joie de vivre

joie de vivre

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌʒwɑ də ˈviv(ɹə)/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌʒwɑː də ˈviːvɹə/
• Rhymes: -iːvɹə

Noun

joie de vivre (uncountable)

1. Enjoyment of living; happiness, ebullience, zest for life.

Related terms

• bon vivant

Translations

enjoyment of living, zest for life

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Basque: bizipoz (eu) Chinese: Mandarin: 生活情趣 (shēnghuó qíngqù), 生活樂趣／生活乐趣 (shēnghuó lèqù) Danish: livsglæde c, livslyst c Dutch: levensvreugde (nl) f, levenslust (nl) m Faroese: lívsgleði Finnish: elämänilo, elämänhalu French: joie de vivre (fr) f Galician: delicia de vivir f German: Lebensfreude (de) f, Lebenslust (de) f Hindi: जीने की ख़ुशी f (jīne kī xuśī) Hungarian: életöröm (hu) Icelandic: lífsgleði f Italian: gioia di vivere f Japanese: please add this translation if you can Kannada: ಬಾಳಸವಿ (kn) (bāḷasavi), ಜೀವನ ಮಾಧುರ್ಯ (kn) (jīvana mādhurya), ಜೀವನದ ಸುಖೋತ್ಕರ್ಷ (kn) (jīvanada sukhōtkarṣa) Korean: please add this translation if you can Latvian: dzīvesprieks m, dzīves prieks m Limburgish: laeveslös (li) m Luxembourgish: liewensfreed Norwegian: Bokmål: livsglede m or f, livslyst m or f Nynorsk: livsglede f, livslyst f Polish: radość życia f Portuguese: alegria de viver f Romanian: bucurie de a trăi f Russian: жизнера́достность (ru) f (žiznerádostnostʹ) Spanish: alegría de vivir f Swedish: livsglädje (sv) c, livslust (sv) c Ukrainian: життєра́дісність f (žyttjerádisnistʹ) Uzbek: xushchaqchaqlik (uz) Vietnamese: niềm vui sống

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French

FWOTD – 12 June 2017

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒwa d(ə) vivʁ/

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Noun

joie de vivre f (uncountable)

1. joie de vivre, zest for life
   • 2005, Gilles Asselin; Ruth Mastron; Marianne Seïte-Karner (translator), Français-Américains: ces différences qui nous rapprochent, Alban Editions, page 304:

     Apprenez à apprécier la joie de vivre française.

     Learn to appreciate the French joie de vivre.

   respirer la joie de vivre ― to breathe the joy of life