætɪsˈfækʃən/, X-SAMPA: /s{tIs"f{kS@n/

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• Rhymes: -ækʃən

Noun

satisfaction (plural satisfactions)

1. A fulfillment of a need or desire.

   He enjoyed the dish with great satisfaction. He'll order it again the next time he arrives.

2. The pleasure obtained by such fulfillment.

   "This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction." - Henry David Thoreau

   • 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 1/2, The Younger Set^[1]:

     Selwyn …, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around […] to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure […] and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.

3. The source of such gratification.
4. A reparation for an injury or loss.
5. A vindication for a wrong suffered.

Translations

fulfillment of a need or desire

• Arabic: رضا (ar) (riDaa) m
• Catalan: satisfacció (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滿意 (cmn), 满意 (cmn) (mǎnyì), 滿足 (cmn), 滿足 (cmn) (mǎnzú)

• Czech: uspokojení (cs) n
• Esperanto: kontentigo (eo)
• Finnish: tyydytys (fi)
• German: Befriedigung (de) f
• Greek: ικανοποίηση (el) (ikanopoíisi) f

• Hungarian: megelégedés (hu), elégedettség (hu)
• Japanese: 満足 (ja) (まんぞく, manzoku)
• Korean: 만족 (ko) (manjok) (滿足 (ko))
• Maori: wanea (mi)
• Romanian: satisfacție (ro) f, satisfacere (ro)
• Russian: удовлетворение (ru) (udovletvorénije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: sàsachadh (gd) m
• Swedish: tillfredsställning (sv) c
• Thai: ความพอใจ (th) (khwaam phaawjai)
• Turkish: tatmin (tr)

pleasure obtained by such fulfillment

• Catalan: satisfacció (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愉快 (cmn) (yúkuài), 稱心 (cmn), 称心 (cmn) (chènxīn)

• Finnish: mielihyvä (fi), tyydytys (fi)
• Greek: ικανοποίηση (el) (ikanopoíisi) f

• Irish: sástacht (ga) f
• Japanese: (for desire) 満悦 (ja) (まんえつ, manetsu); (mainly pleasure) 充足 (ja) (じゅうそく, jūsoku), 充実 (ja) (じゅうじつ, jūjitsu)
• Maori: wanea (mi)
• Romanian: satisfacție (ro) f
• Russian: удовлетворённость (ru) (udovletvorjónnost’) f
• Scottish Gaelic: sàsachadh (gd) m

source of such gratification

• Catalan: satisfacció (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滿意 (cmn), 满意 (cmn) (mǎnyì), 滿足 (cmn), 滿足 (cmn) (mǎnzú)

• Finnish: tyydytys (fi), täyttymys (fi)
• Romanian: satisfacție (ro) f

reparation for an injury or loss

• Catalan: satisfacció (ca) f
• Finnish: hyvitys (fi), vahingonkorvaus (fi)
• Greek: ικανοποίηση (el) (ikanopoíisi) f

• Hungarian: kielégítés (hu)
• Japanese: 補償 (ja) (ほしょう, hoshō), 賠償 (ja) (ばいしょう, baishō), 償い (ja) (つぐない, tsugunai)
• Romanian: satisfacție (ro) f

vindication for a wrong suffered

• Catalan: satisfacció (ca) f
• Finnish: hyvitys (fi)
• Japanese: 補償 (ja) (ほしょう, hoshō), 賠償 (ja) (ばいしょう, baishō), 償い (ja) (つぐない, tsugunai)

• Macedonian: задоволство (mk) (zadovolstvo) n
• Romanian: satisfacție (ro) f

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• Arabic: رضا (ríɖa) f
• Mandarin: 滿足, 满足 (mǎnzú)
• Dutch: voldoening (nl) f
• French: satisfaction (fr) f
• Italian: soddisfazione (it) f

• Korean: 만족 (manjok)
• Norwegian: tilfredsstillelse m (1,2,3), oppreisning (4,5)
• Portuguese: satisfação (pt) f
• Spanish: satisfacción (es) f
• Telugu: తృప్తి (tRpti)

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French

Etymology

From Latin satisfactio.

Noun

satisfaction f (plural -)

1. satisfaction
2. fulfilment
3. pleasure

Synonyms

• (fulfilment): assouvissement
• (pleasure): plaisir