joyful

English

Alternative forms

• joyfull

Etymology

joy +‎ -ful

Pronunciation

• enPR: joi'fəl, IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɔɪfəl/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: joy‧ful

Adjective

joyful (comparative joyfuller or more joyful, superlative joyfullest or most joyful)

1. Feeling or causing joy.

Related terms

• joyfully (adverb)
• joyfulness (noun)

Translations

feeling or causing joy

• Arabic: سَعِيد (saʕīd), مُفْرِح (mufriḥ), مَسْرُور (masrūr)
• Azerbaijani: sevindirici (causing joy), sevinən, şad (az)
• Bulgarian: весел (bg) (vesel), радостен (bg) (radosten)
• Catalan: joiós
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 快樂／快乐 (zh) (kuàilè), 快乐 (zh) (kuàilè)

• 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
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• 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)
• Latvian: dzīvespriecīgs, jautrs
• Maori: harakoa
• Middle English: gamely
• Mongolian: жаргалтай (žargaltaj)
• Norman: jouaiyeux (Jersey)
• Polish: radosny (pl)
• Portuguese: alegre (pt)
• Russian: ра́достный (ru) (rádostnyj), весёлый (ru) (vesjólyj)
• Spanish: alegre (es), gozoso (es)
• Vietnamese: vui (vi), vui vẻ (vi)