"joyous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /d͡ʒɔɪəs/ 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. Synonyms: blissome, blissy, blithe, gladsome Derived forms: joyously, overjoyous Related terms: joy, joyful, joyfully, joyfulness Translations (full of joy; happy): alai (Basque), ра́достен (rádosten) (Bulgarian), 高高興興 (Chinese Mandarin), 高高兴兴 (gāogāoxìngxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 高兴 (gāoxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 喜悅 (Chinese Mandarin), 喜悦 (xǐyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), 快樂 (Chinese Mandarin), 快乐 (kuàilè) (Chinese Mandarin), 喜躍 (Chinese Mandarin), 喜跃 (xǐyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), 歡喜 (Chinese Mandarin), 欢喜 (huānxǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), radostný [masculine] (Czech), iloinen (Finnish), riemukas (Finnish), onnellinen (Finnish), joyeux [masculine] (French), ledo [masculine] (Galician), მხიარული (mxiaruli) (Georgian), სასიხარულო (sasixarulo) (Georgian), ბედნიერი (bednieri) (Georgian), freudig (German), 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), wynfæst (Old English), سرخوش (sarhoş) (Ottoman Turkish), vesel (Romanian), voios (Romanian), jovial (Romanian), радостный (radostnyj) (Russian)
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "full of joy; happy",
      "word": "gaudibundus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "full of joy; happy",
      "word": "matakuikui"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "full of joy; happy",
      "word": "hihiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "full of joy; happy",
      "word": "kamakama"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "ānandmay",
      "sense": "full of joy; happy",
      "word": "आनंदमय"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "ānandpūrṇa",
      "sense": "full of joy; happy",
      "word": "आनंदपूर्ण"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "sānanda",
      "sense": "full of joy; happy",
      "word": "सानंद"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "full of joy; happy",
      "word": "wynfæst"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "sarhoş",
      "sense": "full of joy; happy",
      "word": "سرخوش"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "full of joy; happy",
      "word": "vesel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "full of joy; happy",
      "word": "voios"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "full of joy; happy",
      "word": "jovial"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "radostnyj",
      "sense": "full of joy; happy",
      "word": "радостный"
    }
  ],
  "word": "joyous"
}

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