enjoy
English
/ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
- (transitive) To have the use or benefit of something.
- (intransitive) To be satisfied or receive pleasure.
- (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English enjoyen borrowed from Old French enjoier prefix from English joy.
Origin
English
joy
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- disenjoy English
- disenjoyment English
- enjoyability English
- enjoyable English
- enjoyableness English
- enjoyably English
- enjoyer English
- enjoyest English
- enjoyful English
- enjoyment English
- joy English
- joyance English
- joyant English
- joydom English
- joyful English
- joygasm English
- joyhood English
- joyish English
- joyless English
- joylike English
- joyness English
- joypad English
- joypop English
- joyride English
- joysome English
- joystick English
- killjoy English
- overenjoy English
- overjoy English
- reenjoy English
- reenjoyment English
- rejoy English
- unenjoyability English
- unenjoyable English
- unenjoyment English
- unjoy English
- enjoyen Middle English
- joye Middle English
- enjoier Old French
- joy
- rejoy
- unjoy
- joypop
- joyish
- joyful
- joypad
- joydom
- joyant
- enjoyer
- joyless
- joygasm
- joylike
- joyance
- overjoy
- joysome
- joyness
- joyride
- killjoy
- joyhood
- reenjoy
- enjoyest
- enjoyful
- joystick
- disenjoy
- overenjoy
- enjoyably
- enjoyable
- enjoyment
- unenjoyment
- reenjoyment
- unenjoyable
- disenjoyment
- enjoyability
- enjoyableness
- unenjoyability