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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

愉悦

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yúyuè

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Delight/dɪˈlaɪt/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1450 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"孩子们的笑声让人感到愉悦。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A feeling of great pleasure or satisfaction.

    "The children's laughter was a delight to hear."
As verb
  1. 1

    To please someone greatly.

    "The surprise party delighted her beyond words."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French 'delicier', based on the Latin 'delectare', meaning to allure or delight. The spelling was altered in the 16th century by folk etymology due to association with the word 'light'.

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