rejoice

English

Alternative forms

• rejoyce

Etymology

From Middle English rejoicen, rejoisen, from Old French resjoïr. Compare also English rejoy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪs/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪs

Verb

1. (intransitive) To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy. [from 14^thc.]
   • 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, Oxford University Press, 1973, §6:

     Obscurity, indeed, is painful to the mind as well as to the eye ; but to bring light from obscurity, by whatever labour, must needs to be delightful and rejoicing.

2. (obsolete, transitive) To have (someone) as a lover or spouse; to enjoy sexually. [15^th-16^thc.]
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter X, in Le Morte Darthur, book VI:
     :

     ye that are a knyghte wyueles that ye wyl not loue some mayden or gentylwoman / […] / but hit is noysed that ye loue quene Gueneuer / and that she hath ordeyned by enchauntement that ye shal neuer loue none other / but her / ne none other damoysel ne lady shall reioyse you

3. (transitive) To make happy, exhilarate. [from 15^thc.]
   • (Can we date this quote by John Arbuthnot and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Were he [Cain] alive, it would rejoice his soul to see what mischief it had made.

   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber, 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p.790-1:

     But good news awaited them in the form of permission to travel about the area replenishing medical stocks in hospitals and clinics, and this task was delegated to Constance, as the newcomer, a fact which rejoiced her.

4. (obsolete) To enjoy.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Peacock to this entry?)

Derived terms

• rejoiceful
• rejoiceless
• rejoicement

Translations

make happy

• Belarusian: ра́даваць impf (rádavacʹ), це́шыць impf (cjéšycʹ)
• Bulgarian: ра́двам (bg) impf (rádvam), веселя́ (bg) impf (veseljá)
• Czech: radovat impf, těšit (cs) impf
• Esperanto: ĝojigi
• Finnish: riemastuttaa
• French: réjouir (fr)
• German: erfreuen (de)
• Hungarian: boldogít (hu)
• Latin: laetificō
• Maori: whakamanamana, whakahari
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: glede (no)

• Polish: radować (pl) impf, cieszyć (pl) impf
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: regozijar (pt)
• Romanian: bucura (ro)
• Russian: ра́довать (ru) impf (rádovatʹ)
• Sanskrit: मृडयति (sa) (mṛḍayati)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: радовати impf, веселити impf

  Roman: radovati (sh) impf, veseliti (sh) impf

• Slovak: radovať impf, tešiť impf
• Slovene: veseliti impf
• Spanish: regocijar (es)
• Ukrainian: ра́дувати impf (ráduvaty), ті́шити impf (tíšyty)

be happy

• Arabic: فَرِحَ بِـ (ar) (fariḥa bi-)
• Armenian: հրճվել (hy) (hrčvel)
• Azerbaijani: sevinmək (az)
• Belarusian: ра́давацца impf (rádavacca), це́шыцца impf (cjéšycca)
• Bulgarian: ра́двам се (bg) impf (rádvam se), веселя́ се (bg) impf (veseljá se), ликува́м (bg) impf (likuvám)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 開心／开心 (zh) (kāixīn), 开心 (zh) (kāixīn), 高興／高兴 (zh) (gāoxìng), 高兴 (zh) (gāoxìng)

• Czech: radovat se impf, těšit se (cs) impf
• Danish: juble
• Dutch: jubelen (nl)
• Esperanto: ĝoji (eo)
• Finnish: iloita (fi), riemuita (fi)
• French: se réjouir (fr)
• Friulian: gjondâ
• German: sich freuen (de)
• Greek: αγάλλομαι (el) (agállomai)

  Ancient: ἀγάλλομαι (agállomai)

• Hungarian: örvendezik (hu), örvend (hu)
• Ido: joyar (io)
• Interlingua: gauder
• Japanese: 喜ぶ (ja) (よろこぶ, yorokobu), 嬉しがる (うれしがる, ureshigaru), 嬉しい (ja) (うれしい, ureshii)
• Karakhanid: سَڤُنْماكْ (sevünmēk)
• Korean: 기뻐하다 (ko) (gippeohada)
• Latin: gaudeō, laetor
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: се радува impf (se raduva)
• Maore Comorian: ufurahi
• Maori: komai, koa, hari
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fryde seg (reflexive), være glad (no)

• Old Turkic: 𐰾𐰋𐰤 (sebin-)
• Old Uyghur: sʾβynmʾk (sevinmek)
• Ottoman Turkish: سونمك (sevinmek)
• Polish: radować się (pl) impf, cieszyć się (pl) impf
• Portuguese: exultar (pt), regozijar-se
• Russian: ра́доваться (ru) (rádovatʹsja), ликова́ть (ru) impf (likovátʹ)
• Sanskrit: ऊर्जयते (ūrjayate)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: радовати се impf, веселити се impf, ликовати impf

  Roman: radovati se (sh) impf, veseliti se (sh) impf, likovati (sh) impf

• Slovak: radovať sa impf, tešiť sa impf
• Slovene: veseliti se impf
• Spanish: alegrarse (es), regocijarse (es)
• Swahili: kushangilia (sw)
• Swedish: glädjas (sv), fröjda sig (sv)
• Turkish: sevinmek (tr)
• Ukrainian: раді́ти impf (radíty), ра́дуватися impf (ráduvatysja), ті́шитися (uk) impf (tíšytysja)
• Yiddish: זיך משׂמח זײַן (zikh mesameyekh zayn), זיך פֿרייען (zikh freyen)

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• Nahuatl: ^{(please verify)} timalla, ^{(please verify)} timalloa
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Old English: ^{(please verify)} ġefēon