English Online Dictionary. What means enjoy? What does enjoy mean?
English
Alternative forms
- enioy, injoy (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English enjoyen, from Old French enjoier, anjoier, enjoer (“to give joy, receive with joy, rejoice”), equivalent to en- + joy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/, /ənˈd͡ʒɔɪ/, /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/
- Hyphenation: en‧joy
- Rhymes: -ɔɪ
Verb
enjoy (third-person singular simple present enjoys, present participle enjoying, simple past and past participle enjoyed)
- (transitive) To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
- (transitive) To have the use or benefit of something.
- (intransitive, India) To be satisfied or receive pleasure.
- (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
- (receive pleasure or satisfaction): appreciate, delight in, rejoice, relish
- (have sexual intercourse with): coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- joyen, joyne