Etymology

joie de vivre

Today it means: Enjoyment of living; happiness, ebullience, zest for life. Full definition →

French joie de vivre
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  1. French · borrowed fromjoie de vivre
  2. English todayjoie de vivre

Borrowed from French joie de vivre (literally “joy of living”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.