"gaiety" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡeɪ.ə.ti/, /ˈɡeɪ.ɪ.ti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gaiety.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gaieties [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪɪti Etymology: Borrowed from French gaieté, from gai. By surface analysis, gay + -ety. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|fr|gaieté|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French gaieté, {{bor+|en|fr|gaieté}} Borrowed from French gaieté, {{m|fr|gai}} gai, {{surf|en|gay|-ety}} By surface analysis, gay + -ety Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gaiety (countable and uncountable, plural gaieties)
  1. (dated, uncountable) The state of being happy or merry. Tags: dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Happiness Synonyms (state of being happy): gayness Translations (state of being happy): веселост (veselost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), munterhed [common-gender] (Danish), iloisuus (Finnish), ilo (Finnish), მხიარულება (mxiaruleba) (Georgian), სიმხიარულე (simxiarule) (Georgian), Frohsinn [neuter] (German), Glücklichsein (German), meidhir [feminine] (Irish), gaiezza [feminine] (Italian), ハピネス (hapinesu) (Japanese), hiwa (Maori), munterhet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), شادمانی (šâdmâni) (Persian), felicidad [feminine] (Spanish), alegría (Spanish), gaiyté (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-gaiety-en-noun-O-0WSeEr Disambiguation of Happiness: 98 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ety Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 95 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ety: 86 14 Disambiguation of 'state of being happy': 99 1 Disambiguation of 'state of being happy': 99 1
  2. (dated, countable) Merrymaking or festivity. Tags: countable, dated
    Sense id: en-gaiety-en-noun-NbF3imDL

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