jouir

See also: jouïr

French

Etymology

From Middle French jouir, jouïr, iouyr, from Old French joïr, from Vulgar Latin *gaudīre (*gaudiō), from Latin gaudēre, present active infinitive of gaudeō. Doublet of gaudir, which was a borrowing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒwiʁ/
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Verb

jouir

  1. (followed by the preposition de) to enjoy
    Il jouissait d'une santé à toute épreuve. ― He enjoyed unfailing health.
    Synonym: bénéficier
  2. (intransitive) to have an orgasm; to come, cum; to ejaculate
    Est-ce qu’elle a joui? ― Did she cum?
    J'ai joui sur le drap. ― I ejaculated on the bed sheet.

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of jouir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle jouissant
/ʒwi.sɑ̃/
past participle joui
/ʒwi/
infinitive
simple jouir
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple jouissant
/ʒwi.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present jouis
/ʒwi/		 jouis
/ʒwi/		 jouit
/ʒwi/		 jouissons
/ʒwi.sɔ̃/		 jouissez
/ʒwi.se/		 jouissent
/ʒwis/
imperfect jouissais
/ʒwi.sɛ/		 jouissais
/ʒwi.sɛ/		 jouissait
/ʒwi.sɛ/		 jouissions
/ʒwi.sjɔ̃/		 jouissiez
/ʒwi.sje/		 jouissaient
/ʒwi.sɛ/
past historic2 jouis
/ʒwi/		 jouis
/ʒwi/		 jouit
/ʒwi/		 jouîmes
/ʒwim/		 jouîtes
/ʒwit/		 jouirent
/ʒwiʁ/
future jouirai
/ʒwi.ʁe/		 jouiras
/ʒwi.ʁa/		 jouira
/ʒwi.ʁa/		 jouirons
/ʒwi.ʁɔ̃/		 jouirez
/ʒwi.ʁe/		 jouiront
/ʒwi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional jouirais
/ʒwi.ʁɛ/		 jouirais
/ʒwi.ʁɛ/		 jouirait
/ʒwi.ʁɛ/		 jouirions
/ʒwi.ʁjɔ̃/		 jouiriez
/ʒwi.ʁje/		 jouiraient
/ʒwi.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present jouisse
/ʒwis/		 jouisses
/ʒwis/		 jouisse
/ʒwis/		 jouissions
/ʒwi.sjɔ̃/		 jouissiez
/ʒwi.sje/		 jouissent
/ʒwis/
imperfect2 jouisse
/ʒwis/		 jouisses
/ʒwis/		 jouît
/ʒwi/		 jouissions
/ʒwi.sjɔ̃/		 jouissiez
/ʒwi.sje/		 jouissent
/ʒwis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — jouis
/ʒwi/		 — jouissons
/ʒwi.sɔ̃/		 jouissez
/ʒwi.se/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle French

Verb

jouir

  1. Alternative form of iouyr
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