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| French to English translations [Non-PRO] | | French term or phrase: joie de vivre | | a certain joie de vivre that the middle-class revolutionaries called decadence in the past. |
| | | joie de vivre, exuberance | Explanation:
We use the French expression 'joie de vivre' in English too.
HTH
Sheila
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http://facstaff.uww.edu/shiblesw/humorbook/h6jv.html
One form of humor is called joie de vivre \"joy of life.\" Joie de vivre-why speak of such a thing? Because it is one of the most complete forms of humor. Because it involves a kind of love, and we love life and others less than we can. (We function at only a small fraction of our capacity to love.) Because we have to learn how to laugh again. Because there are ideas which give us such insight that they change our lives. Because after understanding joie de vivre we will never abandon it, never go back to the way we once were. Because people already have great expertise at creating negative emotions, but know little about positive ones. Because we do not know what joie de vivre is. We may look at the internet, journals and books in the largest libraries in France, or the world, and the studies are not there. One of the most significant ideas in human experience is missing. And it is a neglected aspect of humor, as well.
What is joie de vivre? It can be a joy of conversation, joy of eating, joy of anything one might do. One may speak of a joie de finesse (refinement, grace, elegance), joie de réussite (success), the joy of summer, the joy of an embrace, etc. Alain: Il y a de merveilleuses joies dans l\'amitié-joy of friendship.
And joie de vivre may be seen as a joy of everything, a comprehensive joy, a philosophy of life, a Weltanschauung. Robert\'s Dictionnaire says joie is \"sentiment exaltant ressenti par toute la conscience,\" that is, involves one\'s whole being.
But it is a joy first of all. \"Joy\" has been defined by Webster\'s International Dictionary (1986:1222) as \"the emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good.\" Thus, \"joy\" is an emotion and involves the ethical term \"good.\" To learn about joie de vivre we must, then, have a sound theory of emotion and ethics.
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joie de vivre
(zhwah duh VEEV-ruh, VEEV) A love of life. From French, meaning “joy of living.”
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2 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +19 joie de vivre, exuberance
Explanation:
We use the French expression 'joie de vivre' in English too.
HTH
Sheila
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Note added at 3 mins (2003-08-30 19:39:27 GMT)
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http://facstaff.uww.edu/shiblesw/humorbook/h6jv.html
One form of humor is called joie de vivre \"joy of life.\" Joie de vivre-why speak of such a thing? Because it is one of the most complete forms of humor. Because it involves a kind of love, and we love life and others less than we can. (We function at only a small fraction of our capacity to love.) Because we have to learn how to laugh again. Because there are ideas which give us such insight that they change our lives. Because after understanding joie de vivre we will never abandon it, never go back to the way we once were. Because people already have great expertise at creating negative emotions, but know little about positive ones. Because we do not know what joie de vivre is. We may look at the internet, journals and books in the largest libraries in France, or the world, and the studies are not there. One of the most significant ideas in human experience is missing. And it is a neglected aspect of humor, as well.
What is joie de vivre? It can be a joy of conversation, joy of eating, joy of anything one might do. One may speak of a joie de finesse (refinement, grace, elegance), joie de réussite (success), the joy of summer, the joy of an embrace, etc. Alain: Il y a de merveilleuses joies dans l\'amitié-joy of friendship.
And joie de vivre may be seen as a joy of everything, a comprehensive joy, a philosophy of life, a Weltanschauung. Robert\'s Dictionnaire says joie is \"sentiment exaltant ressenti par toute la conscience,\" that is, involves one\'s whole being.
But it is a joy first of all. \"Joy\" has been defined by Webster\'s International Dictionary (1986:1222) as \"the emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good.\" Thus, \"joy\" is an emotion and involves the ethical term \"good.\" To learn about joie de vivre we must, then, have a sound theory of emotion and ethics.
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Note added at 4 mins (2003-08-30 19:40:48 GMT)
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http://www.bartleby.com/59/4/joiedevivre.html
joie de vivre
(zhwah duh VEEV-ruh, VEEV) A love of life. From French, meaning “joy of living.”
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