joie
French, noun/ʒwa/
joie is spelled J-O-I-E (4 letters) and appears 46 times per million words in written French, the 1,809th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Joie is a French feminine noun meaning “joy (feeling of happiness or elation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sentiment de bonheur, de satisfaction vive et intense qui vient du plaisir que l'on a à agir, à accomplir non…”.
What does joie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejoy (feeling of happiness or elation)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sentiment de bonheur, de satisfaction vive et intense qui vient du plaisir que l'on a à agir, à accomplir non pas une tâche répétitive, mais de contribuer à un certain progrès qui est empreint d'un caractère spirituel philosophique, scientifique, religieux ou esthétique. 2. Plaisirs ; jouissances. 3. Gaieté ; humeur gaie.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of joie
- joies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce joie?
- /ʒwa/
- \ʒwa\
- [ʒwa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to joie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is joie in French?
joie appears 46 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).