enjoy

English

Alternative forms

enioy, injoy (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/, /ənˈd͡ʒɔɪ/, /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/
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Hyphenation: en‧joy
Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Verb

enjoy (third-person singular simple present enjoys, present participle enjoying, simple past and past participle enjoyed)

(transitive) To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
Enjoy your holidays! I enjoy dancing.
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XLVI, page 69:
  And we shall sit at endless feast,
  ⁠Enjoying each the other’s good;
  ⁠What vaster dream can hit the mood
  Of Love on earth?
- 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
  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.
(transitive) To have the use or benefit of something.
I plan to go travelling while I still enjoy good health.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 36:8:
  that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers
- 1988, Harry G Frankfurt, The importance of what we care about: philosophical essays:
  This account fails to provide any basis for doubting that animals of subhuman species enjoy the freedom it defines.
(intransitive, India) To be satisfied or receive pleasure.
I enjoyed a lot.
(transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
  Never did thy Beautie […] so enflame my sense With ardor to enjoy thee.

Usage notes

This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms

(receive pleasure or satisfaction): appreciate, delight in, rejoice, relish
(have sexual intercourse with): coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with

Derived terms

Translations

to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something

Albanian: gëzoj (sq)
American Sign Language: OpenB@Chest-PalmBack-OpenB@Trunk-PalmBack RoundSurface-RoundSurface
Arabic: اِسْتَمْتَعَ (istamtaʕa), تَمَتَّعَ (tamattaʕa), اِنْبَسَطَ (inbasaṭa)
South Levantine Arabic: انبسط (inbasaṭ)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Azerbaijani: həzz almaq
Basque: gozatu
Belarusian: насало́джвацца impf (nasalódžvacca), це́шыцца impf (cjéšycca), наце́шыцца pf (nacjéšycca)
Breton: bourrañ (br)
Bulgarian: ра́двам се (bg) impf (rádvam se), изпи́твам удово́лствие impf (izpítvam udovólstvie), наслаждавам се impf (naslaždavam se), наслади́ се pf (nasladí se)
Catalan: gaudir (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 享受 (hoeng² sau⁶)

Mandarin: 欣賞／欣赏 (zh) (xīnshǎng), 喜愛／喜爱 (zh) (xǐ'ài), 享受 (zh) (xiǎngshòu)
Corsican: goda (co)
Czech: bavit se (cs) impf, těšit se (cs) impf
Dalmatian: gaudar
Danish: nyde (da)
Dutch: genieten van
Esperanto: ĝui
Estonian: nautima
Finnish: nauttia (fi)
French: (with a noun) profiter de, jouir de, (with a verb) apprécier, prendre plaisir (fr)
Friulian: gjoldi
Galician: gozar (gl), desfrutar
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: genießen (de), sich erfreuen an (de)
Gothic: 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 (niutan)
Greek: απολαμβάνω (el) (apolamváno)
Ancient: τέρπομαι (térpomai)
Hebrew: נֶהֱנָה (he) (nehená)
Hindi: आनंद लेना (ānand lenā), मज़े लेना (maze lenā), उपभोग करना (upbhog karnā)
Hungarian: élvez (hu), szeret (hu)
Icelandic: njóta (is)
Ido: juar (io)
Indonesian: menikmati (id)
Irish: bain sult as, bain taitneamh as, bain spórt as
Istriot: guodi
Italian: godere (it), fare con piacere (it), gioire (it), divertirsi (it)
Japanese: 楽しむ (ja) (たのしむ, tanoshimu)
Khmer: រីករាយ (km) (riik riəy)
Korean: 즐기다 (ko) (jeulgida)
Ladin: goder
Latin: fruor
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Lombard: godè (lmo), gudè, god (lmo)
Luxembourgish: genéissen
Maltese: igawdu
Maori: hākinakina
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Neapolitan: gudè
Ngazidja Comorian: hula
Norman: joui (Jersey)
Norwegian: nyte (no)
Occitan: gaudir (oc), gausir (oc)
Old English: brūcan
Old Norse: njóta
Ottoman Turkish: بگنمك (beğenmek)
Persian: لذت بردن (fa) (lezzat bordan)
Polish: cieszyć się (pl) impf, pocieszyć się (pl) pf, podobać się impf (roughly), spodobać się (roughly)
Portuguese: aproveitar (pt), desfrutar (pt), gozar (pt), curtir (pt), apreciar (pt)
Quechua: achiy
Romanian: savura (ro), bucura (ro), distra (ro)
Romansch: giudair, guder, giuder, galdeir, giodair
Russian: наслажда́ться (ru) impf (naslaždátʹsja), наслади́ться (ru) pf (nasladítʹsja), получа́ть удово́льствие impf (polučátʹ udovólʹstvije), получи́ть удово́льствие pf (polučítʹ udovólʹstvije)
Sanskrit: भुनक्ति (sa) (bhunakti), उच्यति (sa) (ucyati), जुषते (sa) (juṣate)
Sardinian: godire, gudire, bodire, gosae, gosai, gosare
Scottish Gaelic: còrd ri, meal, gabh tlachd ann
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ужи́вати, густирати

