how to pronounce joy

/dʒɔɪ/

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joy is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of joy in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… smiling uh faced with tears of joy and i …”

meaning of joy

Joy is a feeling of great happiness.

joy frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word joy occurs in english on average 29.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.