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Joyfulness

Definition: Joyfulness

Joyfulness

Noun

1. The emotion of great happiness.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "joyfulness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1415. (references)


Synonyms: Joyfulness

Synonyms: joy (n), joyousness (n). (additional references)
Antonym: sorrow (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Joyfulness

English words defined with "joyfulness": Joyace, Joysome. (references)
Specialty definitions using "joyfulness": Dying. (references)
Etymologies containing "joyfulness": Joysome. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Joyfulness

"Joyfulness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Joyfulness" is used about 6 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%6143,867

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Joyfulness

Language Translations for "joyfulness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

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, joviality, joy, joyful, 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)

   

German

  

heiterkeit (amusement, brightness, cheerfulness, cheeriness, funniness, gaiety, happiness, hilarity, jauntiness, jocularity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, merriness, mirth, pleasantness, pleasantry, serenity, tranquility), frohsinn (cheerfulness, gaiety, mirth), fröhlichkeit (blithesomeness, cheerfulness, conviviality, festiveness, gaiety, gayness, gladness, gleefulness, happiness, jauntiness, jolliness, jollity, joviality, joyance, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth). (various references)

   

Italian

  

gioia (delight, enjoyment, gem, gladness, glee, jewel, joy, joyousness, mirth, rejoicing), festosit (conviviality, merriment), allegrezza. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

欣然 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

き"ぜ" (myopia, nearsightedness, shortsightedness). (various references)

   

Manx

  

taitnyssid (agreeability, amiableness, pleasance), gerjoilys, gerjoilid, boggoilid, boggey (joy, scumble), boggeeaght. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oyfulnessjay

   

Portuguese

  

alegremente (airily, gain, gladsome, happiness, jauntily, lightly, merrily, rejoicingly). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

aiteas (gladness). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

razdraganost (gale, glee, mirth), radost (gladness, joy, jubilance, merriment, rejoicing). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

alegría (breeziness, cheerfulness, chuff, contention, contentment, fun, gaiety, gladness, happiness, hilarity, joy, kaif, keif, lightheartedness, liveliness, merriment, mirth, perkiness, pertness, playfulness, rejoicing). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

glädje (cheer, delight, elation, gaiety, gladness, glee, happiness, jollity, joy, joyousness, mirth, pleasance, satisfaction). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sevinçlilik, neşelilik (bonhomie, cheerfulness, cheeriness, jocularity, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, lightness, perkiness). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

радість (amusement, exultance, exultancy, gladness, joy, rejoicing, sunshine), веселощі (cheer, frolic, gaiety, gambol, glee, merriment, merry making, mirth, racket, revelry, shindig, shindy). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự vui sướng (joyousness, jubilance, jubilation), sự vui mừng (cheerfulness, festivity, gladness, joy, joyousness), sự tr n ngập niềm vui. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Joyfulness

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Old French900-1400

en gogues. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Joyfulness

LanguageDateSourceColossians Chapter 1, Verse 11
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEn pash dunamei dunamoumenoi kata to kratoV thV doxhV autou eiV pasan upomonhn kai makroqumian meta caraV
Latin405VulgateIn omni virtute confortati secundum potentiam claritatis eius in omni patientia et longanimitate cum gaudio
Middle English1395WyclifAnd ben coumfortid in al vertu bi the miyt of his clerenesse, in al pacience and long abiding with ioye,
Renaissance English1526TyndaleStrengthed with all myght thorowe hys glorious power vnto all pacience and longe sufferynge with ioyfulnes
Jacobean English1611King JamesStrengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
Victorian English1833WebsterStrengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, to all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness;
Basic English1964OgdenFull of strength in the measure of the great power of his glory, so that you may undergo all troubles with joy;

