joli
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Etymology [edit]
From Middle French joli (“considerable, ingenious, agreeable, pretty”), from Old French joli, jolif (“pretty, smart, joyful, merry”), possibly from Old Norse jól (midwinter festival), from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, *jeulō (“Yule, Yule month, December”) (more at yule); alternatively from Late Latin *gaudivus (from Latin gaudere, more at joy).
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Adjective [edit]
joli m (feminine jolie, masculine plural jolis, feminine plural jolies)
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Jèrriais [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French joli, jolif (“pretty, smart, joyful, merry”), possibly of Germanic origin; alternatively from Late Latin *gaudivus, from Latin gaudere.
Adjective [edit]
joli m (feminine jolie, masculine plural jolis, feminine plural jolies)
Old French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From an earlier jolif
Adjective [edit]
joli
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- French terms derived from Old Norse
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- French terms derived from Late Latin
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- Jèrriais terms derived from Germanic languages
- Jèrriais terms derived from Late Latin
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