🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

기쁨

Native Script:한국어 한글

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gi-ppeum

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Joy/dʒɔɪ/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그 소식을 들었을 때 말할 수 없는 기쁨을 느꼈다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A feeling of great pleasure and happiness.

    "She felt a surge of joy when she saw her family again."
  2. 2

    A thing or person that causes a feeling of great pleasure or happiness.

    "Playing with her grandchildren is her greatest joy."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'joy' originates from the Old French 'joie', which comes from the Latin 'gaudia', meaning 'rejoicing'. It has evolved over centuries to encompass a range of positive emotional states.

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