joie

See also: Joie

Bourguignon

Alternative forms

• jooe

Etymology

From Latin gaudium.

Noun

joie f (plural joies)

1. joy

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French joie, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin *gaudia, from Classical Latin gaudium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒwa/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Homophones: joies (general), joua, jouas, jouât (one pronunciation)

Noun

joie f (plural joies)

1. joy (feeling of happiness or elation)

   Synonyms: gaieté, allégresse, entrain, enjouement, jovialité, jubilation

   Antonyms: peine, tristesse, chagrin, mélancolie, ennui

Derived terms

• à cœur joie
• dans la joie et la bonne humeur
• feu de joie
• fille de joie
• fou de joie
• joie de vivre
• joyeusement
• joyeuseté
• joyeux

 

Related terms

• jouir

Descendants

• → Catalan: joia

Further reading

• “joie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Pronunciation

• (classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒoi̯ə/
• (late) IPA^(key): /ˈʒo̯ɛə/

Etymology 1

From Latin gaudia, the plural of gaudium (“joy”), reinterpreted as a feminine singular.

Noun

joie oblique singular, f (oblique plural joies, nominative singular joie, nominative plural joies)

1. joy (feeling of happiness or elation)
   • 12^th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:

     Li rois en son cuer out grant joie.

     The king in his heart felt great joy

Descendants

• French: joie
• → Catalan: joia
• → Istriot: dzóya, dzúya
• → Italian: gioia
• → Lombard: jòia
• → Middle Breton: yoaff
  • Breton: joa
• → Middle Dutch: joye, joy
• → Middle English: joye, joie
  • English: joy
  • Scots: jo
    • → English: jo, joe
  • Yola: joee
• → Occitan: jòi (Auvernhat)
• → Old Emilian: çoglia
• → Old High German: schoie
• → Old Italian: zoglia
• → Old Ligurian: ioya
• → Old Occitan: joia
• → Old Romagnol: zoya
• → Piedmontese: gioia
• → Portuguese: joia
• → Sicilian: gioja
• → Spanish: joya
• → Venetan: zoja, xogia

Etymology 2

Noun

joie oblique singular, m (oblique plural joies, nominative singular joies, nominative plural joie)

1. Alternative form of jouel

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “gaudium”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 80