"joyful" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈdʒɔɪfəl/ Audio: En-us-joyful.ogg [US] Forms: joyful [positive], more joyful [comparative], most joyful [superlative]
enPR: joi'fəl Etymology: joy + -ful Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|joy|ful}} joy + -ful Head templates: {{adjective|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If someone is joyful, they have a feeling of joy.
    Sense id: simple-joyful-en-adj-XdDcseLt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ful
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