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Definition: Joviality |
JovialityNoun1. Feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor. 2. A jovial nature. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "joviality" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references) |
Synonyms: JovialitySynonyms: conviviality (n), jollity (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Fun, frolic, merriment, jollity; joviality, jovialness; heyday; laughter; jocosity, jocoseness; drollery, buffoonery, tomfoolery; mummery, pleasantry; wit; quip, quirk. |
Cheerfulness | Liveliness; Adjective: life, alacrity, vivacity, animation, allegresse; jocundity, joviality, jollity; levity; jocularity; (wit). |
Sociality | Conviviality; good fellowship, good company; joviality, jollity, savoir vivre, festivity, festive board, merrymaking; loving cup; hospitality, heartiness; cheer. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Joviality |
| English words defined with "joviality": Jovialness, Jovialty. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "joviality": Jovialty. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Terrible subjects, with which were mingled a sort of cordial joviality. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Joviality" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Joviality" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 15 | 90,616 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "joviality"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | gaz (cheer, cheerfulness, exhilaration, fluid, fume, gaiety, gas, glee, jamboree, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joy, liveliness, merriment, merriness, mirth, rattle, rollick, sunshine, tittup, waggery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مرح (airiness, airy, be merry, blithe, breezy, bright, buoyancy, buoyant, cheerful, cheerfulness, cheering, chirpy, exult, facetious, festive, fresh, frisk, frisky, frolic, frolicsome, fun, gaiety, gay, glee, gleeful, have fun, hilarious, hilarity, jaunty, jocose, jocosity, jocund, jolly, jovial, joy, joyful, joyfulness, joyous, kittenish, lark, light, lightsome, lively, make merry, merriment, merry, merry making, mirth, mirthful, perkiness, perky, playful, playfulness, playing, rejoice, rollick, romp, sportive, sprightly, sunny, vivacious, vivacity, what fun, winsome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | веселост (boisterousness, conviviality, gaiety, gladness, hilarity, jocundity, jollity, pleasantness, pleasantry, sparkle, sprightliness), весел нрав, общителност (conviviality, geniality, good fellowship, mellowness, sociability, sociality), добродушие (bonhomie, good nature, mellowness, placability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | veselost (gaiety, glee, hilarity, jocundity, jollity, lightheartedness, merriness, pleasantry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | طرب (Jocularity, Jollification), خوشی (Bliss, Cheer, Curvet, Delight, Felicity, Gala, Glee, Gust, Hilarity, Jamboree, Jollification, Jollity, Joy, Joyance, Lark, Mirth, Paradise, Pleasure, Ploy, Splurge, Spree), شوخ بودن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | jovialité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | jovialität (bonhomie), lustigkeit (funniness, gaiety, jocularity, jocundity, jolliness, merriness, playfulness), herzlichkeit (cordiality, geniality, heartiness, sincerity, warmth), Heiterkeit (amusement, brightness, cheerfulness, cheeriness, funniness, gaiety, happiness, hilarity, jauntiness, jocularity, joyfulness, lightheartedness, merriment, merriness, mirth, pleasantness, pleasantry, serenity, tranquility), fröhlichkeit (blithesomeness, cheerfulness, conviviality, festiveness, gaiety, gayness, gladness, gleefulness, happiness, jauntiness, jolliness, jollity, joyance, joyfulness, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κέφι (cheer, conviviality, fun, gusto, merriment, mirth, mood, verve), διαχυτικότητα (effusion, exuberance, gushiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vidámság (alacrity, animation, bonhomie, cheerfulness, chirpiness, exhilaration, festivity, frolic, gaiety, gayness, glee, happiness, hilarity, jauntiness, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joy, light-heartedness, marry-making, merriment, merriness, mirth, pleasantry, rejoicings, serenity), kedélyesség (bonhomie, conviviality), jovialitás, derűsség, derű (brightness, cheeriness, chirpiness, gaiety, serenity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | giovialit (cheerfulness, lightheartedness, rejoicing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gennallys (amiableness, bonhomie, cheerfulness, chirpiness, conviviality, geniality, glee, jocularity, jollity, mirth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ovialityjay jovialidade (conviviality, geniality, jocund, livelong, mercuriality, please, rollick), alegre (alive, blithe, blithesome, bonny, boon, breezy, brisk, buoyant, buxom, canty, cheerful, cheery, chirpy, coltish, convivial, Corky, divertissement, entertainment, exhilarated, fester, festively, frolicsome, gamesome, gay, glad, gladsome, gleeful, happy, hilarious, holiday maker, jaunty, jocular, jocundity, jolly, joyful, joyous, jubilant, larkspur, laughing, light, light hearted, lightsome, lively, merry, mirthful, peart, resilient, slaphappy, sportful, sportive, sprightly, tipsy, vivid, volatile, winsome). (various references) jovialitate (cheerfulness, jovialness), veselie (animation, blitheness, blithesomeness, cheerfulness, conviviality, exultation, feast, festival, festivity, fiskiness, fling, gaiety, gale, geniality, gladness, great spirits, high spirits, hilarity, jamboree, jauntiness, jocoseness, jocundity, jollification, jollity, joy, jubilation, merriment, merriness, merry making, mirth, rejoicing, rejoicings), sociabilitate (neighborliness, neighbourliness, sociability, sociableness, sociality). (various references) веселость (conviviality, exhilaration, gaiety, hilarity, jocularity, jocundity, liveliness, pizzazz). (various references) veselost (cheerfulness, exuberance, exuberancy, facetiousness, happiness, jocosity, jollity, joy, lightheartedness, mirth, pleasantry), srdačnost (cordiality, heartiness). (various references) jovialidad (cheerfulness, lightheartedness). (various references) jovialitet. (various references) neşelilik (bonhomie, cheerfulness, cheeriness, jocularity, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joyfulness, lightness, perkiness), neşe (brightness, buoyancy, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, esprit, exhilaration, frolic, gaiety, glee, hilarity, humor, humour, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joy, merriment, mirth, pleasantry, raciness, rejoicing, spirit, sprightliness, sunshine, vivacity), keyif (bliss, cheer, conviviality, delight, enchantment, exhilaration, glee, high spirits, humor, humour, joy, Kef, pleasure, rejoicing, temper). (various references) товариськість (conviviality, neighborliness, neighbourliness, sociability, sociality), веселість (airiness, cheerfulness, conviviality, exhilaration, festivity, gaiety, gladness, hilarity). (various references) thái độ vui vẻ, tính vui vẻ (cantiness, chirpiness, gaiety, geniality, hilariousness, liveliness, mirthfulness, pleasantness), tâm h"n vui vẻ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Joviality" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nominality. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "joviality" (pronounced 'Jo`vi*al"i*ty'): Ability, Abnormality, Abnormity, Aboriginality, Absorbability, Absorptivity, Abstrusity, Absurdity, Accendibility, Accentuality, Acceptability, Accessibility, Accidentality, Acclivity, Accomplicity, Accountability, Acerbity, Acetosity, Achromaticity, Acidity, Acquirability, Acrity, Activity, Actuality, Actuosity, Acuity, Addibility, Admirability, Admiralty, Admissibility, Adorability, Aduncity, Adverbiality, Adversity, Advisability, Aeriality, Affability, Affectibility, Agaty, Agility, Agreeability, Alacrity, Alamodality, Aldermanity, Algidity, Alibility, Alienability, Alkalinity, Allotropicity, Alterability. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-i-j-l-o-t-v-y" | |
-1 letter: jovialty. | |
-2 letters: ovality. | |
-3 letters: aliyot, jovial. | |
-4 letters: aioli, jolty, laity, litai, lovat, viola, vital, voila, volta, volti. | |
-5 letters: alit, alto, ilia, iota, jail, jato, jiao, jilt, jolt, jota, lati, lota, loti, oily, oval, tail, tali, tivy, toil, tola, vail, vial, viol, vita, volt. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4A 6F 76 69 61 6C 69 74 79 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001010 01101111 01110110 01101001 01100001 01101100 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)J o v i a l i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004A 006F 0076 0069 0061 006C 0069 0074 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)448188756778758691 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, arabo, Arabish, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, اهل اوکرانی درکشورشوروی , ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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