"jovial" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.vɪ.əl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.vɪ.əl/ [General-American], /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.vəl/ (note: Appalachians, archaic) Audio: En-us-jovial.ogg [General-American], En-au-jovial.ogg [Australia] Forms: more jovial [comparative], most jovial [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from French jovial (“jolly, jovial”), from Italian gioviale (“jolly, jovial; (obsolete) born under the influence of the planet Jupiter”), from Latin ioviālis (“relating to the Roman god Jupiter”), from Iuppiter, Iovis (“the Roman god Jove or Jupiter, counterpart of the Greek god Zeus”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to be bright; heaven, sky”)) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship); analysable as Jove + -ial. Sense 1 (“cheerful and good-humoured”) refers to the fact that individuals born under the astrological influence of the planet Jupiter were believed to have that disposition. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dyew-}}, {{bor|en|fr|jovial|t=jolly, jovial}} French jovial (“jolly, jovial”), {{der|en|it|gioviale|t=jolly, jovial; (obsolete) born under the influence of the planet Jupiter}} Italian gioviale (“jolly, jovial; (obsolete) born under the influence of the planet Jupiter”), {{der|en|la|ioviālis|t=relating to the Roman god Jupiter}} Latin ioviālis (“relating to the Roman god Jupiter”), {{m|la|Iuppiter|Iuppiter, Iovis|t=the Roman god Jove or Jupiter, counterpart of the Greek god Zeus}} Iuppiter, Iovis (“the Roman god Jove or Jupiter, counterpart of the Greek god Zeus”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*dyew-|t=to be bright; heaven, sky}} Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to be bright; heaven, sky”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{m|la|-ālis|pos=suffix forming adjectives of relationship}} -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship), {{suffix|en|Jove|ial}} Jove + -ial Head templates: {{en-adj}} jovial (comparative more jovial, superlative most jovial)
  1. (comparable) Cheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry. Tags: comparable Categories (topical): Emotions, Personality Synonyms: happy Translations (cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry): হাঁহিৰাম (hãhiram) (Assamese), ৰাংঢালী (raṅdhali) (Assamese), ৰঙিয়াল (roṅial) (Assamese), jovial (Catalan), joviaal (Dutch), gemoedelijk (Dutch), gajega (Esperanto), lupsakka (Finnish), veikeä (Finnish), jovial (French), გულღია (gulɣia) (Georgian), მხიარული (mxiaruli) (Georgian), სამხიარულო (samxiarulo) (Georgian), jovial (German), fröhlich (German), heiter (German), joviális (Hungarian), vidám (Hungarian), joyema (Ido), wjasoły (Lower Sorbian), pukukata (Maori), आनंदी (ānandī) (Marathi), froo (Plautdietsch), freelich (Plautdietsch), schaftich (Plautdietsch), jowialny [masculine] (Polish), wesoły [masculine] (Polish), jovial [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), весёлый (vesjólyj) (Russian), жовиальный (žovialʹnyj) (Russian), रंसु (raṃsu) (Sanskrit), жо̏вија̄лан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), žȍvijālan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), jovial (Spanish), alegre (Spanish), jovialisk (Swedish), சௌல் (caul) (Tamil), веселий (veselyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), товариський (tovarysʹkyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-jovial-en-adj-6AF~jv-6 Disambiguation of Emotions: 56 44 Disambiguation of Personality: 72 28 Disambiguation of 'cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry': 89 11
  2. (not comparable, astrology, obsolete) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Jupiter; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1). Tags: not-comparable, obsolete Categories (topical): Astrology
    Sense id: en-jovial-en-adj-Uy106L3~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ial Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 68 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ial: 34 66 Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: joviall [obsolete] Derived forms: joviality, jovially, jovialness Related terms: Jove, Jovial, Jovian

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          "ref": "1682, Joseph Blagrave, “[The Effects of Directions.] The Ascendant to the Body of Jupiter.”, in Obadiah Blagrave, editor, Blagrave’s Introduction to Astrology. In Three Parts. […], London: Printed by E. Tyler, and R. Holt, for Obadiah Blagrave, […], →OCLC, part III, page 226",
          "text": "This Planet [Jupiter] being a Fortune, and Friend unto nature, inclineth the native, upon this direction, not only unto healthfulneſs, but alſo to be jovial and merry, affable and pleaſant, and to delight in the company of religious men: […] [T]his direction importeth good from jovial perſons, and is an excellent time to have dealings with, or to receive any courteſie from, or benefit by them, […]",
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          "text": "As ☉ is near to a ⚹ of ♃, so did a jovial man endeavour to procure the purchase (after I began), but ♃ is cadent and in detriment, which shewed he should not prevail.",
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          "ref": "1790 August, “Art V. The Devil upon Two Sticks in England: Being a Continuation of Le Diable Boiteux of Le Sage. 12mo. 4 Vols. about 230 Pages in each. 12s. Sewed. Walter, Piccadilly. 1790. [book review]”, in The Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal, Enlarged, volume II, London: Printed for R[alph] Griffiths; and sold by T[homas] Becket, […], →OCLC, page 392",
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          "ref": "1797, Richard Graves, “On the Death of an Epicure”, in Select Epigrams. In Two Volumes, volume II, London: Printed by and for Sampson Low, […]; and sold by W. H. Lunn, […], →OCLC, page 31",
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      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "hãhiram",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "হাঁহিৰাম"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "raṅdhali",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "ৰাংঢালী"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "roṅial",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "ৰঙিয়াল"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "jovial"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "joviaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "gemoedelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "gajega"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "lupsakka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "veikeä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "jovial"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gulɣia",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "გულღია"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mxiaruli",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "მხიარული"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "samxiarulo",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "სამხიარულო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "jovial"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "fröhlich"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "heiter"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "joviális"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "vidám"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "joyema"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "pukukata"
    },
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      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "ānandī",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "आनंदी"
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      "code": "pdt",
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      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "froo"
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      "code": "pdt",
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      "word": "freelich"
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      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "schaftich"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "jowialny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wesoły"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jovial"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vesjólyj",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "весёлый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žovialʹnyj",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "жовиальный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "raṃsu",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "रंसु"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "жо̏вија̄лан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "žȍvijālan"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "wjasoły"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "jovial"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "alegre"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "jovialisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "caul",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "word": "சௌல்"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "veselyj",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "веселий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tovarysʹkyj",
      "sense": "cheerful and good-humoured — see also jolly, merry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "товариський"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jovial"
}

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