delight

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• /dəˈlaɪt/
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Attested from the 13th century, from Middle English delite, from Old French deleiter, deliter, from Latin dēlectāre (“to delight, please”), frequentative of dēlicere (“to allure, entice”), from dē- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure, to deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Doublet of delect. Related with delectation, delicate, delicious and dilettante. The modern unetymological spelling (instead of expected delite) is influenced by light and other words ending in -ight, such as might, bright, etc. The -gh- may also be an attempt to represent the Latin -c-; compare obsolete indight for indict.

148 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ëndje — joy, pleasure
• Arabic: فُرْجَة (furja) — joy, pleasure
• Armenian: ցնծություն (cʻncutʻyun) — joy, pleasure
• Armenian: հրճվանք (hrčvankʻ) — joy, pleasure
• Armenian: հիացմունք (hiacʻmunkʻ) — joy, pleasure
• Belarusian: захапле́нне (zaxapljénnje) — joy, pleasure
• Belarusian: асало́да (asalóda) — joy, pleasure
• Belarusian: уце́ха (ucjéxa) — joy, pleasure
• Belarusian: задавальне́нне (zadavalʹnjénnje) — joy, pleasure
• Belarusian: прые́мнасць (pryjémnascʹ) — joy, pleasure
• Bengali: আমোদ (amōd) — joy, pleasure
• Bulgarian: насла́да (nasláda) — joy, pleasure
• Bulgarian: удово́лствие (udovólstvie) — joy, pleasure
• Catalan: delit — joy, pleasure
• Catalan: plaer — joy, pleasure
• Chinese Mandarin: 樂趣 /乐趣 (lèqù) — joy, pleasure
• Ngazidja Comorian: mdjipvio — joy, pleasure
• Czech: rozkoš — joy, pleasure
• Czech: potěšení — joy, pleasure
• Czech: požitek — joy, pleasure
• Dutch: vreugde — joy, pleasure
• Dutch: plezier — joy, pleasure
• Esperanto: delico — joy, pleasure
• Finnish: ilo — joy, pleasure
• French: plaisir — joy, pleasure
• French: délice — joy, pleasure
• French: joie — joy, pleasure
• Galician: ledicia — joy, pleasure
• German: Freude — joy, pleasure
• German: Entzückung — joy, pleasure
• German: Wohlgefallen — joy, pleasure
• German: Lust — joy, pleasure
• Greek: χαρά (chará) — joy, pleasure
• Ancient Greek: τέρψις (térpsis) — joy, pleasure
• Hindi: हर्ष (harṣ) — joy, pleasure
• Hindi: आनंद (ānand) — joy, pleasure
• Hindi: सुख (sukh) — joy, pleasure
• Hindi: प्रसन्नता (prasannatā) — joy, pleasure
• Hindi: आह्लाद (āhlād) — joy, pleasure
• Hindi: ख़ुशी (xuśī) — joy, pleasure
• Hungarian: boldogság — joy, pleasure
• Hungarian: öröm — joy, pleasure
• Hungarian: élvezet — joy, pleasure
• Ido: delekteso — joy, pleasure
• Italian: delizia — joy, pleasure
• Italian: piacere — joy, pleasure
• Japanese: 喜び (yorokobi) — joy, pleasure
• Kazakh: ләззат (läzzat) — joy, pleasure
• Kazakh: қызық (qyzyq) — joy, pleasure
• Korean: 기쁨 (gippeum) — joy, pleasure
• Korean: 즐거움 (jeulgeoum) — joy, pleasure
• Latin: gaudium — joy, pleasure
• Latin: frūctus — joy, pleasure
• Macedonian: задоволство (zadovolstvo) — joy, pleasure
• Māori: hurō — joy, pleasure
• Māori: harikoa — joy, pleasure
• Māori: manahau — joy, pleasure
• Old English: wynn — joy, pleasure
• Persian: خرسندی (xorsandi) — joy, pleasure
• Polish: radość — joy, pleasure
• Polish: rozkosz — joy, pleasure
• Polish: przyjemność — joy, pleasure
• Polish: zachwyt — joy, pleasure
• Portuguese: deleite — joy, pleasure
• Romanian: deliciu — joy, pleasure
• Romanian: desfătare — joy, pleasure
• Romanian: plăcere — joy, pleasure
• Romanian: juisare — joy, pleasure
