Dictionary

enjoy en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ənˈd͡ʒoɪ/ (New-Zealand)
• /ənˈd͡ʒoɪ/ (Australia)
• /ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ənˈd͡ʒɔɪ/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɪnˈd͡ʒoɪ/ (Australia)
• (US) audio
• /enˈd͡ʒoɪ/ (New-Zealand)
• /enˈd͡ʒoɪ/ (Australia)

Etymology

From Middle English enjoyen, from Old French enjoier, anjoier, enjoer (“to give joy, receive with joy, rejoice”), equivalent to en- + joy.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
   • I've really enjoyed you and your sister showing me around.
   • And we shall sit at endless feast, ⁠Enjoying each the other’s good; ⁠What vaster dream can hit the mood Of Love on earth? 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLVI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 69:
   • It is not a crime to enjoy some bacon or a trout or what have you. 2008, Christopher Paolini, “To Walk the Land Alone”, in Brisingr, page 73:
   • "Well, why did you tell me?" said I softly, to enjoy her flutters of amazement , of dismay. 1904, The Loves of Edwy, Lothrop Publishing Company, page 239:
   • Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal. 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
   • Enjoy your holidays! I very much enjoy dancing.
2. (transitive) To have the use or benefit of something.
   • This account fails to provide any basis for doubting that animals of subhuman species enjoy the freedom it defines. 1988, Harry G Frankfurt, The importance of what we care about: philosophical essays:
   • The Indo-Arabic system was introduced into Europe in 1000 CE, but due to resistance from several quarters, centuries elapsed before it finally enjoyed widespread use. 2008, Jonathan Borwein, David Bailey, Mathematics by Experiment:
   • that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 36:8:
   • Night and day were the same in this prison room, but Tommy's wrist-watch, which enjoyed a certain degree of accuracy, informed him that it was nine o'clock in the evening. 1922, Agatha Christie, “Chapter 17”, in The Secret Adversary:
   • I plan to go travelling while I still enjoy good health.
3. (India, intransitive) To be satisfied or receive pleasure; to have fun.
   • I enjoyed a lot.
4. (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
   • Never did thy Beautie[…]so enflame my sense With ardor to enjoy thee. 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

enjoyful · enjoyer · reenjoy · enjoyingly · enjoy oneself · enjoyee · enjoy your meal · disenjoy · unenjoying · enjoyment · enjoy your holiday · enjoyable · enjoyability · joyability · unenjoyed · overenjoy

Synonyms

appreciate (receive pleasure or satisfaction) · rejoice (receive pleasure or satisfaction) · pleasure (receive pleasure or satisfaction) · rejoice · delight in (receive pleasure or satisfaction) · relish (receive pleasure or satisfaction) · go to bed with · feast (receive pleasure or satisfaction) · coitize (have sexual intercourse with) · groove (receive pleasure or satisfaction) · sleep with

Translations (187)

