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Definition: Rejoicing |
RejoicingAdjective1. Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout". Noun1. A feeling of great happiness. 2. The utterance of sounds expressing great joy. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "rejoicing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonyms: RejoicingSynonyms: exultant (adj), exulting (adj), jubilant (adj), prideful (adj), triumphal (adj), triumphant (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Rejoicing; jubilee; (celebration). |
Cheerfulness | Mirth, merriment, hilarity, exhilaration; laughter; merrymaking; (amusement); heyday, rejoicing; marriage bell. |
Elate, elated; exulting, jubilant, flushed; rejoicing;elate, elated; exulting, jubilant, flushed; rejoicing; cock-a-hoop. | |
Rejoicing | Noun: rejoicing, exultation, triumph, jubilation, heyday, flush, revelling; merrymaking; (amusement); jubilee; (celebration); paean, Te Deum; (thanksgiving); congratulation. |
Adjective: rejoicing; Verb: jubilant, exultant, triumphant; flushed, elated, pleased, delighted, tickled pink. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Rejoicing |
| English words defined with "rejoicing": Congratulant, Conjubilant ♦ Eucharistical ♦ Rejoicement ♦ To take part, Triumplant. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "rejoicing": Hiddai ♦ Mistletoe ♦ Sheep, Succoth. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "rejoicing": Rejoice. (references) |
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Screenplays | and there was much rejoicing. (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.) | |
Lyrics | We'll live rejoicing ("O Happy Day"; performing artist: Edwin Hawkins Singers) | |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Javert was rejoicing. |
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Ed McMahon | The collar had to be just right. The scarf, you know, everything perfect. So, to have him thrown in there soaking wet, everybody loved it. All the times he nailed me, I was rejoicing when I saw that. |
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| "Rejoicing" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 79.25% of the time. "Rejoicing" is used about 106 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 79.25% | 84 | 36,109 |
| Noun (singular) | 16.98% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 2.83% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.94% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 106 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "rejoicing". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Arnon | N/A | Biblical | Rejoicing |
| Baalath | N/A | Biblical | A rejoicing |
| Baalis | N/A | Biblical | A rejoicing |
| Haggith | N/A | Biblical | Rejoicing |
| Illyricum | N/A | Biblical | Rejoicing |
| Jeshishai | N/A | Biblical | Rejoicing exceedingly |
| Jogli | N/A | Biblical | Rejoicing |
| Meronothite | N/A | Biblical | Rejoicing |
| Rinnah | N/A | Biblical | Rejoicing |
| Shashai | N/A | Biblical | Rejoicing |
| Ziphron | N/A | Biblical | Rejoicing |
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Expressions using "rejoicing": Rejoicing in the Law ♦ Rejoicing of the Law ♦ Rejoicing over the Law ♦ subject for rejoicing. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
rejoicing | 5 |
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| Language | Translations for "rejoicing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | festime (festivities). (various references) | |
Arabic | فرح (cheer, cheerful, delight, gaiety, gladden, gladness, glee, gleesome, gloat, happy, joy, joyful, liven up, thaw, tickle), مرح صاخب (bat, bender, binge, boose, booze, hilarity, razzle-dazzle, revelry, rip roaring), مبتهج (alacrity, blithe, breezy, bright, buoyant, carefree, cheerful, cheery, debonair, delighted, delightful, elate, elated, exultant, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, high-spirited, jolly, joyful, joyous, jubilant, mellow, merry, mirthful, overjoyed, palmy, upbeat), عيد (feast, festival, festivity, gala, holiday), إبتهاج (acclamation, airiness, buoyancy, cheer, cheerfulness, ecstasy, exhilaration, exultation, festival, festivity, gaiety, joy, jubilation, lustiness, pleasure, spree, sunshine). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | радвам се (be glad, delight, exult, glory, joy), радост (delight, enjoyment, gladness, glee, jocundity, joy, jubilance, mirth, sunshine), щастие (blessedness, bliss, felicity, fortune, happiness, luck, speed, star). (various references) | |
