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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesjoyeux
Pronunciation / Transliteration: zhwa-yuh
"La pièce était remplie de rires joyeux."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Full of mirth, joy, or gaiety; expressing or characterized by pleasant amusement and laughter.
"The children gathered around the storyteller with mirthful expressions on their faces." - 2
Causing or tending to cause happiness and lighthearted merriment.
"They shared a mirthful evening filled with old stories and acoustic music."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English noun 'myrgð' (meaning joy, mirth), combined with the suffix '-full' (full of). The root traces back to Proto-Germanic *murgi-, originally meaning 'short' or 'pleasantly short' (implying time passing quickly with pleasure), evolving historically into a general descriptor for gladness and merriment.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Mirthful" is said worldwide
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joyeux
Transliteration: zhwa-yuh
"La pièce était remplie de rires joyeux."
fröhlich
Transliteration: froh-likh
"Sie verbrachten einen fröhlichen Abend zusammen."
gioioso
Transliteration: djo-yo-zo
"Ascoltammo le loro voci gioiose nel giardino."
jovial
Transliteration: ho-vyal
"El ambiente de la fiesta era muy jovial y divertido."
alegre
Transliteration: a-le-gre
"Eles tiveram uma conversa alegre durante o jantar."
आनंदित
Transliteration: aanandit
"बच्चों की हँसी से कमरा आनंदित हो गया।"
欢乐的
Transliteration: huān lè de
"房间里充满了欢乐的笑声。"
명랑한
Transliteration: myeong-rang-han
"그들은 명랑한 목소리로 대화를 나누었다."
陽気な
Transliteration: yōki na
"部屋中が陽気な笑い声に包まれた。"
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