"joyous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /d͡ʒɔɪəs/ Audio: en-us-joyous.ogg [US] Forms: more joyous [comparative], most joyous [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔɪəs Etymology: From Middle English joyous, joious, from Old French joieus, from joie + -eus. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|joyous}} Middle English joyous, {{m|enm|joious}} joious, {{der|en|fro|joieus}} Old French joieus, {{m|fro|joie}} joie, {{m|fro|-eus}} -eus Head templates: {{en-adj}} joyous (comparative more joyous, superlative most joyous)
  1. Full of joy; happy. Synonyms: blissome, blissy, blithe, gladsome Derived forms: joyously, overjoyous Related terms: joy, joyful, joyfully, joyfulness Translations (full of joy; happy): alai (Basque), ра́достен (rádosten) (Bulgarian), 高高興興 (Chinese Mandarin), 高高兴兴 (gāogāoxìngxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 高兴 (gāoxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 喜悅 (Chinese Mandarin), 喜悦 (xǐyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), 快樂 (Chinese Mandarin), 快乐 (kuàilè) (Chinese Mandarin), 喜躍 (Chinese Mandarin), 喜跃 (xǐyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), 歡喜 (Chinese Mandarin), 欢喜 (huānxǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), radostný [masculine] (Czech), iloinen (Finnish), riemukas (Finnish), onnellinen (Finnish), joyeux [masculine] (French), ledo [masculine] (Galician), მხიარული (mxiaruli) (Georgian), სასიხარულო (sasixarulo) (Georgian), ბედნიერი (bednieri) (Georgian), freudig (German), boldog (Hungarian), vidám (Hungarian), jókedvű (Hungarian), örömteli (Hungarian), gaudibundus (Latin), matakuikui (Maori), hihiko (Maori), kamakama (Maori), wynfæst (Old English), سرخوش (sarhoş) (Ottoman Turkish), vesel (Romanian), voios (Romanian), jovial (Romanian), радостный (radostnyj) (Russian)

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      "sense": "full of joy; happy",
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      "sense": "full of joy; happy",
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