satisfaction

English

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin satisfactio, satisfactionis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sætɪsˈfækʃən/

• Audio (US)

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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.
   • (Can we date this quote by Henry David Thoreau and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

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     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 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [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.

Translations

fulfillment of a need or desire

• Arabic: رِضَا (ar) m (riḍā)
• Belarusian: здавальне́нне n (zdavalʹnjénnje)
• Bulgarian: удовлетворе́ние (bg) n (udovletvorénie)
• Catalan: satisfacció (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滿意／满意 (zh) (mǎnyì), 满意 (zh) (mǎnyì), 滿足／满足 (zh) (mǎnzú), 滿足／满足 (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 (ko) (manjok) (滿足 (ko))
• Latin: fructus (la) m
• Macedonian: задоволство n (zadovolstvo)
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• Maori: wanea, ngata
• Persian: رضا (fa) (rezâ)
• 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)
• Turkish: tatmin (tr)
• Ukrainian: задово́лення n (zadovólennja)
• Vietnamese: sự thỏa mãn (vi)

pleasure obtained by such fulfillment

• Catalan: satisfacció (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愉快 (zh) (yúkuài), 稱心／称心 (zh) (chènxīn), 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
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• Italian: soddisfazione (it) 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, 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

source of such gratification

• Catalan: satisfacció (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

Derived terms

• satisfaction theory of atonement

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin satisfactio, satisfactionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.tis.fak.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

satisfaction f (uncountable)

1. satisfaction
2. fulfilment
3. pleasure

Synonyms

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

Further reading

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