Roman: užívati (sh), gustirati (sh)
Sicilian: gòdiri (scn), còliri (scn)
Slovak: tešiť sa impf, baviť sa impf
Slovene: uživati
Spanish: disfrutar (es), gozar (es)
Swedish: tycka om (sv), njuta (sv)
Thai: เพลิดเพลิน (th) (plə̂ət-pləən)
Tocharian B: winā-ññ-
Turkish: zevk almak, haz almak (tr), eylenmek, eğlenmek (tr)
Ukrainian: насоло́джуватися impf (nasolódžuvatysja), насолоди́тися pf (nasolodýtysja), усоло́джуватися impf (usolódžuvatysja), усолоди́тися pf (usolodýtysja), ті́шитися (uk) impf (tíšytysja), наті́шитися pf (natíšytysja), зазнава́ти насоло́ди impf (zaznaváty nasolódy), зазна́ти насоло́ди pf (zaznáty nasolódy)
Venetian: goder, godar
Vietnamese: thưởng thức (vi)
Volapük: juitön (vo)
Welsh: mwynhau (cy)
Yiddish: געניסן (genisn)

to have the use or benefit of something

Arabic: حَظِيَ (ḥaẓiya)
Breton: tañva (br)
Catalan: gaudir (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 享有 (zh) (xiǎngyǒu), 享受 (zh) (xiǎngshòu), 享用 (zh) (xiǎngyòng), 受用 (zh) (shòuyòng)
Czech: těšit se (cs) impf
Dutch: genieten (nl)
French: jouir de
German: genießen (de)
Hebrew: השתמש (he) m (hishtamésh)
Hungarian: élvez (hu), örvend (hu)
Italian: usufruire (it), godere (it), beneficiare (it)
Japanese: 享受する (ja) (きょうじゅする, kyōju suru)
Korean: 향수하다 (hyangsuhada), 누리다 (ko) (nurida)
Latin: fruor
Ngazidja Comorian: hula
Old English: brūcan
Portuguese: aproveitar (pt), gozar de (pt), desfrutar de (pt)
Russian: по́льзоваться (ru) impf (pólʹzovatʹsja)
Slovene: uživati
Spanish: disfrutar (es), gozar (es), aprovechar (es)
Swedish: åtnjuta (sv)
Vietnamese: hưởng thụ (vi)

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

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} genieten (nl)
Malayalam: ^{(please verify)} ആസ്വദിയ്ക്കുക (āsvadiykkuka)
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} nyte (no), ^{(please verify)} glede seg ved
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} a se delecta
Romansch: ^{(please verify)} giudair
Sardinian: ^{(please verify)} godire

Anagrams

joyen, joyne

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