joyeux in French: joyful, merry (adjective)

/ʒwa.jø/

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Translation

joyful, merry

Word origin

From Old French joios, from joie ('joy'), from Latin gaudia, the plural of gaudium ('joy'). The same root gave English joyous and joy.

Origin: Latin
Root: gaudiosus
English cognates: joyous, joy, rejoice

Grammar

Femininejoyeuse

Masc pluraljoyeux

Fem pluraljoyeuses

Examples

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Happy birthday, my friend!

The children are joyful in front of the Christmas fire.

He looks cheerful this morning.

We had a joyful time together last night.

Her joyful voice fills the whole house.

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This word is part of lesson 23.