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==English==

===Etymology===
Attested from the 13th century, from {{inh|en|enm|delite}}, from {{der|en|fro|deleiter}}, {{m|fro|deliter}}, from {{der|en|la|dēlectō|dēlectāre|to delight, please}}, frequentative of {{m|la|dēliciō|dēlicere|to allure, entice}}, from {{m|la|dē-||away}} + {{m|la|laciō||I lure, I deceive}}, from {{der|en|itc-pro|*lakjō||to draw, pull}}, of unknown ultimate origin. {{doublet|en|delect}}. Related with {{m|en|delectation}}, {{m|en|delicate}}, {{m|en|delicious}} and {{m|en|dilettante}}. The modern unetymological spelling (instead of expected {{m|en||delite}}) is influenced by {{m|en|light}} and other words ending in {{m|en||-ight}}, such as {{m|en|might}}, {{m|en|bright}}, etc. The ''-gh-'' may also be an attempt to represent the Latin ''-c-''; compare obsolete {{m|en|indight}} for {{m|en|indict}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/dəˈlaɪt/|/dɪˈlaɪt/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-delight.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|aɪt|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# [[joy|Joy]]; [[pleasure]].
#* {{RQ:KJV|Proverbs|18|2|text=A fool hath no '''delight''' in understanding.}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Tempest|III|2|text={{...}} the isle is full of noises,<br>Sounds and sweet airs, that give '''delight''' and hurt not.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1967| author=w:Barbara Sleigh| title=w:Jessamy| year_published=1993| location=Sevenoaks, Kent| publisher=Bloomsbury| isbn=0 340 19547 9| page=122| passage=At any other time Jessamy would have laughed at the expressions that chased each other over his freckled face: crossness left over from his struggle with the baby; incredulity; distress; and finally '''delight'''.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-06-08|volume=407|issue=8839|page=52|magazine=w:The Economist
|title=[http://www.economist.com/news/international/21579039-chinas-growing-empire-ports-abroad-mainly-about-trade-not-aggression-new-masters The new masters and commanders]
|passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the '''delights''' of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
#* {{seemoreCites|en}}
# Something that gives great joy or pleasure.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1580|title=w:Greensleeves
|passage=Greensleeves was all my joy / Greensleeves was my '''delight''', {{...}}}}
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|book=5|line=17-19|text={{...}} Awake<br>My fairest, my espous’d, my latest found,<br>Heav’ns last best gift, my ever new '''delight''',|year=1873}}
#* {{seemoreCites|en}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|undelight|Cupid's delight|idiot's delight|delightless|delightly|delightsome
|delightful
|afternoon delight
|Buddha's delight
|duping delight
|gardener's delight
|Idiot's Delight
|lumps of delight
|Turkish delight
|queen's delight
|take delight in
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|joy, pleasure}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|فُرْجَة|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ցնծություն}}, {{t+|hy|հրճվանք}}, {{t+|hy|հիացմունք}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|захапле́нне|n}}, {{t|be|асало́да|f}}, {{t|be|уце́ха|f}}, {{t|be|задавальне́нне|n}}, {{t|be|прые́мнасць|n}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|আমোদ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|насла́да|f}}, {{t+|bg|удово́лствие|n}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|delit|m}}, {{t+|ca|plaer|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|樂趣|tr=lèqù}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|rozkoš|f}}, {{t+|cs|potěšení|n}}, {{t+|cs|požitek|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vreugde|f}}, {{t+|nl|plezier|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ilo}}
* French: {{t+|fr|plaisir}}, {{t+|fr|délice}}, {{t+|fr|joie}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|ledicia|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Freude|f}}, {{t+|de|Entzückung|f}}, {{t+|de|Wohlgefallen|n}}, {{t+|de|Lust|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|χαρά|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|τέρψις|f}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|ख़ुश|m}}, {{t+|hi|आनंद|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|boldogság}}, {{t+|hu|öröm}}, {{t+|hu|élvezet}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|delekteso}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|delizia|f}}, {{t+|it|piacere|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|喜び|tr=よろこび, yorokobi}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|기쁨}}, {{t+|ko|즐거움}}