Czech | radovánky (festivity, revelry, wassail), veselí (amusement, cheerfulness, exhilaration, festivity, glee, jollification, merriment, mirth, spree), oslava (celebration, party). (various references) | |
Finnish | riemu (delight, joy, merriment), riemastus (exultation, jubilation), ilo (delight, gladness, joy, pleasure). (various references) | |
French | réjouissant, réjouissance (revelry), jubilation, gaieté. (various references) | |
German | frohlockend (crowing, exultant, exulting, gleeful, jubilant). (various references) | |
Greek | χαρά (delight, delight in, elation, exhilaration, gladness, glee, joy, mirth), χαίρων, αγαλλίαση (exhilaration, exultation, jubilation, rapture, ravishment). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ששון (delight, joy, merriment, mirth), עליז", עליצות (ecstasy, gaiety, merriment, mirth), צ"ל" (exultation, hilarity, joy, merriment, mirth, roar, shouting). (various references) | |
Hungarian | örvendetes (enjoyable, glad, good, joyful), öröm (delight, fun, gladness, gratification, groove, joy, jubilant, jubilation, mirth, pleasure), boldogság (beatitude, bliss, felicity, gladness, happiness, joy, weal), örvendő (exultant, exulting, glad). (various references) | |
Italian | giovialit (cheerfulness, joviality, lightheartedness), gioia (delight, enjoyment, gem, gladness, glee, jewel, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, mirth), festeggiamento (celebration). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 喜び (congratulations, delight, felicitations, gratification, joy, pleasure, rapture), 慶び (congratulations, delight, felicitations, gratification, joy, pleasure, rapture), 悦び (congratulations, delight, felicitations, gratification, joy, pleasure, rapture). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | よろ"び (congratulations, delight, felicitations, gratification, joy, pleasure, rapture). (various references) | |
Manx | goaill boggey (jubilate, rejoice), giensal (carousal, revel), boggeysagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ejoicingray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | regozijo (feast, feast-day, gloat, glorification, joy, jubilance, jubilation, merriment, mirth, triumph), satisfação (accomplishment, apology, assuagement, cheer, content, contents, dribblet, enjoyment, exhilaration, fulfillment, fulfilment, glee, glut, pride, relish, reparation, satisfaction, zest), júbilo (elation, exultation, joy, jubilance, jubilation, jubilee, mirth, triumph), alegria (bliss, cheer, conviviality, delight, enjoyment, exhilaration, exultancy, felicity, frolic, gaiety, gladness, glee, happiness, hilarity, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, joy, joyfulness, jubilance, jubilation, light-heartedness, merriment, mirth, pleasure, sunshine, vivacity, whoopee). (various references) | |
Romanian | veselie (animation, blitheness, blithesomeness, cheerfulness, conviviality, exultation, feast, festival, festivity, fiskiness, fling, gaiety, gale, geniality, gladness, great spirits, high spirits, hilarity, jamboree, jauntiness, jocoseness, jocundity, jollification, jollity, joviality, joy, jubilation, merriment, merriness, merry making, mirth, rejoicings), desfãtare (delectation, delight, enjoyment, feast, feasting, treat). (various references) | |
Russian | радость (chuckle, gladness, glee, joy, mirth), ликование (chortle, exultancy, exultation, jubilance, jubilation), празднование (celebration, commemoration, festivity, solemnization), праздник (banner day, celebration, feast, feast day, fete, fiesta, gala day, high day, holiday, playday, red letter day). (various references) | |
Scottish | g irdeachas (joy). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | radovanje, radostan (blithe, glad, gladdening, gladsome, gleesome, hilarious, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, merry), radost (gladness, joy, joyfulness, jubilance, merriment), veseo (blithe, blithesome, canty, cheerful, exuberant, festive, frolic, gay, happy, jocose, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, lightsome, lively, merry, mirthful, perky, rollicking), slavlje (celebration, jubilation). (various references) | |
Spanish | regocijo (amusement, exhilaration, gaiety, gladness, joy, joyfulness, merriment), jarana (carousal, cheerfulness, lightheartedness, revelry, revels, roistering), júbilo (elation, glee, joy, jubilance, jubilation), fiestas (revelry, revels), alegría (breeziness, cheerfulness, chuff, contention, contentment, fun, gaiety, gladness, happiness, hilarity, joy, joyfulness, kaif, keif, lightheartedness, liveliness, merriment, mirth, perkiness, pertness, playfulness). (various references) | |
Swedish | gamman, fröjd (delight, fun, gladness, joy, pleasure). (various references) | |
Turkish | sevindirici (gladsome, happy, happy go lucky, joyful, joyous), sevinçli (elated, glad, gladsome, happy, jovial, joyful, joyous, mirthful), sevinç (delight, elation, exultation, gaiety, gladness, glee, joy, mirth, pleasure), neşe (brightness, buoyancy, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, esprit, exhilaration, frolic, gaiety, glee, hilarity, humor, humour, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, joy, merriment, mirth, pleasantry, raciness, spirit, sprightliness, sunshine, vivacity), mutlu (blissful, blithe, chuffed, contented, delighted, elated, felicitous, happy, merry, palmy), keyifli (blissful, bucked, cheerful, cheerfully, cheery, cosy, delighted, elevated, fit as a fiddle, gay, in a good mood, jolly, jovial, merry, pleasant, pleased, up), keyif (bliss, cheer, conviviality, delight, enchantment, exhilaration, glee, high spirits, humor, humour, joviality, joy, Kef, pleasure, temper), haz (delight, elation, enchantment, enjoyment, gratification, gusto, indulgence, joy, pleasure, relish), eğlence (amusement, bash, beano, blow out, carnival, conviviality, distraction, diversion, entertainment, festivity, fete, frolic, fun, gag, gaiety, high jinks, jamboree, jollification, jolliness, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, party, pastime, play, plaything, racket, recreation, recreational, relaxation, revel, saturnalia, setout, sport), şenlik (carnival, convivial, conviviality, festival, festivity, fete, fiesta, gaiety, gala, glorification, jubilation). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | свято (festival, gala, holiday, jubilation, playday, sacredly), радість (amusement, exultance, exultancy, gladness, joy, joyfulness, sunshine). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | l m vui vẻ, l m vui thích (enchanting), l m vui mừng. (various references) | |
Welsh | gorfoledd (joy, triumph), bloddest (acclamation). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | gauisus, gratulatio, laetans, laetante, laetantem, laetantes, laetantesque, laetanti, laetantium, laetatio, laetatio letatio, laetatio, letatio, tripudium. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 15, Verse 5 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai eurwn epitiqhsin epi touV wmouV eautou cairwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et cum invenerit eam inponit in umeros suos gaudens |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | And þonne he hit fint he hitt set on his exla geblissiende. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whanne he hath foundun it, he ioieth, and leyith it on hise schuldris; and he cometh hoom, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And whe he hath founde him he putteth him on his shulders with ioye: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with joy. |
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| Language | Luke Chapter 15, Verse 5 |
| Cebuano | Ug sa iya na kining makaplagan, kini pas-anon niya nga malipayon diha sa iyang mga abaga. |
| Chinese | 找 著 了 、 就 歡 歡 喜 喜 的 扛 在 肩 上 、 回 到 家 裡 。 |
| Croatian | A kad je naðe, stavi je na ramena sav radostan |
| Danish | Og når han har fundet det, lægger han det på sine Skuldre med Glæde. |
| Dutch | En als hij het gevonden heeft, legt hij het op zijn schouders, verblijd zijnde. |
| Finnish | Ja löydettyään hän panee sen hartioillensa iloiten. |
| French | Lorsqu`il l`a retrouvée, il la met avec joie sur ses épaules, |
| German | Und wenn er's gefunden hat, so legt er's auf seine Achseln mit Freuden. |
| Hungarian | És ha megtalálta, felveti az õ vállára, örülvén. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dan kalau ia menemukan kembali domba itu, ia begitu gembira sehingga dipikulnya domba itu di bahunya, |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan jikalau didapatinya, maka diangkatnya ke atas bahunya dengan sukacitanya. |
| Italian | Ritrovatala, se la mette in spalla tutto contento, |
