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6-letter words (1 found)

JOVIAL,

5-letter words (2 found)

VIOLA,VOILA,

4-letter words (8 found)

JAIL,JIAO,OVAL,VAIL,VALI,VIAL,VIOL,VOLA,

3-letter words (10 found)

AIL,AJI,AVO,JAI,JOL,LAV,OIL,OVA,VIA,VOL,

2-letter words (9 found)

AI,AL,IO,JA,JO,LA,LI,LO,OI,

You can make 30 words from jovial according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of jovial

jovial

Etymology

Borrowed from French jovial (“jolly, jovial”), from Italian gioviale (“jolly, jovial; (obsolete) born under the influence of the planet Jupiter”), from Latin ioviālis (“relating to the Roman god Jupiter”), from Iuppiter, Iovis (“the Roman god Jove or Jupiter, counterpart of the Greek god Zeus”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to be bright; heaven, sky”)) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship); analysable as Jove +‎ -ial.

Sense 1 (“cheerful and good-humoured”) refers to the fact that individuals born under the astrological influence of the planet Jupiter were believed to have that disposition.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.vɪ.əl/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.vɪ.əl/
  • (Appalachians, archaic) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.vəl/
  • Hyphenation: jov‧i‧al

Adjective

jovial (comparative more jovial, superlative most jovial)

  1. (comparable) Cheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:happy
    Antonyms: saturnine; see also Thesaurus:sad
  2. (not comparable, astrology, obsolete) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Jupiter; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).

Alternative forms

  • joviall (obsolete)

Derived terms

  • joviality
  • jovially
  • jovialness

Related terms

  • Jove
  • Jovial
  • Jovian

Translations

References

Further reading

  • Jupiter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Jupiter (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • jovial (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “jovial”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “jovial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “jovial”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ioviālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ʒu.βiˈal]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ʒo.viˈal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [d͡ʒo.viˈal]

Adjective

jovial m or f (masculine and feminine plural jovials)

  1. cheerful, jovial

Derived terms

  • jovialitat
  • jovialment

Related terms

  • dijous
  • jovià

Further reading

  • “jovial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gioviale, from Latin ioviālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒɔ.vjal/
  • Homophones: joviale, joviales

Adjective

jovial (feminine joviale, masculine plural joviaux, feminine plural joviales)

  1. jovial, jolly

Descendants

  • ⇒ Czech: žoviální

Further reading

  • “jovial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French jovial, from Italian gioviale, from Latin ioviālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /joˈviaːl/

Adjective

jovial (strong nominative masculine singular jovialer, comparative jovialer, superlative am jovialsten)

  1. jovial

Declension

Further reading

  • “jovial” in Duden online
  • “jovial” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German jovial, from Latin jovialis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ju.vi.aːl/, [jʊ.ʋɪ.ˈaːl]

Adjective

jovial (neuter singular jovialt, definite singular and plural joviale)

  1. jovial

References

“jovial” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German jovial, from Latin jovialis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ju.vi.aːl/, [jʊ.ʋɪ.ˈaːl]

Adjective

jovial (neuter singular jovialt, definite singular and plural joviale)

  1. jovial

References

“jovial” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ioviālis.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: jo‧vi‧al

Adjective

jovial m or f (plural joviais)

  1. jovial; merry, cheerful

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French jovial.

Adjective

jovial m or n (feminine singular jovială, masculine plural joviali, feminine and neuter plural joviale)

  1. jocose

Declension

Related terms

  • jovialitate

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ioviālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xoˈbjal/ [xoˈβ̞jal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: jo‧vial

Adjective

jovial m or f (masculine and feminine plural joviales)

  1. Jovian
  2. cheerful, jovial

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “jovial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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