joyous - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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From Middle English joyous, joious, from Old French joieus, from joie + -eus.

• IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔɪəs/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪəs

joyous (comparative more joyous, superlative most joyous)

1. Full of joy; happy.
   Synonyms: blissome, blissy, blithe, gladsome; see also Thesaurus:happy, Thesaurus:blissful
   • 2018 July 7, Phil McNulty, “Sweden 0-2 England”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
     Southgate and his England players repeated the scenes from the dramatic penalty shootout win over Colombia as they celebrated in front of joyous supporters at the final whistle […]

• joyously

• joyousness

• overjoyous

• unjoyous

• joy

• joyful

• joyfully

• joyfulness

• Basque: alai

• Bulgarian: ра́достен (bg) (rádosten)

• Chinese:
  Mandarin: 高高興興 / 高高兴兴 (zh) (gāogāoxìngxìng), 高兴 (zh) (gāoxìng), 喜悅 / 喜悦 (zh) (xǐyuè), 快樂 / 快乐 (zh) (kuàilè), 喜躍 / 喜跃 (zh) (xǐyuè), 歡喜 / 欢喜 (zh) (huānxǐ)

• Czech: radostný (cs) m

• Esperanto: ĝoja

• Finnish: iloinen (fi), riemukas (fi), onnellinen (fi)

• French: joyeux (fr) m,

• Galician: ledo (gl) m

• Georgian: მხიარული (mxiaruli), სასიხარულო (sasixarulo), ბედნიერი (bednieri)

• German: freudig (de)

• Hindi: आनंदमय (hi) (ānandmay)

• Hungarian: boldog (hu), vidám (hu), jókedvű (hu), örömteli (hu)

• Irish: lúcháireach

• Latin: gaudibundus

• Māori: matakuikui, hihiko, kamakama

• Marathi: आनंदमय (ānandmay), आनंदपूर्ण (ānandpūrṇa), सानंद (sānanda)

• Middle English: blisful

• Old English: wynfæst

• Romanian: vesel (ro), voios (ro), jovial (ro)

• Russian: радостный (ru) (radostnyj)

• Spanish: alacre (es)

• Turkish:
  Ottoman Turkish: سرخوش (sarhoş)