jouir
See also: jouïr
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French jouir, jouïr, iouyr, from Old French joïr, from Vulgar Latin *gaudīre (*gaudiō), from Latin gaudēre. Doublet of gaudir, which was a borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒwiʁ/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -wiʁ
Verb
jouir
- to enjoy [+ de (object)]
- Synonym: bénéficier
- Il jouissait d’une santé à toute épreuve. ― He enjoyed unfailing health.
- 1879, Alfred Barbou, Les Trois Républiques françaises [The Three French Republics], A. Duquesne:
- Quant au duc d’Orléans, il jouissait de peu de popularité et de peu d’influence.
- As for the duke of Orleans, he enjoyed little popularity and little influence.
- (intransitive) to have an orgasm; to come, cum; to ejaculate
- Hyponyms: éjaculer, (vulgar) se vider les couilles
- 1926, Pierre Louÿs, Trois filles de leur mère [Three Daughters of their Mother], Paris: René Bonnel:
- Quand je baise, la peur que j’ai d’être enceinte me coupe toute envie de jouir. Je n’aime pas baiser.
- When I fuck, the fear I have of being pregnant puts a stop to any desire to cum. I don't like fucking.
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-.
Conjugation of jouir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | jouir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | jouissant /ʒwi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | joui /ʒwi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | jouis /ʒwi/ |
jouis /ʒwi/ |
jouit /ʒwi/ |
jouissons /ʒwi.sɔ̃/ |
jouissez /ʒwi.se/ |
jouissent /ʒwis/ |
| imperfect | jouissais /ʒwi.sɛ/ |
jouissais /ʒwi.sɛ/ |
jouissait /ʒwi.sɛ/ |
jouissions /ʒwi.sjɔ̃/ |
jouissiez /ʒwi.sje/ |
jouissaient /ʒwi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | jouis /ʒwi/ |
jouis /ʒwi/ |
jouit /ʒwi/ |
jouîmes /ʒwim/ |
jouîtes /ʒwit/ |
jouirent /ʒwiʁ/ | |
| future | jouirai /ʒwi.ʁe/ |
jouiras /ʒwi.ʁa/ |
jouira /ʒwi.ʁa/ |
jouirons /ʒwi.ʁɔ̃/ |
jouirez /ʒwi.ʁe/ |
jouiront /ʒwi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | jouirais /ʒwi.ʁɛ/ |
jouirais /ʒwi.ʁɛ/ |
jouirait /ʒwi.ʁɛ/ |
jouirions /ʒwi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
jouiriez /ʒwi.ʁje/ |
jouiraient /ʒwi.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | jouisse /ʒwis/ |
jouisses /ʒwis/ |
jouisse /ʒwis/ |
jouissions /ʒwi.sjɔ̃/ |
jouissiez /ʒwi.sje/ |
jouissent /ʒwis/ |
| imperfect2 | jouisse /ʒwis/ |
jouisses /ʒwis/ |
jouît /ʒwi/ |
jouissions /ʒwi.sjɔ̃/ |
jouissiez /ʒwi.sje/ |
jouissent /ʒwis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | jouis /ʒwi/ |
— | jouissons /ʒwi.sɔ̃/ |
jouissez /ʒwi.se/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “jouir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
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