enjoy

== English == === Alternative forms === enioy, injoy (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English enjoyen, from Old French enjoier, anjoier, enjoer (“to give joy, receive with joy, rejoice”), equivalent to en- +‎ joy. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/, /ənˈd͡ʒɔɪ/, /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/ Hyphenation: en‧joy Rhymes: -ɔɪ === Verb === enjoy (third-person singular simple present enjoys, present participle enjoying, simple past and past participle enjoyed) (transitive) To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something. (transitive) To have the use or benefit of something. Synonym: rejoice in (intransitive, India) To be satisfied or receive pleasure; to have fun. (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with. ==== Usage notes ==== This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs ==== Synonyms ==== (receive pleasure or satisfaction): appreciate, delight in, rejoice, relish, pleasure, feast, (have sexual intercourse with): coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === joyen, joyne