• Russian: восто́рг (vostórg) — joy, pleasure
• Russian: наслажде́ние (naslaždénije) — joy, pleasure
• Russian: удово́льствие (udovólʹstvije) — joy, pleasure
• Sanskrit: सुख (sukha) — joy, pleasure
• Sanskrit: चनस् (canas) — joy, pleasure
• Scottish Gaelic: sogan — joy, pleasure
• Serbo-Croatian: срећа — joy, pleasure
• Serbo-Croatian: sreća — joy, pleasure
• Slovak: rozkoš — joy, pleasure
• Slovak: potešenie — joy, pleasure
• Slovak: pôžitok — joy, pleasure
• Spanish: deleite — joy, pleasure
• Spanish: regocijo — joy, pleasure
• Spanish: delicia — joy, pleasure
• Spanish: placer — joy, pleasure
• Spanish: delectación — joy, pleasure
• Spanish: gozo — joy, pleasure
• Spanish: deleitación — joy, pleasure
• Tagalog: galak — joy, pleasure
• Tagalog: tuwa — joy, pleasure
• Tagalog: ligaya — joy, pleasure
• Tagalog: lugod — joy, pleasure
• Thai: สุข (sùk) — joy, pleasure
• Tocharian B: plānto — joy, pleasure
• Tocharian B: yāso — joy, pleasure
• Turkish: sevinç — joy, pleasure
• Turkish: neşe — joy, pleasure
• Turkish: mutluluk — joy, pleasure
• Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎓𐎎𐎚 (nʿmt) — joy, pleasure
• Ukrainian: захо́плення (zaxóplennja) — joy, pleasure
• Ukrainian: насоло́да (nasolóda) — joy, pleasure
• Ukrainian: за́хват (záxvat) — joy, pleasure
• Ukrainian: уті́ха (utíxa) — joy, pleasure
• Ukrainian: розкошува́ння (rozkošuvánnja) — joy, pleasure
• Ukrainian: задово́лення (zadovólennja) — joy, pleasure
• Ukrainian: приє́мність (pryjémnistʹ) — joy, pleasure
• Urdu: خوش (xuś) — joy, pleasure
• Vietnamese: niềm vui — joy, pleasure
• Esperanto: agrablaĵo — thing that gives pleasure
• Ancient Greek: χάρμα (khárma) — thing that gives pleasure
• Latin: gaudium — thing that gives pleasure
• Tagalog: kasiyahan — thing that gives pleasure
• Amharic: አስደሰተ (ʾäsdäsätä) — to give pleasure to
• Bulgarian: доставям удоволствие (dostavjam udovolstvie) — to give pleasure to
• Catalan: delectar — to give pleasure to
• Cornish: lowenhe — to give pleasure to
• Cornish: didhana — to give pleasure to
• Dutch: bevallen — to give pleasure to
• Dutch: behagen — to give pleasure to
• Finnish: ilahduttaa — to give pleasure to
• Finnish: riemastuttaa — to give pleasure to
• French: enchanter — to give pleasure to
• French: ravir — to give pleasure to
• Ancient Greek: τέρπω (térpō) — to give pleasure to
• Hebrew: שימח \ שִׂמֵּחַ (siméakh) — to give pleasure to
• Ido: delektar — to give pleasure to
• Italian: deliziare — to give pleasure to
• Latin: oblectō — to give pleasure to
• Latin: dēlectō — to give pleasure to
• Latin: iuvo — to give pleasure to
• Māori: manawarū — to give pleasure to
• Polish: cieszyć — to give pleasure to
• Polish: radować — to give pleasure to
• Polish: zachwycać — to give pleasure to
• Portuguese: deliciar — to give pleasure to
• Portuguese: encantar — to give pleasure to
• Sanskrit: प्रीणाति (prīṇāti) — to give pleasure to
• Spanish: regocijar — to give pleasure to
• Spanish: complacer — to give pleasure to
• Spanish: deleitar — to give pleasure to
• Spanish: hacer las delicias de — to give pleasure to
• Spanish: delectar — to give pleasure to
• Swedish: glädja — to give pleasure to
• Tagalog: magpasaya — to give pleasure to
• Tagalog: magpatuwa — to give pleasure to
• Tagalog: magpaligaya — to give pleasure to
• Yiddish: באַגליקן (baglikn) — to give pleasure to
• Sanskrit: रणति (raṇati) — to take pleasure in
• Tagalog: matuwa — to take pleasure in
• Tagalog: magalak — to take pleasure in