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English
Etymology
From joy + -ful.
Pronunciation
- enPR: joi'fəl, IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔɪfəl/
- Hyphenation: joy‧ful
Adjective
joyful (comparative joyfuller or more joyful, superlative joyfullest or most joyful)
- Feeling or causing joy.
Derived terms
Translations
feeling or causing joy
- Arabic: سَعِيد (saʕīd), مُفْرِح (mufriḥ), مَسْرُور (ar) (masrūr)
- Armenian: ուրախ (hy) (urax)
- Azerbaijani: sevindirici (causing joy), sevinən, şad (az)
- Belarusian: ра́дасны (be) (rádasny), вясёлы (be) (vjasjóly)
- Bulgarian: ра́достен (bg) (rádosten), ве́сел (bg) (vésel)
- Catalan: joiós
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 快樂／快乐 (zh) (kuàilè)
- Czech: radostný (cs), veselý (cs)
- Finnish: iloinen (fi)
- French: allègre (fr), joyeux (fr)
- Georgian: მხიარული (mxiaruli), ბედნიერი (bednieri), სიხარულით აღსავსე (sixarulit aɣsavse)
- German: freudig (de), erfreulich (de), erfreut (de)
- Hungarian: vidám (hu), örömteli (hu), örvendetes (hu)
- Ido: joyoza (io), joyema (io)
- Irish: aiteasach, áthasach, áthasúil, lainneach, seaghsach, suáilceach, subhach, urghairdeach
- Italian: gioioso (it), lieto (it), allegro (it), felice (it), gaio (it), festante (it), festoso (it)
- Japanese: 嬉しい (ja) (うれしい, ureshii)
- Korean: 기쁘다 (ko) (gippeuda)
- Latin: gaudens
- Latvian: dzīvespriecīgs, jautrs
- Macedonian: радосен (radosen), весел (vesel)
- Maori: harakoa
- Marathi: आनंदी (ānandī)
- Middle English: gamely
- Mongolian: жаргалтай (žargaltaj)
- Norman: jouaiyeux (Jersey)
- Old English: wynfæst
- Old Tupi: oryb, ory
- Polish: radosny (pl), wesoły (pl)
- Portuguese: alegre (pt), gozoso
- Russian: ра́достный (ru) (rádostnyj), весёлый (ru) (vesjólyj)
- Slovak: radostný, veselý
- Slovene: vesẹ̑l (sl)
- Spanish: alegre (es), gozoso (es)
- Swedish: glädjerik (sv)
- Ukrainian: ра́дісний (rádisnyj), весе́лий (vesélyj)
- Vietnamese: vui (vi), vui vẻ (vi)
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