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.
   • 1984 April 21, “P'Town for Memorial Day (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 18:

     2 LF (young 38 & 47 friends only) without lovers seeking similar for fun weekend in P'Town. Enjoy good food, dancing and joie de vivre.

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
• Esperanto: vivĝojo
• 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: 生きる歓び (いきるよろこび, ikiru yorokobi)
• 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

French

FWOTD – 12 June 2017

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒwa d(ə) vivʁ/

• Audio:

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Noun

joie de vivre f (uncountable)

1. joie de vivre, zest for life

   Antonym: mal de vivre

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

   • 2005, Gilles Asselin, Ruth Mastron, with 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.