enjoyment

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enjoyment

  • /ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪ.mənt/
  • /ənˈd͡ʒɔɪ.mənt/
  • /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ.mənt/

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From enjoy + -ment.

noun enjoyments

  1. uncountable The condition of enjoying anything. Few activities better the enjoyment of a hearty meal eaten in good company.
  2. uncountable An enjoyable state of mind; a feeling of satisfaction or delight from a situation. I experienced more enjoyment from summer camp than any part of school.
  3. countable An activity that gives pleasure. Is it, haply, an idle occupation, or is the time ill-spent that is spent in roaming the world in quest, not of its enjoyments, but of those arduous toils whereby the good mount upwards to the abodes of everlasting life?
  4. countable, uncountable The exercise of a legal right.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: delectation, use, enjoy, pleasure, delight, joy, happy, pleased, fun, satisfaction, recreation, amusement, play, fulfillment, fruition, fulfilment

Translations

Every language

noun the condition of enjoying anything

Españoldisfrute, gozo, gozamiento, gozadera, regocijo, holganza
한국어기쁨 gippeum, 즐거움 jeulgeoum
日本語楽しみ tanoshimi
中文享受 xiǎngshòu, 愉快 yúkuài, 樂趣 /乐趣 lèqù
हिन्दीमज़ा mazā, आनंद ānand
Portuguêsgozo
Françaisjouissance, plaisir
DeutschGenuss, Vergnügen
Русскийнаслажде́ние naslaždénije, удово́льствие udovólʹstvije
العربيةمُتْعَة mutʕa, مِتْعَة mitʕa
עבריתהֲנָאָה hana'á

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@misc{enjoyment_2026,
  title = {enjoyment},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/enjoyment},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}