Delight

//dəˈlaɪt//

Synonyms for "delight" (292 found)

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Strong matches (87)

Related words (146)

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8 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

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derived

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entails

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etymologically related_to

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is a

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related to

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similar

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Translations

142 translations across 51 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • ëndje noun (joy, pleasure)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • τέρψις noun (joy, pleasure)
  • χάρμα noun (thing that gives pleasure)
  • τέρπω verb (to give pleasure to)

Arabic

1 entries
  • فُرْجَة noun (joy, pleasure)

Armenian

3 entries
  • հիացմունք noun (joy, pleasure)
  • հրճվանք noun (joy, pleasure)
  • ցնծություն noun (joy, pleasure)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • асало́да noun (joy, pleasure)
  • задавальне́нне noun (joy, pleasure)
  • захапле́нне noun (joy, pleasure)
  • прые́мнасць noun (joy, pleasure)

Bengali

1 entries
  • আমোদ noun (joy, pleasure)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • насла́да noun (joy, pleasure)
  • удово́лствие noun (joy, pleasure)
  • доставям удоволствие verb (to give pleasure to)

Catalan

3 entries
  • delit noun (joy, pleasure)
  • plaer noun (joy, pleasure)
  • delectar verb (to give pleasure to)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 樂趣 /乐趣 noun (joy, pleasure)

Cornish

2 entries
  • didhana verb (to give pleasure to)
  • lowenhe verb (to give pleasure to)

Czech

3 entries
  • potěšení noun (joy, pleasure)
  • požitek noun (joy, pleasure)
  • rozkoš noun (joy, pleasure)

Dutch

4 entries
  • plezier noun (joy, pleasure)
  • vreugde noun (joy, pleasure)
  • behagen verb (to give pleasure to)
  • bevallen verb (to give pleasure to)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • agrablaĵo noun (thing that gives pleasure)
  • delico noun (joy, pleasure)

Finnish

3 entries
  • ilo noun (joy, pleasure)
  • ilahduttaa verb (to give pleasure to)
  • riemastuttaa verb (to give pleasure to)

French

4 entries
  • délice noun (joy, pleasure)
  • joie noun (joy, pleasure)
  • plaisir noun (joy, pleasure)
  • enchanter verb (to give pleasure to)

Galician

1 entries
  • ledicia noun (joy, pleasure)

German

4 entries
  • Entzückung noun (joy, pleasure)
  • Freude noun (joy, pleasure)
  • Lust noun (joy, pleasure)
  • Wohlgefallen noun (joy, pleasure)

Greek

1 entries
  • χαρά noun (joy, pleasure)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • שימח \ שִׂמֵּחַ verb (to give pleasure to)

Hindi

2 entries
  • आनंद noun (joy, pleasure)
  • ख़ुश noun (joy, pleasure)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • boldogság noun (joy, pleasure)
  • élvezet noun (joy, pleasure)
  • öröm noun (joy, pleasure)

Ido

2 entries
  • delekteso noun (joy, pleasure)
  • delektar verb (to give pleasure to)

Italian

3 entries
  • delizia noun (joy, pleasure)
  • piacere noun (joy, pleasure)
  • deliziare verb (to give pleasure to)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 喜び noun (joy, pleasure)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • ләззат noun (joy, pleasure)
  • қызық noun (joy, pleasure)

Korean

2 entries
  • 기쁨 noun (joy, pleasure)
  • 즐거움 noun (joy, pleasure)

Latin

4 entries
  • frūctus noun (joy, pleasure)
  • gaudium noun (joy, pleasure)
  • gaudium noun (thing that gives pleasure)
  • dēlectō verb (to give pleasure to)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • задоволство noun (joy, pleasure)

Māori

4 entries
  • harikoa noun (joy, pleasure)
  • hurō noun (joy, pleasure)
  • manahau noun (joy, pleasure)
  • manawarū verb (to give pleasure to)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • mdjipvio noun (joy, pleasure)

Old English

1 entries
  • wynn noun (joy, pleasure)

Persian

1 entries
  • خرسندی noun (joy, pleasure)

Polish

4 entries
  • przyjemność noun (joy, pleasure)
  • radość noun (joy, pleasure)
  • rozkosz noun (joy, pleasure)
  • zachwyt noun (joy, pleasure)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • deleite noun (joy, pleasure)
  • deliciar verb (to give pleasure to)
  • encantar verb (to give pleasure to)

Romanian

4 entries
  • deliciu noun (joy, pleasure)
  • desfătare noun (joy, pleasure)
  • juisare noun (joy, pleasure)
  • plăcere noun (joy, pleasure)

Russian

3 entries
  • восто́рг noun (joy, pleasure)
  • наслажде́ние noun (joy, pleasure)
  • удово́льствие noun (joy, pleasure)

Sanskrit

4 entries
  • चनस् noun (joy, pleasure)
  • सुख noun (joy, pleasure)
  • प्रीणाति verb (to give pleasure to)
  • रणति verb (to take pleasure in)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • sogan noun (joy, pleasure)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • sreća noun (joy, pleasure)
  • срећа noun (joy, pleasure)

Slovak

3 entries
  • potešenie noun (joy, pleasure)
  • pôžitok noun (joy, pleasure)
  • rozkoš noun (joy, pleasure)

Spanish

4 entries
  • delectación noun (joy, pleasure)
  • deleitación noun (joy, pleasure)
  • deleite noun (joy, pleasure)
  • delicia noun (joy, pleasure)

Swedish

1 entries
  • glädja verb (to give pleasure to)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • galak noun (joy, pleasure)
  • kasiyahan noun (thing that gives pleasure)
  • ligaya noun (joy, pleasure)
  • lugod noun (joy, pleasure)

Thai

1 entries
  • สุข noun (joy, pleasure)

Tocharian B

2 entries
  • plānto noun (joy, pleasure)
  • yāso noun (joy, pleasure)

Turkish

3 entries
  • mutluluk noun (joy, pleasure)
  • neşe noun (joy, pleasure)
  • sevinç noun (joy, pleasure)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎐𐎓𐎎𐎚 noun (joy, pleasure)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • за́хват noun (joy, pleasure)
  • задово́лення noun (joy, pleasure)
  • захо́плення noun (joy, pleasure)
  • насоло́да noun (joy, pleasure)

Urdu

1 entries
  • خوش noun (joy, pleasure)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • niềm vui noun (joy, pleasure)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • באַגליקן verb (to give pleasure to)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Censorious people delight in casting blame.

Source: tatoeba (1994)

I read your new book with real delight.

Source: tatoeba (17036)

Delight is the opposite of sorrow.

Source: tatoeba (20683)

Dancing is a delight to me.

Source: tatoeba (40306)

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