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 Definitions of jovial  [ˈdʒoʊ vi əl]  

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Definition of 'jovial' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) jovial
endowed with or characterized by hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship.

2.  jovial
(cap.)

Etymology:  (1580–90; < ML joviālis of Jupiter )

Definition of 'jovial' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
"when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh"


Definition of 'jovial' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) jovial
of or pertaining to the god, or the planet, Jupiter

2. (adj) jovial
sunny; serene

3. (adj) jovial
gay; merry; joyous; jolly; mirth-inspiring; hilarious; characterized by mirth or jollity; as, a jovial youth; a jovial company; a jovial poem


Translation of 'jovial' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: full of good humour
He seems to be in a very jovial mood this morning.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: gemoedelik, joviaal, opge Arabic flag Arabic: مَرِح، باشٌّ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: приветлив
Brazilian flag Brazilian: jovial Czech flag Czech: bodrý German flag German: heiter
Danish flag Danish: jovial; gemytlig Greek flag Greek: ευδιάθετος Spanish flag Spanish: alegre, festivo
Estonian flag Estonian: rõõmsameelne Farsi flag Farsi: خوش خلق Finnish flag Finnish: joviaali
French flag French: jovial Hebrew flag Hebrew: עַלִיז Hindi flag Hindi: आनन्दित
Croatian flag Croatian: veseo, srdačan Hungarian flag Hungarian: kedélyes Indonesian flag Indonesian: periang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: léttur í lund Italian flag Italian: gioviale Japanese flag Japanese: 愉快な
Korean flag Korean: 재미있는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: smagus Latvian flag Latvian: jautrs; dzīvespriecīgs
Malay flag Malay: riang Dutch flag Dutch: joviaal Norwegian flag Norwegian: jovial, gemyttlig
Polish flag Polish: jowialny Persian flag Persian: خوش خلق Pashto flag Pashto: خوشاله، خوښْ، ساتير، ورين
Portuguese flag Portuguese: jovial Romanian flag Romanian: jo­vial Russian flag Russian: весёлый
Slovak flag Slovak: veselý Slovenian flag Slovenian: veder Serbian flag Serbian: veseo
Swedish flag Swedish: jovialisk Thai flag Thai: เบิกบานใจ; ร่าเริง; สนุกส Turkish flag Turkish: neşeli, güler yüzlü
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 愉快的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: веселий Urdu flag Urdu: خوش و خرم
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: vui tính Chinese flag Chinese: 快活的,愉快的

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