satisfaction

English

Etymology

From Latin satisfactio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sætɪsˈfækʃən/

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• Rhymes: -ækʃən

Noun

satisfaction (countable and uncountable, 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.
   • Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

     This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

   • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 24962326:

     Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair 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.

   The count demanded satisfaction in the form of a duel at dawn.

Translations

fulfillment of a need or desire

• Arabic: رِضَا‏‎ (ar) m (riḍā)
• Catalan: satisfacció (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: uspokojení n
• Danish: tilfredsstillelse c
• Dutch: voldoening (nl) f, bevrediging (nl) f
• Esperanto: kontentigo
• Finnish: tyydytys (fi)
• French: satisfaction (fr)
• Galician: satisfacción (gl) f
• Georgian: კმაყოფილება (ḳmaq̇opileba), დაკმაყოფილება (daḳmaq̇opileba)
• German: Befriedigung (de) f
• Greek: ικανοποίηση (el) f (ikanopoíisi)
• Hungarian: megelégedés (hu), elégedettség (hu)
• Italian: soddisfazione (it)

• Japanese: 満足 (ja) (まんぞく, manzoku)
• Korean: 만족 (ko) (manjok) (滿足 (ko))
• Latin: fructus (la) m
• Maori: wanea, ngata
• Portuguese: satisfação (pt) f
• Quechua: saksay
• Romanian: satisfacție (ro) f, satisfacere (ro)
• Russian: удовлетворе́ние (ru) n (udovletvorénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: sàsachadh m
• Spanish: satisfacción (es)
• Swedish: tillfredsställning c
• Telugu: తృప్తి (te) (tr̥pti)
• Thai: ความพอใจ (th) (khwaam phaawjai)
• Turkish: tatmin (tr)

pleasure obtained by such fulfillment

• Catalan: satisfacció (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Danish: tilfredshed c
• Dutch: tevredenheid (nl) f
• Finnish: mielihyvä (fi), tyydytys (fi)
• Georgian: კმაყოფილება (ḳmaq̇opileba)
• German: Zufriedenheit (de) f
• Greek: ικανοποίηση (el) f (ikanopoíisi)
• Hungarian: elégedettség (hu)

• Irish: sástacht f
• Japanese: (for desire) 満悦 (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)
• Malay: kepuasan
• Maori: wanea
• Polish: zadowolenie (pl) n, satysfakcja (pl) f
• Portuguese: satisfação (pt) f
• Romanian: satisfacție (ro) f
• Russian: удовлетворённость (ru) f (udovletvorjónnostʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: sàsachadh m
• Swedish: belåtenhet (sv) c

source of such gratification

• Catalan: satisfacció (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

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

reparation for an injury or loss

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

• Japanese: 補償 (ja) (ほしょう, hoshō), 賠償 (ja) (ばいしょう, baishō), 償い (つぐない, tsugunai)
• Portuguese: satisfação (pt) f, retribuição (pt) f
• 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 (つぐない, tsugunai)

• Macedonian: задоволство n (zadovolstvo)
• Portuguese: satisfação (pt) f, retribuição (pt) f
• Romanian: satisfacție (ro) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: رضا‏ (ríɖa) f
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} voldoening (nl) f
• French: ^{(please verify)} satisfaction (fr) f
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} soddisfazione (it) f

• Korean: 만족 (manjok)
• Mandarin: 滿足, 满足 (mǎnzú)
• Norwegian: tilfredsstillelse m (1,2,3), oppreisning (4,5)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} satisfacción (es) f

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French

Etymology

From Latin satisfactio.

Pronunciation

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Noun

satisfaction f (uncountable)

1. satisfaction
2. fulfilment
3. pleasure

Synonyms

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

Further reading

• “satisfaction” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).