delight

Etymology
Attested from the 13th century, from, from , , from , frequentative of , from + , from , of unknown ultimate origin. . Related with, , and. The modern unetymological spelling (instead of expected ) is influenced by and other words ending in, such as , , etc. The -gh- may also be an attempt to represent the Latin -c-; compare obsolete  for.

Noun

 * 1) Joy; pleasure.
 * 2) Something that gives great joy or pleasure.
 * 1) Something that gives great joy or pleasure.
 * 1) Something that gives great joy or pleasure.
 * 1) Something that gives great joy or pleasure.
 * 1) Something that gives great joy or pleasure.
 * 1) Something that gives great joy or pleasure.

Translations

 * Arabic: فُرْجَة
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Belarusian: захапле́нне, асало́да, уце́ха, задавальне́нне, прые́мнасць
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: τέρψις
 * Hindi: ख़ुश,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Ido:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: ,
 * Latin: gaudium,
 * Macedonian: задоволство
 * Maori: hurō, harikoa, manahau
 * Ngazidja Comorian: mdjipvio
 * Old English: wynn
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: sogan
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: срећа
 * Roman: sreća
 * Slovak: rozkoš, potešenie, pôžitok
 * Spanish:, , delicia, , delectación,
 * Thai:
 * Tocharian B: plānto, yāso
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎓𐎎𐎚
 * Ukrainian: захо́плення, насоло́да,, уті́ха, розкошува́ння, задово́лення, приє́мність
 * Urdu: خوش
 * Vietnamese: niềm vui


 * Esperanto: agrablaĵo
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: χάρμα
 * Latin: gaudium

Verb

 * 1) To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
 * 2)  To have or take great pleasure.
 * 3) * c. 1515–1516, published 1568,, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
 * A ſclaunderous tunge, a tunge of a ſkolde, Worketh more miſchiefe than can be tolde; That, if I wiſt not to be controlde, Yet ſomwhat to ſay I dare well be bolde, How ſome delite for to lye, thycke and threfolde.
 * 1)  To have or take great pleasure.
 * 2) * c. 1515–1516, published 1568,, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
 * A ſclaunderous tunge, a tunge of a ſkolde, Worketh more miſchiefe than can be tolde; That, if I wiſt not to be controlde, Yet ſomwhat to ſay I dare well be bolde, How ſome delite for to lye, thycke and threfolde.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: доставям удоволствие
 * Catalan:
 * Cornish: lowenhe, didhana
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, riemastuttaa
 * French: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: τέρπω
 * Hebrew: שימח
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: oblectō,, iuvo
 * Maori: manawarū
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish:, , , hacer las delicias de
 * Swedish:
 * Yiddish: באַגליקן


 * Sanskrit: