4 syllables: en, joy, a, ble. Stress on joy.
en-JOY-uh-buhl
/ˌɛˈndʒɔɪəbəl/
enjoyable is pronounced en-JOY-uh-buhl (/ˌɛˈndʒɔɪəbəl/). It has four syllables (en-joy-a-ble), with the stress on "joy". Enjoyable describes something that provides pleasure or satisfaction; it is pleasant to experience. The word conveys a sense of merriment or gratification and is commonly used to rate activities, events, or environments as being agreeable and uplifting. It functions as an adjective and often collocates with nouns like experience, activity, or atmosphere.
Enjoyable describes something that provides pleasure or satisfaction; it is pleasant to experience. The word conveys a sense of merriment or gratification and is commonly used to rate activities, events, or environments as being agreeable and uplifting. It functions as an adjective and often collocates with nouns like experience, activity, or atmosphere.
"The hike was enjoyable, with sweeping views and gentle terrain."
"We had an enjoyable evening at the concert, despite the rain."
"The class offers an enjoyable way to learn new skills."
In everyday talk, you’ll pronounce it as /ɪnˈdʒɔɪ.ə.bəl/. The key is the /ɔɪ/ diphthong (like in joy) that carries the main stress, and a light final /bəl/. Practice saying “in-JOY-uh-bull” in a smooth, connected manner, keeping the final syllable crisp but not forceful.
Yes. In fluent speech, speakers often quicken the /ɪn/ and reduce the /ə/ before the final /bəl/, producing something like /ɪnˈdʒɔɪ.bl/ or /ɪnˈdʒɔɪˌbəl/. The /ð/ could link to following words, so don’t isolate the syllables; keep the /ɔɪ/ stable while letting the surrounding sounds blur naturally.
US, UK, and AU share /ɪnˈdʒɔɪ.ə.bəl/ with the primary stress on /ɔɪ/. Differences appear in rhoticity and vowel color: US has more rhotic linking potential; UK and AU are often non-rhotic in careful speech and may use a slightly shorter /ɔɪ/ than US. All retain a light /ə/ before /bəl/ and a clear final /l/ in careful speech."
Because the /ɔɪ/ diphthong demands precise tongue height progression from mid-back to high-front while the surrounding flanks (/ɪn-/, /-ə-/) require quick, light vowel movements. The sequence /dʒ/ adds a palatal onset that must blend with /ɔɪ/ without tensing. Mastery comes from isolating the diphthong, practicing slow to fast syllable transitions, and training the final /l/ to stay voiceless or lightly voiced, depending on context.
No; the primary stress remains on the /ɔɪ/ syllable in all standard dialects, even in rapid speech. Some very fast speech may reduce the duration of the adjacent syllables, but the /ɔɪ/ stays relatively prominent. Keeping that natively heavy diphthong is essential for intelligibility. The second syllable remains unstressed, and the /bəl/ ending remains light but audible.
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Enjoyable originates from the verb enjoy, tracing to Old French enjoir, meaning to please or delight, which itself has roots in Latin gaudere (to rejoice). Over time, the English form evolved, adopting the noun enjoyment and eventually the adjective enjoyable with the English suffix -able indicating capability or suitability. The journey reflects a broader shift in English to embed evaluative adjectives that convey subjective experience. First attested in Middle English in relation to pleasure derived from experiences, the term gained popularity as leisure and positive experiences became culturally valued in the Renaissance and Enlightenment periods. The evolution shows how the root idea of joy consolidated into a descriptor for experiences, events, or activities that yield pleasure. In modern usage, enjoyable serves as a flexible descriptor across conversational and formal registers, often paired with nouns like experience, activity, or atmosphere to communicate a generally positive assessment. The word also exemplifies the productive use of -able adjectives to express evaluative judgments about experiential qualities, aligning with related terms such as enjoyable, pleasurable, and gratifying. The enduring root of gaudere remains a latent influence in many Romance-derived terms for pleasure, providing a historical thread that links the modern English adjectival form to its Latin ancestor and French adaptation.
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Words that rhyme with "enjoyable"
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