jouir

See also: jouïr

French

Etymology

From Middle French jouir, jouïr, iouyr, from Old French joïr, from Vulgar Latin *gaudīre (*gaudiō), from Latin gaudēre, present active infinitive of gaudeō. Doublet of gaudir, which was a borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒwiʁ/
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Verb

jouir

  1. (followed by the preposition de) to enjoy
    • Il jouissait d'une santé à toute épreuve.
  2. (intransitive) to have an orgasm
    • Elle m'a laissé jouir dans sa bouche.
      • She let me cum in her mouth.

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Derived terms

Further reading


Middle French

Verb

jouir

  1. Alternative form of iouyr
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