"joviality" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒoʊviˈælɪti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-joviality.wav Forms: jovialities [plural]
Rhymes: -ælɪti Etymology: From French jovialité. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|jovialité}} French jovialité Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} joviality (countable and uncountable, plural jovialities)
  1. The state of being jovial; jollity or conviviality. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Condition of being jovial): веселост (veselost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), общителност (obštitelnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), jovialiteit (Dutch), jovialité [feminine] (French), სიმხიარულე (simxiarule) (Georgian), მხიარულება (mxiaruleba) (Georgian), meidhir [feminine] (Irish), giovialità [feminine] (Italian), jovialidade (Portuguese), jovialitate [feminine] (Romanian), jovialidad [feminine] (Spanish), ukunjufu (Swahili), jovialitet (Swedish)

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