joie de vivre

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French joie de vivre (literally joy of living).

Pronunciation

Noun

joie de vivre (uncountable)

  1. Enjoyment of living; happiness, ebullience, zest for life.

Translations


French

FWOTD – 12 June 2017

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒwa d(ə) vivʁ/

Noun

joie de vivre f (uncountable)

  1. joie de vivre, zest for life
    • 2005, Gilles Asselin; Ruth Mastron; 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.
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