joie de vivre
/ˌʒwɑː də ˈviːvɹə/US/ˌʒwɑ də ˈviv(ɹə)/
joie de vivre noun: enjoyment of living; happiness, ebullience, zest for life.
Noun
joie de vivre (uncountable)
- Enjoyment of living; happiness, ebullience, zest for life.
- 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.1984 April 21, “P'Town for Memorial Day (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 18
- By this point, I am losing enthusiasm. It’s really lonely going around and eating at places without a friend, and cold brown rice is hardly inspiring my joie de vivre.2017 December 15, Ruby Lott-Lavigna, “I Spent a Day Eating at the Most Instagrammable Restaurants of 2017”, in VICE
joie de vivre meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
joie de vivre in Hindi
- enjoyment of living, zest for life
- जीने की ख़ुशी jīne kī xuśī
joie de vivre in Tamil
- வாழ்வின்பக் கிளர்ச்சி
joie de vivre in Malayalam
- cheerfulness, gaiety, cheeriness
- ഉല്ലാസം, ജീവിതോല്ലാസം, ജീവിതം ആനന്ദത്തോടെ കഴിച്ചുകൂട്ടൽ, ഭവം, സുഖം, മാരായം
joie de vivre in Kannada
- enjoyment of living, zest for life
- ಬಾಳಸವಿ bāḷasavi, ಜೀವನ ಮಾಧುರ್ಯ jīvana mādhurya, ಜೀವನದ ಸುಖೋತ್ಕರ್ಷ jīvanada sukhōtkarṣa
More languagesFewer languages
- joie de vivre in Vietnamese
- niềm vui sống
Origin of joie de vivre
Borrowed from French joie de vivre (literally “joy of living”).
Words that rhyme with joie de vivre
Questions about joie de vivre
- What does joie de vivre mean?
- Joie de vivre means enjoyment of living; happiness, ebullience, zest for life.
- What is joie de vivre in Hindi?
- Joie de vivre in Hindi is जीने की ख़ुशी (jīne kī xuśī). See Joie de vivre meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is joie de vivre?
- Joie de vivre is a noun.
- How do you pronounce joie de vivre?
- Joie de vivre is pronounced /ˌʒwɑ də ˈviv(ɹə)/ (US).
Words near joie de vivre in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: joie de vivre (page history and authors); joie de vivre (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); joie de vivre (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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