"jocund" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɒkənd/ [UK], /ˈd͡ʒəʊkənd/ [UK], /ˈd͡ʒɑkənd/ [US], /ˈd͡ʒoʊkənd/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-jocund.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more jocund [comparative], most jocund [superlative]
enPR: jäkʹənd [US] Etymology: From Old French jocond, from Latin iūcundus (“pleasant, agreeable”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|jocond}} Old French jocond, {{uder|en|la|iūcundus||pleasant, agreeable}} Latin iūcundus (“pleasant, agreeable”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} jocund (comparative more jocund, superlative most jocund)
  1. Jovial; exuberant; lighthearted; merry and in high spirits; exhibiting happiness. Categories (topical): Comedy, Personality Derived forms: jocundity, jocundly, jocundness Translations (jovial, exuberant, lighthearted; merry and in high spirits): весел (vesel) (Bulgarian), радостен (radosten) (Bulgarian), jocund [masculine] (Catalan), enjoué (French), gai (French), jovial (French), მხიარული (mxiaruli) (Georgian), საამო (saamo) (Georgian), გაცოცხლებული (gacocxlebuli) (Georgian), heiter (German), giocondo (Italian), jocundo [masculine] (Portuguese), весёлый (vesjólyj) [masculine] (Russian), jocundo (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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