B2noun · countable / uncountable · rare

glee

glee · glees

радість, веселощі

радость, музыка, веселье, песня

Freude, Fröhlichkeit, Rundgesang, Ausgelassenheit

Joy; happiness; great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from…Joy; happiness; great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.

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/ɡliː/

» We're members of the glee club.

Wir sind im Gesangsverein. — Yorwba

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Meaning

3 senses

(uncountable)Joy; happiness; great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.
Freude, Fröhlichkeit, Ausgelassenheit
ликова́ниеlikovánije, весе́льеvesélʹje, ра́достьrádostʹ
радістьradistʹ, веселощіveselošči
(uncountable)Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.
Rundgesang
му́зыкаmúzyka, развлече́нияrazvlečénija
(countable)An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices, not necessarily merry.
Rundgesang
пе́сняpésnja, песнопе́ниеpesnopénije

More definitions

malicious satisfaction
great merriment

Examples

11 sentences

We're members of the glee club.
deWir sind im Gesangsverein. — Yorwba
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I'm a member of the glee club.
ruЯ член Глээ-клуба. — Arkadeko
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Are you going to join the glee club?
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Who's your favorite character on Glee?
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Ziri rubbed his hands together with villainous glee.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; particularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast:

Русский

By meaning 3

Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; particularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast:

Music; minstrelsy; entertainment:

An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; particularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast:

Music; minstrelsy; entertainment:

Origin

From Middle English gle, from Old English glēo, glīġ, glēow, glīw (“glee, pleasure, mirth,

From Middle English gle, from Old English glēo, glīġ, glēow, glīw (“glee, pleasure, mirth, play, sport; music; mockery”), from Proto-West Germanic *glīw, from Proto-Germanic *glīwą (“joy, mirth”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰlew- (“to joke, make fun, enjoy”).

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