# jouissance

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Enjoyment, delight, pleasure.
2. A transgressive, excessive kind of pleasure linked to the division and splitting of the subject involved.

## Etymology
From Middle French jouissance, from jouir (“to enjoy”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/jouissance