joy
/dʒɔɪ/
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
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- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Aw vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
US voice -> joy
(n) ပျော်ရွှင်မှု။ joyful ..adj… joyfully…adv….joyfulness..n..joyous…adj….joyously…adv.
joy / dʒↄÇ / n
၁။ [U] ဝမ်းသာခြင်း။ ပျော်ရွှင်ခြင်း။ the sheer joy of being with her again ❍ be overcome with joy ❍ dance/ jump/ shout for joy (ie because of feeling great joy).
၂။ [C] ပျော်စရာ။ အားရစရာ။ အရသာ။ the joys of fatherhood ❍ The match was a joy to watch.
၃။ [U] (Brit infml ) (esp in questions and negative sentences) အောင်မြင်မှု။ ကျေနပ်မှု။ We complained about our rooms but got no joy from the manager. ❍ 'Any joy at the shops?' 'No, they didn't have what I wanted. '
❏ joyful / -fl / adj ပျော်စရာ။ ပျော်ရွှင်ဖွယ်။ joyful celebrations ❍ on this joyful occasion.
❏ joyfully / -fǝli / adv ရွှင်ရွှင်မြူးမြူး။ ဝမ်းသာအားရ။ laugh joyfully.
❏ joyless adj စိတ်မချမ်းသာရသော။ a joyless marriage.
❏ joyous / 'dʒↄÇǝs / adj (fml ) ပျော်စရာရွှင်စရာ။ ဝမ်းမြောက် ဖွယ်။ a joyous occasion ❍ in joyous anticipation.
❏ joyously adv ရွှင်ရွှင်မြူးမြူး။ ဝမ်းသာအားရ။
- There were tears of joy in her eyes.
- [do something with/for joy] : Penny could have shouted with joy.
- [joy at (doing) something] : He could hardly contain his joy at seeing her again.
- [to someone’s joy] : To my joy, the meeting was cancelled.
- [the joy of (doing) something] : Discover the joys of skiing.
- [be a joy to do something] : It was a real joy to see the children playing happily together at last.
- [sheer joy] : Jonathan flies for the sheer joy of exploring what he can do.
- [a joy to watch] : Her delight was a joy to watch.
- Have you had any joy getting someone to fix your central heating?
- I tried to call her earlier, but no joy.
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