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The noun is from Middle English joye, borrowed from Old French joie, from Late Latin gaudia, neuter plural (mistaken as feminine singular) of Latin gaudium (“joy”), from gaudēre (“to be glad, rejoice”). Doublet of jo and gaudy (“Oxford college reunion”). Displaced native Old English ġefēa. The interjection is from the noun. The verb is from Middle English joyen, joȝen, joien, from Old French jöir, from the Old French noun (see above).

From the noun joy, first used by Puritans in the 17th century.

222 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Greek: Χαρά (Chará) — female given name
• Italian: Gioia — female given name
• Albanian: gaz — feeling of happiness
• Northern Altai: кубук (kubuk) — feeling of happiness
• Northern Altai: сӱгӱнӱш (sügünüš) — feeling of happiness
• Southern Altai: сӱӱнчи (süünči) — feeling of happiness
• Amharic: ደስታ (dästa) — feeling of happiness
• Arabic: سُرُور (surūr) — feeling of happiness
• Arabic: فَرَح (faraḥ) — feeling of happiness
• Armenian: հրճվանք (hrčvankʻ) — feeling of happiness
• Armenian: ուրախություն (uraxutʻyun) — feeling of happiness
• Azerbaijani: sevinc — feeling of happiness
• Azerbaijani: fərəh — feeling of happiness
• Azerbaijani: şadlıq — feeling of happiness
• Bangi: ncai — feeling of happiness
• Belarusian: ра́дасць (rádascʹ) — feeling of happiness
• Bengali: আনন্দ (anndo) — feeling of happiness
• Bhojpuri: हर्ष (harṣ) — feeling of happiness
• Central Bikol: pagkaugma — feeling of happiness
• Bulgarian: ра́дост (rádost) — feeling of happiness
• Burmese: ပီတိ (piti.) — feeling of happiness
• Burmese: သောမနဿ (sau:ma.na.ssa.) — feeling of happiness
• Buryat: баяр (bajar) — feeling of happiness
• Catalan: alegria — feeling of happiness
• Catalan: joia — feeling of happiness
• Cebuano: kalipay — feeling of happiness
• Chinese Cantonese: 歡喜 /欢喜 (fun1 hei2) — feeling of happiness
• Chinese Cantonese: 歡樂 /欢乐 (fun1 lok6) — feeling of happiness
• Chinese Cantonese: 喜悅 /喜悦 (hei2 jyut6) — feeling of happiness
• Chinese Cantonese: 喜樂 /喜乐 (hei2 lok6) — feeling of happiness
• Chinese: 歡喜 /欢喜 (zh-min-nan) — feeling of happiness
• Chinese: 喜樂 /喜乐 (hí-lo̍k) — feeling of happiness
• Chinese Mandarin: 歡喜 /欢喜 (huānxǐ) — feeling of happiness
• Chinese Mandarin: 歡樂 /欢乐 (huānlè) — feeling of happiness
• Chinese Mandarin: 喜悅 /喜悦 (xǐyuè) — feeling of happiness
• Chinese Mandarin: 喜樂 /喜乐 (xǐlè) — feeling of happiness
• Wu Chinese: 高興 /高兴 (1kau-shin) — feeling of happiness
• Wu Chinese: 快樂 /快乐 (5khua-loq) — feeling of happiness
• Coptic: ⲣⲁϣⲓ (raši) — feeling of happiness
• Czech: radost — feeling of happiness
• Danish: glæde — feeling of happiness
• Danish: lykke — feeling of happiness
• Danish: gammen — feeling of happiness
• Danish: fryd — feeling of happiness
• Dutch: vreugde — feeling of happiness
• Egyptian: r:S-fnD-A2 (rš) — feeling of happiness
• Egyptian: r:S-r:S-fnD (ršrš) — feeling of happiness
• Esperanto: ĝojo — feeling of happiness
• Estonian: rõõm — feeling of happiness
• Faroese: gleði — feeling of happiness
• Finnish: ilo — feeling of happiness
• Finnish: riemu — feeling of happiness
• Finnish: onni — feeling of happiness
• French: joie — feeling of happiness
• Galician: ledicia — feeling of happiness
• Georgian: სიხარული (sixaruli) — feeling of happiness
• Georgian: სიამოვნება (siamovneba) — feeling of happiness
• Georgian: მხიარულება (mxiaruleba) — feeling of happiness
• German: Freude — feeling of happiness
• Gilbertese: kukurei — feeling of happiness
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌸𐍃 (fahēþs) — feeling of happiness
• Greek: χαρά (chará) — feeling of happiness
