"enjoyable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪ.jə.bəl/, /ənˈd͡ʒɔɪ.jə.bəl/, /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ.jə.bəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-enjoyable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more enjoyable [comparative], most enjoyable [superlative]
Etymology: enjoy + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|enjoy|able}} enjoy + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} enjoyable (comparative more enjoyable, superlative most enjoyable)
  1. Pleasant, capable of giving pleasure. Translations (giving pleasure or delight): τερπνός (terpnós) (Ancient Greek), مُمْتِع (mumtiʕ) (Arabic), agradable (Catalan), 愉快 (yúkuài) (Chinese Mandarin), kiva (Finnish), mukava (Finnish), agréable (French), amusant (French), angenehm (German), unterhaltsam (German), élvezetes (Hungarian), kellemes (Hungarian), örömteli (Hungarian), taitneamhach (Irish), piacevole (Italian), gradevole (Italian), 楽しい (tanoshii) (alt: たのしい) (Japanese), 즐겁다 (jeulgeopda) (Korean), iūcundus (Latin), rekareka (Maori), pārekareka (Maori), matareka (Maori), прия́тный (prijátnyj) (Russian), заба́вный (zabávnyj) (Russian), रम्य (ramya) (Sanskrit), agradable (Spanish), สนุก (sà-nùk) (Thai), zabawny (Upper Sorbian), pleserus (Welsh)

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