satisfaction

English

Etymology

From Middle English satisfaccioun, from Old French satisfaccion and Latin satisfactiō, satisfactiōnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sætɪsˈfækʃən/

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• Rhymes: -ækʃən

Noun

satisfaction (countable and uncountable, plural satisfactions)

1. A fulfilment 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.
   • November 4, 1860, Henry David Thoreau, letter to Mr. D. R.

     This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, 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.

   • c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or VVhat You VVill”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iv], page 269:

     He is knight dubb'd with vnhatche'd Rapier, and on carpet conſideration, but he is a diuell in priuate brall, soules and bodies hath he diuorc'd three, and his incenſement at this moment is ſo implacable, that ſatisfaction can be none, but by pangs of death and ſepulcher: Hob, nob, is his word: giu't or take't.

Derived terms

• satisfaction note
• satisfaction piece
• satisfaction theory of atonement

Translations

fulfillment of a need or desire

• Arabic: رِضَا‎ (ar) m (riḍā)
• Armenian: բավարարում (hy) (bavararum), գոհացում (hy) (gohacʿum)
• Belarusian: здавальне́нне n (zdavalʹnjénnje)
• Bulgarian: удовлетворе́ние (bg) n (udovletvorénie), задоволство (bg) n (zadovolstvo)
• 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) f
• Japanese: 満足 (ja) (まんぞく, manzoku)
• Korean: 만족(滿足) (ko) (manjok)
• Latin: fructus (la) m
• Macedonian: задоволство n (zadovolstvo)
• Maori: wanea, ngata, mokori
• Persian: رضا‎ (fa) (rezâ)
• Plautdietsch: Befrädjunk f
• Polish: zadowolenie (pl) n, satysfakcja (pl) f
• Portuguese: satisfação (pt) f
• Quechua: saksay
• Romanian: satisfacție (ro) f, satisfacere (ro)
• Russian: удовлетворе́ние (ru) n (udovletvorénije)
• Sanskrit: तर्पण (sa) n (tarpaṇa)
• Scottish Gaelic: sàsachadh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: задово̀љство n

  Roman: zadovòljstvo (sh) n

• Slovak: uspokojenie n
• Slovene: zadovoljstvo n
• Spanish: satisfacción (es)
• Swedish: tillfredsställning c
• Telugu: తృప్తి (te) (tr̥pti)
• Thai: ความพอใจ (th) (kwaam-pɔɔ-jai)
• Tocharian B: soylñe
• Turkish: tatmin (tr)
• Ukrainian: задово́лення n (zadovólennja)
• Vietnamese: sự thỏa mãn (vi)

pleasure obtained by such fulfillment

• Bulgarian: удоволствие (bg) n (udovolstvie)
• Catalan: satisfacció (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Danish: tilfredshed c
• Dutch: tevredenheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: kontenteco
• Finnish: mielihyvä (fi), tyydytys (fi)
• Georgian: კმაყოფილება (ḳmaq̇opileba)
• German: Zufriedenheit (de) f
• Greek: ικανοποίηση (el) f (ikanopoíisi)
• Hungarian: elégedettség (hu)
• Irish: sástacht f
• Italian: soddisfazione (it) 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)
• Malay: kepuasan
• Maori: wanea, uruhautanga
• 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
• Ukrainian: задово́лення n (zadovólennja), задово́леність f (zadovólenistʹ)

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
• German: Satisfaktion (de) f, Genugtuung (de) f
• 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

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} رِضًا‎ (ar) f (riḍan)
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} voldoening (nl) f
• French: ^{(please verify)} satisfaction (fr) f
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} tilfredsstillelse m (1,2,3), ^{(please verify)} oppreisning (4,5)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} satisfacción (es) f

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin satisfactio, satisfactionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.tis.fak.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

satisfaction f (uncountable)

1. satisfaction
2. fulfilment

   Synonym: assouvissement

3. pleasure

   Synonym: plaisir

Further reading

• “satisfaction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.