• Ancient Greek: χαρά (khará) — feeling of happiness
• Greenlandic: pilluarneq — feeling of happiness
• Hawaiian: ʻoliʻoli — feeling of happiness
• Hebrew: שִׂמְחָה (simkhá) — feeling of happiness
• Hiligaynon: kalipay — feeling of happiness
• Hindi: हर्ष (harṣ) — feeling of happiness
• Hindi: आनंद (ānand) — feeling of happiness
• Hindi: ख़ुशी (xuśī) — feeling of happiness
• Hindi: सुख (sukh) — feeling of happiness
• Hindi: प्रसन्नता (prasannatā) — feeling of happiness
• Hindi: आह्लाद (āhlād) — feeling of happiness
• Hungarian: öröm — feeling of happiness
• Icelandic: gleði — feeling of happiness
• Ido: joyo — feeling of happiness
• Indonesian: kebahagiaan — feeling of happiness
• Indonesian: kegembiraan — feeling of happiness
• Indonesian: kesenangan — feeling of happiness
• Indonesian: keceriaan — feeling of happiness
• Ingrian: ilo — feeling of happiness
• Irish: áthas — feeling of happiness
• Irish: lúcháir — feeling of happiness
• Italian: gioia — feeling of happiness
• Italian: allegria — feeling of happiness
• Italian: felicità — feeling of happiness
• Italian: piacere — feeling of happiness
• Japanese: 喜び (yorokobi) — feeling of happiness
• Kaqchikel: kikotemal — feeling of happiness
• Kazakh: шаттық (şattyq) — feeling of happiness
• Khmer: តុស្តី (tohsdəy) — feeling of happiness
• Khmer: បាមោជ្ជ (paamaoccĕəʼ) — feeling of happiness
• Khmer: បីតិ (pəyteʼ) — feeling of happiness
• Khmer: ប្រមោទ (prɑɑmaot) — feeling of happiness
• K'iche': ki'kotemal — feeling of happiness
• Korean: 즐거움 (jeulgeoum) — feeling of happiness
• Korean: 기쁨 (gippeum) — feeling of happiness
• Krio: jɔy — feeling of happiness
• Central Kurdish: خۆشی (xoşî) — feeling of happiness
• Northern Kurdish: xoşî — feeling of happiness
• Kyrgyz: шаттык (şattık) — feeling of happiness
• Kyrgyz: кубаныч (kubanıc) — feeling of happiness
• Kyrgyz: суйүнүч (suyünüc) — feeling of happiness
• Ladino: alegriya — feeling of happiness
• Lao: ຜາສຸກ (phā suk) — feeling of happiness
• Lao: ປີຕິ (pī ti) — feeling of happiness
• Lao: ຄວາມສຸກ (khuām suk) — feeling of happiness
• Latgalian: prīca — feeling of happiness
• Latgalian: prīceiba — feeling of happiness
• Latgalian: ļuste — feeling of happiness
• Latin: gaudium — feeling of happiness
• Latin: gaudimonium — feeling of happiness
• Latin: laetitia — feeling of happiness
• Latvian: prieks — feeling of happiness
• Lithuanian: džiaugsmas — feeling of happiness
• Lutuv: palungtluona — feeling of happiness
• Macedonian: радост (radost) — feeling of happiness
• Malay: kegembiraan — feeling of happiness
• Maltese: ferħ — feeling of happiness
• Manchu: ᠰᡝᠪᠵᡝᠨ (sebjen) — feeling of happiness
• Manx: boggey — feeling of happiness
• Māori: mākoakoa — feeling of happiness
• Māori: hurō — feeling of happiness
• Mongolian: баяр (bajar) — feeling of happiness
• Classical Nahuatl: pāquiliztli — feeling of happiness
• Navajo: ił hózhǫ́ — feeling of happiness
• Norwegian Bokmål: fryd — feeling of happiness
• Norwegian Bokmål: glede — feeling of happiness
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fryd — feeling of happiness
• Norwegian Nynorsk: frygd — feeling of happiness
• Norwegian Nynorsk: glede — feeling of happiness
• Occitan: alegria — feeling of happiness
• Occitan: jòia — feeling of happiness
• Church Slavic: радость (radostĭ) — feeling of happiness
• Old English: ġefēa — feeling of happiness
• Oromo: gammachuu — feeling of happiness
• Pali: pīti — feeling of happiness
• Pashto: آغې (āǧé) — feeling of happiness
• Pashto: خشالي (xašālí) — feeling of happiness
• Pashto: سرور (sarúr) — feeling of happiness
• Pashto: خوښي (xwax̌í) — feeling of happiness
• Persian: سرور (sorur) — feeling of happiness
