Dictionary

joie de vivre en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌʒwɑː də ˈviːvɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌʒwɑ də ˈviv(ɹə)/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from French joie de vivre (literally “joy of living”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Enjoyment of living; happiness, ebullience, zest for life.
   • 2 LF (young 38 & 47 friends only) without lovers seeking similar for fun weekend in P'Town. Enjoy good food, dancing and joie de vivre. 1984 April 21, “P'Town for Memorial Day (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 18:
   • By this point, I am losing enthusiasm. It’s really lonely going around and eating at places without a friend, and cold brown rice is hardly inspiring my joie de vivre. 2017 December 15, Ruby Lott-Lavigna, “I Spent a Day Eating at the Most Instagrammable Restaurants of 2017”, in VICE:
   • But still, it was mostly just the same thing, man. I think you lose sight of the joie de vivre of day-to-day living when you start focusing on the fact you're not twelve years old anymore. 2025 May 21, Northernlion [pseudonym; Ryan Letourneau], 1:02:47 from the start, in I got more dragons than a den of sorts (Monster Train 2), via YouTube, archived from the original on 01 Jan 2026:

Relateds

bon vivant

Translations (42)

fr joie de vivre (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · kn ಬಾಳಸವಿ (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · nn livsglede (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · eo vivĝojo (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · nl joie de vivre (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · fi elämänhalu (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · sv livslust (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · uk життєра́дісність (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · sv livsglädje (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · is lífsgleði (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · hu életöröm (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · cmn 生活情趣 (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · nb livslyst (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · lv dzīvesprieks (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · vi niềm vui sống (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · fo lívsgleði (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · gl delicia de vivir (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · eu bizipoz (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · es alegría de vivir (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · ja 生きる歓び (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · kn ಜೀವನದ ಸುಖೋತ್ಕರ್ಷ (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · nl levensvreugde (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · cmn 生活樂趣 /生活乐趣 (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · ru жизнера́достность (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · kn ಜೀವನ ಮಾಧುರ್ಯ (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · pl radość życia (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · fi elämänilo (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · da livsglæde (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · lv dzīves prieks (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · nb livsglede (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · de Lebensfreude (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · it gioia di vivere (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · nl levenslust (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · hi जीने की ख़ुशी (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · uz xushchaqchaqlik (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · nn livslyst (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · lb liewensfreed (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · ro bucurie de a trăi (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · da livslyst (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · li laeveslös (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · de Lebenslust (enjoyment of living, zest for life) · pt alegria de viver (enjoyment of living, zest for life)