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Joyfulness

LanguageColossians Chapter 1, Verse 11
CebuanoHinaut unta nga malinig-onan kamo sa tanang kusog, sumala sa iyang mahimayaong gahum, alang sa tanang pag-antus ug pagpailub dinuyogan sa kalipay,
Croatianosnaženi svakom snagom, po sili Slave njegove, za svaku postojanost i strpljivost;
Danishidet I styrkes med al Styrke efter hans Herligheds Kraft til al Udholdenhed og Tålmodighed med Glæde
DutchMet alle kracht bekrachtigd zijnde, naar de sterkte Zijner heerlijkheid, tot alle lijdzaamheid en lankmoedigheid, met blijdschap;
Finnishja hänen kirkkautensa väkevyyden mukaan kaikella voimalla vahvistettuina olemaan kaikessa kestäviä ja pitkämielisiä, ilolla
Frenchfortifiés tous égards par sa puissance glorieuse, en sorte que vous soyez toujours et avec joie persévérants et patients.
Germanund wachset in der Erkenntnis Gottes und gestärkt werdet mit aller Kraft nach seiner herrlichen Macht zu aller Geduld und Langmütigkeit mit Freuden,
HungarianMinden erõvel megerõsíttetvén az Õ dicsõségének hatalma szerint minden kitartásra és hosszútûrésre örömmel;
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSemoga dengan kuasa dari Allah yang agung, kalian dikuatkan sehingga kalian sanggup menderita segala sesuatu dengan sabar dan senang hati
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaKiranya kamu menjadi kuat dengan segala kekuatan menurut seperti kuasa kemuliaan-Nya kepada segala hal sabar dan panjang hati, serta dengan sukacita
Italianrafforzandovi con ogni energia secondo la potenza della sua gloria, per poter essere forti e pazienti in tutto;
MaoriKia whakanuia te kaha hei whakakaha mo koutou, kia rite ki ta te mana o tona kororia, e u tonu ai, e whakamanawanui ai i runga i te hari;
Norwegianså I styrkes med all styrke efter hans herlighets kraft til all tålmodighet og langmodighet,
Rumaniankntqriyi, cu toatq puterea, potrivit cu tqria slavei Lui, pentru orice rqbdare wi kndelungq rqbdare, cu bucurie,
RussianХЛТЕ МССУШ ЧУСЛПА УЙМПА П НПЗХЭЕУФЧХ УМБЧЩ еЗП, ЧП ЧУСЛПН ФЕТ ЕОЙЙ Й ЧЕМЙЛП"ХЫЙЙ У ТБ"ПУФША,
ShuarYus ti kakaram asa ikiantamprat tusar seaji. Nujai Ashí itiurchat ákuisha Páchitsuk ti shiir warasrum katsuntrattarme.
Spanishy que seáis fortalecidos con todo poder, conforme a su gloriosa potencia, para toda perseverancia y paciencia.
SwahiliMungu awajalieni nguvu kwa uwezo wake mtukufu ili mweze kustahimili kila kitu kwa uvumilivu.
SwedishOch genom hans härliga makt skolen I på allt sätt uppfyllas av kraft till att bevisa ståndaktighet och tålamod i allt;
UmaMerapi' -kai hi Alata'ala bona narohoi nono-ni hante hawe'ea kuasa-na, ntuku' kabaraka' -na to uma mowo kabohe-na, bona ntaha pai' tari oa' -koi, nau' ba napa-napa to mporumpa' -koi.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: Joyfulness

Derivations

Words beginning with "joyfulness": joyfulnesses. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Joyfulness

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-f-j-l-n-o-s-s-u-y"

-2 letters: foulness, sulfones, synfuels.

-3 letters: ensouls, fulness, joyless, sulfone, synfuel.

-4 letters: enjoys, ensoul, felons, felony, flossy, fusels, joules, joyful, lesson, louses, nouses, onuses, ousels, selsyn, soleus, unless.

-5 letters: enjoy, enols, felon, fleys, floes, floss, flues, fosse, fouls, fuels, fusel, fuses, fussy, joeys, joles, jones, joule, lenos, loess, loses, lossy, louse, lousy, lunes, lyses, noels, noses.

 Words containing the letters "e-f-j-l-n-o-s-s-u-y"
 

+2 letters: joyfulnesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Joyfulness


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4A 6F 79 66 75 6C 6E 65 73 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001010 01101111 01111001 01100110 01110101 01101100 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#74 &#111 &#121 &#102 &#117 &#108 &#110 &#101 &#115 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004A 006F 0079 0066 0075 006C 006E 0065 0073 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

44819172877880718585

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Joyfulness"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Arabic

‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتان‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, arabisch, arabo, Arabish, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, ‏المانية, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione‏الإيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏إيطالي, ‏شخص إيطالي, italienisch, italiano, Iddaalish, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 ‏يابانية, ‏ياباني, ‏اليابانية, ‏اللغة اليابانية, japaner, japanisch, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ‏يابانية, ‏ياباني, ‏اليابانية, ‏اللغة اليابانية, japaner, japanisch, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtmanx, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, 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, tradução‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, portugiesisch, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha

Scottish

foclair, abardair, faclair, briathrachanschottisch, scozzese, Albinagh, escocês, škotski jezik, škotski, škotlanđani, escocés, skotsk, iskoçyalı, шотланський, шотландський діалект, шотландці

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjeserbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducción‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, spanisch, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, översättning‏اللغة السويدية, schwedisch, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", Soolynish, Soolynagh, 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, tercüme‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, türkisch, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, 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, переміщення‏أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, ‏الأوكراني, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, 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 thíchvietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, ベトナ 人 , ベトナ じ", vietnamita, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translation‏الإنجليزية, ‏الأنكليزي, ‏إنكليزي, ‏ترجمة إنكليزية, ‏اللغة الإنكليزية, englisch, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, beurla, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage Frequency
5. Translations: Modern
6. Translations: Ancient
7. Bible Trace
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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