• Persian: کروز (koruz) — feeling of happiness
• Persian: شادی (šâdi) — feeling of happiness
• Persian: خرسندی (xorsandi) — feeling of happiness
• Persian: خوشی (xoši) — feeling of happiness
• Pipil: pākilis — feeling of happiness
• Plautdietsch: Freid — feeling of happiness
• Plautdietsch: Häaj — feeling of happiness
• Polish: uciecha — feeling of happiness
• Polish: radość — feeling of happiness
• Portuguese: alegria — feeling of happiness
• Quechua: q'uchu — feeling of happiness
• Romanian: fericire — feeling of happiness
• Romanian: bucurie — feeling of happiness
• Romanian: jovialitate — feeling of happiness
• Romanian: veselie — feeling of happiness
• Romanian: voioșie — feeling of happiness
• Russian: ра́дость (rádostʹ) — feeling of happiness
• Russian: весе́лье (vesélʹje) — feeling of happiness
• Sanskrit: हर्ष (harṣa) — feeling of happiness
• Sanskrit: सुख (sukha) — feeling of happiness
• Sanskrit: नान्दी (nāndī) — feeling of happiness
• Sanskrit: प्रमोद (pramoda) — feeling of happiness
• Sanskrit: रण (raṇa) — feeling of happiness
• Scottish Gaelic: àigh — feeling of happiness
• Scottish Gaelic: sogan — feeling of happiness
• Scottish Gaelic: aighear — feeling of happiness
• Scottish Gaelic: gàirdeachas — feeling of happiness
• Serbo-Croatian: радост — feeling of happiness
• Serbo-Croatian: весеље — feeling of happiness
• Serbo-Croatian: срећа — feeling of happiness
• Serbo-Croatian: radost — feeling of happiness
• Serbo-Croatian: veselje — feeling of happiness
• Serbo-Croatian: sreća — feeling of happiness
• Slovak: radosť — feeling of happiness
• Slovene: radost — feeling of happiness
• Somali: farax — feeling of happiness
• Lower Sorbian: wjasele — feeling of happiness
• Spanish: alegría — feeling of happiness
• Spanish: gozo — feeling of happiness
• Spanish: felicidad — feeling of happiness
• Spanish: júbilo — feeling of happiness
• Spanish: regocijo — feeling of happiness
• Swahili: furaha — feeling of happiness
• Swedish: glädje — feeling of happiness
• Swedish: lycka — feeling of happiness
• Tagalog: saya — feeling of happiness
• Tagalog: galak — feeling of happiness
• Tajik: шодӣ (šodi) — feeling of happiness
• Tajik: хурсандӣ (xursandi) — feeling of happiness
• Tamil: இன்பம் (iṉpam) — feeling of happiness
• Tamil: மகிழ்ச்சி (makiḻcci) — feeling of happiness
• Telugu: సంతోషం (santōṣaṁ) — feeling of happiness
• Thai: สุข (sùk) — feeling of happiness
• Thai: กําหนัด (gam-nàt) — feeling of happiness
• Thai: ปิติ (bpì-dtì) — feeling of happiness
• Thai: ดุษฎี (dùt-sà-dii) — feeling of happiness
• Tocharian B: katkauña — feeling of happiness
• Tocharian B: plānto — feeling of happiness
• Turkish: haz — feeling of happiness
• Turkish: sevinç — feeling of happiness
• Turkish: keyif — feeling of happiness
• Turkish: mutluluk — feeling of happiness
• Turkish: zevk — feeling of happiness
• Turkish: neşe — feeling of happiness
• Turkish: şetaret — feeling of happiness
• Turkmen: şatlyk — feeling of happiness
• Turkmen: begenç — feeling of happiness
• Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎎𐎃𐎚 (šmḫt) — feeling of happiness
• Ukrainian: ра́дість (rádistʹ) — feeling of happiness
• Urdu: آنند (ānand) — feeling of happiness
• Urdu: خوشی (xuśī) — feeling of happiness
• Uyghur: خۇشاللىق (xushalliq) — feeling of happiness
• Uzbek: xursandlik — feeling of happiness
• Uzbek: shodlik — feeling of happiness
• Venetan: ałegrézsa — feeling of happiness
• Venetan: ałegrìa — feeling of happiness
• Welsh: llawenydd — feeling of happiness
• Woiwurrung: burd-up — feeling of happiness
• Yiddish: פֿרייד (freyd) — feeling of happiness
• Zulu: injabulo — feeling of happiness