joyous

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɔɪəs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪəs

Adjective

joyous (comparative more joyous, superlative most joyous)

1. full of joy; happy

   Synonyms: blissome, blissy, blithe, gladsome

   • 1998 November 30, Björk (lyrics and music), “Alarm Call”, in Homogenic, One Little Indian Records, →OCLC:

     I want to go on a mountain top / With a radio and good batteries / To play a joyous tune and / Free the human race / From suffering

   • 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 – one step closer to history and with expectation levels raised once more as they stand one game away from football's greatest occasion.

Derived terms

• joyously
• overjoyous

 

Related terms

• joy
• joyful
• joyfully
• joyfulness

 

Translations

full of joy; happy

• 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
• 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)
• Hungarian: boldog (hu), vidám (hu), jókedvű (hu), örömteli (hu)
• Latin: gaudibundus
• Maori: matakuikui, hihiko, kamakama
• Marathi: आनंदमय (ānandmay), आनंदपूर्ण (ānandpūrṇa), सानंद (sānanda)
• Old English: wynfæst
• Ottoman Turkish: سرخوش (sarhoş)
• Romanian: vesel (ro), voios (ro), jovial (ro)
• Russian: радостный (ru) (radostnyj)