uk наті́шитися (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · uk усоло́джуватися (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · it beneficiare (to have the use or benefit of something) · hu élvez (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · pt aproveitar (to have the use or benefit of something) · pl cieszyć się (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · txb winā-ññ- (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · io juar (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · fur gjoldi (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · got 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · de genießen (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · pt apreciar (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · fi nauttia (to have the use or benefit of something) · it gioire (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · es gozar (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · fr bénéficier de (to have the use or benefit of something) · hu szeret (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · es fruir (to have the use or benefit of something) · cs bavit se (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · la fruor (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · vec godar (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · sa उच्यति (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · ko 향수하다 (to have the use or benefit of something) · sl uživati (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · non njóta (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · ru получи́ть удово́льствие (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · es gozar (to have the use or benefit of something) · de sich erfreuen an (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · gd còrd ri (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · ja 楽しむ (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · bg наслади́ се (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · pt gozar de (to have the use or benefit of something) · ko 즐기다 (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · ar اِنْبَسَطَ (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · nl genieten (to have the use or benefit of something) · br tañva (to have the use or benefit of something) · sk tešiť sa (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · ro distra (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · it godere (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · yue 享受 (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · pt desfrutar de (to have the use or benefit of something) · cmn 享用 (to have the use or benefit of something) · yi געניסן (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · hi मज़े लेना (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · pt gozar (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · ru наслади́ться (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · es fruir (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · ca gaudir (to have the use or benefit of something) · cmn 享受 (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · et nautima (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · sc gosae (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · rm giuder (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · eu gozatu (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · lmo godè (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · lmo god (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · sv tycka om (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · sq gëzoj (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · tr zevk almak (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · be насало́джвацца (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · pl pocieszyć się (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · nrf joui (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · la fruor (to have the use or benefit of something) · vo juitön (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · nn nyte (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · sa भुनक्ति (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · hy վայելել (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · grc τέρπομαι (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · fr jouir de (to have the use or benefit of something) · is njóta (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · hi उपभोग करना (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · es disfrutar (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · vec goder (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · sv njuta (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · lld goder (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · sc gosare (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · pl podobać się (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · sl uživati (to have the use or benefit of something) · mi hākinakina (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · sh gustirati (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · rm guder (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · pt desfrutar (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · zdj hula (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · sh ужи́вати (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · cs těšit se (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · es aprovechar (to have the use or benefit of something) · zdj hula (to have the use or benefit of something) · gl gozar (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · hu örvend (to have the use or benefit of something) · nap gudè (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · cy mwynhau (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · lb genéissen (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · ota بگنمك (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · ca gaudir (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · th เพลิดเพลิน (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · cmn 欣賞 /欣赏 (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · sh užívati (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · ro bucura (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · hu élvez (to have the use or benefit of something) · rm giodair (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · vi hưởng thụ (to have the use or benefit of something) · ru наслажда́ться (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · it godere (to have the use or benefit of something) · uk ті́шитися (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · ist guodi (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · pt curtir (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · ga bain taitneamh as (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · it fare con piacere (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · ar اِسْتَمْتَعَ (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · fr prendre plaisir (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · bg ра́двам се (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · da nyde (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · ga bain spórt as (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · ar تَمَتَّعَ (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · az həzz almaq (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · it divertirsi (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · tr eğlenmek (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · ru получа́ть удово́льствие (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · scn còliri (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · sc godire (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · be це́шыцца (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · co goda (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · cs těšit se (to have the use or benefit of something) · uk зазнава́ти насоло́ди (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · pt aproveitar (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · cmn 受用 (to have the use or benefit of something) · mt igawdu (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · ta ரசி (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · he השתמש (to have the use or benefit of something) · uk насолоди́тися (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · el απολαμβάνω (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · ang brūcan (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · ang brūcan (to have the use or benefit of something) · ja 享受する (to have the use or benefit of something) · gd meal (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · rm giudair (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · lmo gudè (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · rm galdeir (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · bg наслаждавам се (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · nb nyte (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · sv åtnjuta (to have the use or benefit of something) · bg изпи́твам удово́лствие (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · ko 누리다 (to have the use or benefit of something) · uk насоло́джуватися (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · ajp انبسط (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · oc gausir (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · scn gòdiri (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · hi आनंद लेना (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · oc gaudir (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · be наце́шыцца (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · uk усолоди́тися (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · it usufruire (to have the use or benefit of something) · sc bodire (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · ro savura (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · qu achiy (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · km រីករាយ (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · sc gosai (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · fa لذت بردن (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · cmn 喜愛 /喜爱 (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · sa जुषते (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · tr haz almak (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · de genießen (to have the use or benefit of something) · ga bain sult as (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · sk baviť sa (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · dlm gaudar (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · vi thưởng thức (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · sc gudire (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · fr profiter de (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · ru по́льзоваться (to have the use or benefit of something) · eo ĝui (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · fi nauttia (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · id menikmati (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · pl spodobać się (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · tr eylenmek (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · nl genieten van (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · sa हर्यति (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · br bourrañ (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · he נֶהֱנָה (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · gl desfrutar (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · fr apprécier (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · fr jouir de (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · cmn 享受 (to have the use or benefit of something) · uk зазна́ти насоло́ди (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · sh густирати (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) · es disfrutar (to have the use or benefit of something) · ar حَظِيَ (to have the use or benefit of something) · cmn 享有 (to have the use or benefit of something) · gd gabh tlachd ann (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something)