* Latin: {{t|la|gaudium|n}}, {{t+|la|frūctus|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|задоволство|n}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|hurō}}, {{t|mi|harikoa}}, {{t|mi|manahau}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{t|zdj|mdjipvio}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|wynn|f}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|خرسندی|tr=xorsandi}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|radość|f}}, {{t+|pl|rozkosz|f}}, {{t+|pl|przyjemność|f}}, {{t+|pl|zachwyt|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|deleite}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|deliciu|n}}, {{t+|ro|desfătare|f}}, {{t+|ro|plăcere|f}}, {{t+|ro|juisare|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|восто́рг|m}}, {{t+|ru|наслажде́ние|n}}, {{t+|ru|удово́льствие|n}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|सुख}}, {{t+|sa|चनस्|n}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|sogan|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|срећа|f|sc=Cyrl}}
*: Roman: {{t|sh|sreća|f|sc=Latn}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|rozkoš|f}}, {{t|sk|potešenie|n}}, {{t|sk|pôžitok|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|deleite}}, {{t+|es|regocijo}}, {{t|es|delicia|f}}, {{t+|es|placer|m}}, {{t|es|delectación|f}}, {{t+|es|gozo|m}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|สุข}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|plānto}}, {{t|txb|yāso}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|sevinç}}, {{t+|tr|neşe}}, {{t+|tr|mutluluk}}
* Ugaritic: {{t|uga|𐎐𐎓𐎎𐎚}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|захо́плення|n}}, {{t|uk|насоло́да|f}}, {{t+|uk|за́хват|m}}, {{t|uk|уті́ха|f}}, {{t|uk|розкошува́ння|n}}, {{t|uk|задово́лення|n}}, {{t|uk|приє́мність|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|خوش|m|tr=xuś}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|[[niềm]] [[vui]]}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|thing that gives pleasure}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|agrablaĵo}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|χάρμα|n}}
* Latin: {{t|la|gaudium|n}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# To give delight to; to [[affect]] with [[great]] [[pleasure]]; to [[please]] [[highly]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1842|author={{w|Alfred, Lord Tennyson|Tennyson}}|title={{w|Idylls of the King#The Passing of Arthur|Le Morte d’Arthur}}
|passage='''Delight''' our souls with talk of knightly deeds.}}
#* {{seemoreCites|en}}
#: {{ux|en|A beautiful landscape '''delights''' the eye.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To have or take [[great]] [[pleasure]].
#* {{c.|1515–1516}}, published 1568, {{w|John Skelton}}, ''Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.'':
#*: A ſclaunderous tunge, a tunge of a ſkolde,<br>Worketh more miſchiefe than can be tolde;<br>That, if I wiſt not to be controlde,<br>Yet ſomwhat to ſay I dare well be bolde,<br>How ſome '''delite''' for to lye, thycke and threfolde.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1580|title=w:Greensleeves
|passage=For I have loved you well and long, / '''Delighting''' in your company.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1908|author=T.J. Griffths|title=The Cambrian|volume=28|page=504
|passage=He was an [[eisteddfodwr]] and '''delighted''' to hear good singing, whether it was in the sanctuary or at the eisteddfodic gatherings.}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|delightingly|undelighting|delighter
|delight in|duping delight}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|delicacy}}
* {{l|en|delicate}}
* {{l|en|delicatessen}}
* {{l|en|delicious}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to give pleasure to}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|доставям удоволствие}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|delectar}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|lowenhe}}, {{t|kw|didhana}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|bevallen}}, {{t+|nl|behagen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ilahduttaa}}, {{t|fi|riemastuttaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|enchanter}}, {{t+|fr|ravir}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|τέρπω}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|שימח|tr=siméakh|alt=שימח \ שִׂמֵּחַ|sc=Hebr}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|delektar}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|deliziare}}
* Latin: {{t|la|oblectō}}, {{t+|la|dēlectō}}, {{t|la|iuvo}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|manawarū}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|cieszyć}}, {{t+|pl|radować}}, {{t+|pl|zachwycać}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|deliciar}}, {{t+|pt|encantar}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|प्रीणाति}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|regocijar}}, {{t+|es|complacer}}, {{t+|es|deleitar}}, {{t|es|hacer las delicias de}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|glädja}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|באַגליקן|sc=Hebr}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to take pleasure in}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|रणति}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Webster 1913}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=deghilt|gildeth|glideth|lighted}}

{{C|en|Emotions}}

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