"jocular" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Englisch]

Audio: En-au-jocular.ogg , En-us-jocular.ogg Forms: jocular [positive], more jocular [comparative], most jocular [superlative]
  1. scherzhaft, heiter, witzig
    Sense id: de-jocular-en-adj-LVyFMkI8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: jocund, jolly Derived forms: jocularity Translations (förmlich: scherzhaft, heiter, witzig): scherzhaft (Deutsch), heiter (Deutsch), witzig (Deutsch)
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