joyfulness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English joyful

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English joyfulness

From joyful + -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɔɪfəlnəs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

joyfulness (countable and uncountable, plural joyfulnesses)

1. The state of being joyful.

   Synonyms: joy, joyousness; see also Thesaurus:happiness

Derived terms

• unjoyfulness

Translations

state of being joyful

• Finnish: iloisuus (fi)
• Manx: boggey m
• Russian: радость (ru) f (radostʹ), веселье (ru) n (veselʹje)