| Manx Gaelic | As tra t'eh er gheddyn ee, t'eh dy choyrt ee er e gheayltyn, goaill boggey. |
| Maori | A ka kitea, ka waha i runga i ona pokohiwi, ka koa. |
| Norwegian | Og når han har funnet det, legger han det på sine skuldrer med glede, |
| Portuguese | E achando-a, põe-na sobre os ombros, cheio de júbilo; |
| Rumanian | Dupq ce a gqsit -o, o pune cu bucurie pe umeri; |
| Russian | б ОБК"С, ЧПЪШНЕФ ЕЕ ОБ МЕЮЙ УЧПЙ У ТБ"ПУФША |
| Shuar | Tura Wáiniak yakainium awankek waras jeen Wáketui. |
| Spanish | Y al hallarla, la pone sobre sus hombros gozoso, |
| Swahili | Akimpata, atambeba mabegani kwa furaha. |
| Swedish | Och när han har funnit det, lägger han det på sina axlar med glädje. |
| Uma | Ane narua' -pi, uma mowo kagoe' -na. Ngkai kagoe' -na napololopongko' bima-na toei, pai' nakeni nculii' hilou hi tomi-na. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "rejoicing": rejoicingly, rejoicings. (additional references) | |
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"Rejoicing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Rejoycing, rejoycinge, rejoycings, revoicing. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "rejoicing" (pronounced rijoy"sing) |
| 4 | -oy" s i ng | voicing. |
| 3 | -s i ng | annexing, announcing, accessing, acquiescing, addressing, advancing, affixing, amassing, assessing, balancing, basing, blessing, bouncing, boxing, bracing, busing, bussing, buttressing, bypassing, canvassing, caressing, casing, ceasing, chasing, classing, coalescing, coaxing, coercing, collapsing, commencing, compressing, condensing, conferencing, confessing, conversing, convincing, coursing, crisscrossing, crossing, cursing, cussing, dancing, debasing, decreasing, defacing, denouncing, depressing, diagnosing, digressing, disbursing, discussing, dismissing, dispensing, dispersing, displacing, distancing, distressing, divorcing, dosing, dousing, dowsing, dressing, eclipsing, effacing, embarrassing, embracing, encompassing, endorsing, enforcing, engrossing, enhancing, enticing, erasing, expensing, experiencing, expressing, facing, faxing, fencing, financing, fixing, flexing, focusing, forcing, freelancing, fundraising, fussing, gassing, glancing, greasing, grimacing, grossing, grousing, guessing, hairdressing, harassing, harnessing, hissing, horsing, icing, impressing, increasing, indexing, inducing, influencing, intermixing, introducing, invoicing, kissing, Lancing, lapsing, leasing, lensing, licensing, loosing, massing, menacing, mensing, messing, mincing, missing, mixing, noticing, nursing, obsessing, oppressing, outdistancing, outpacing, outsourcing, overproducing, pacing, parsing, passing, perplexing, piecing, piercing, placing, policing, possessing, pouncing, practicing, prancing, prejudicing, pressing, pricing, processing, producing, professing, progressing, promising, pronouncing, pulsing, racing, reassessing, rebalancing, recessing, redressing, reducing, referencing, refinancing, refocusing, rehearsing, reimbursing, reinforcing, reintroducing, relapsing, relaxing, releasing, reminiscing, renouncing, replacing, repressing, repricing, reprocessing, reproducing, repulsing, repurchasing, resurfacing, retracing, reversing, rinsing, romancing, sacrificing, seducing, sensing, sentencing, sequencing, servicing, showcasing, silencing, slicing, sluicing, sourcing, spacing, spicing, splicing, sprucing, stressing, subleasing, suppressing, surfacing, surpassing, taxing, teleconferencing, tossing, tracing, traipsing, traversing, trespassing, trouncing, unceasing, unconvincing, underpricing, unpromising, vexing, videoconferencing, waltzing, waxing, wincing, wissing, witnessing, xeroxing. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-g-i-i-j-n-o-r" | |
-2 letters: coreign, oneiric. | |
-3 letters: cering, coigne, coiner, conger, congii, coring, cringe, eringo, ignore, irenic, ironic, joiner, orcein, origin, recoin, region, rejoin, ricing. | |
-4 letters: coign, conge, corgi, crone, genic, genii, genro, giron, goner, groin, icier, icing, incog, ionic, iring, irone, jingo, nicer, orcin, orgic, recon, reign, renig, ricin. | |
-5 letters: cero, cine, cion, cire, coin, coir, cone. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-g-i-i-j-n-o-r" | |
+1 letter: rejoicings. | |
+2 letters: rejoicingly. | |
+3 letters: introjecting. | |
+5 letters: microinjecting. | |
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