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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪəs/ Audio: en-us-joyous.ogg 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, {{der|en|fro|joieus}} Old French joieus Head templates: {{en-adj}} joyous (comparative more joyous, superlative most joyous)
  1. Full of joy; happy. Derived forms: joyously, joyousness, overjoyous, unjoyous Related terms: joy, joyful, joyfully, joyfulness Translations (full of joy; happy): alai (Basque), ра́достен (rádosten) (Bulgarian), 高高興興 /高高兴兴 (gāogāoxìngxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 高兴 (gāoxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 喜悅 /喜悦 (xǐyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), 快樂 /快乐 (kuàilè) (Chinese Mandarin), 喜躍 /喜跃 (xǐyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), 歡喜 /欢喜 (huānxǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), radostný [masculine] (Czech), ĝoja (Esperanto), iloinen (Finnish), riemukas (Finnish), onnellinen (Finnish), joyeux [masculine] (French), ledo [masculine] (Galician), მხიარული (mxiaruli) (Georgian), სასიხარულო (sasixarulo) (Georgian), ბედნიერი (bednieri) (Georgian), freudig (German), आनंदमय (ānandmay) (Hindi), boldog (Hungarian), vidám (Hungarian), jókedvű (Hungarian), örömteli (Hungarian), gaudibundus (Latin), matakuikui (Maori), hihiko (Maori), kamakama (Maori), आनंदमय (ānandmay) (Marathi), आनंदपूर्ण (ānandpūrṇa) (Marathi), सानंद (sānanda) (Marathi), blisful (Middle English), wynfæst (Old English), سرخوش (sarhoş) (Ottoman Turkish), vesel (Romanian), voios (Romanian), jovial (Romanian), радостный (radostnyj) (Russian)
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      "word": "高高興興 /高高兴兴"
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      "roman": "gāoxìng",
      "sense": "full of joy; happy",
      "word": "高兴"
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      "roman": "xǐyuè",
      "sense": "full of joy; happy",
      "word": "喜躍 /喜跃"
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      "roman": "huānxǐ",
      "sense": "full of joy; happy",
      "word": "歡喜 /欢喜"
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      "word": "jovial"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "radostnyj",
      "sense": "full of joy; happy",
      "word": "радостный"
    }
  ],
  "word": "joyous"
}

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