jovial adj : 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" [syn: gay, jocund, jolly, merry, mirthful]

English

Etymology

From etyl fr jovial, from etyl it gioviale, from etyl la iovialis, from Iovis.

Pronunciation

• a UK /ˈdʒəʊ.vɪ.əl/, /dZ@U.vI.@l/
• a US /ˈdʒoʊ.vɪ.əl/

Adjective

1. Pertaining to Jove or Zeus; Jovian.
2. Pertaining to the planet Jupiter.
3. astrology obsolete Under the influence of the planet Jupiter (considered a source of happiness).
4. Merry; cheerful and good-humored.

Translations

French

Etymology

From gioviale, from iovialis.

Pronunciation

/ʒɔvjal/|/ʒovjal/

Adjective

1. jovial, jolly

German

Etymology

From jovial, from gioviale, fro iovialis.

Pronunciation

/joˈviaːl/

Adjective

jovial

1. jovial

Spanish

Etymology

From iovialis.

Pronunciation

/xoˈβjal/

Adjective

1. Jovian
2. cheerful, jovial

Jovial may refer to:

• Brice Jovial (born 1984), French football striker
• Jovial (watch), a Swiss manufacturer of watches

See also

• JOVIAL

affable, amiable, bantering, blithe, blithesome, boon, buxom, chaffing, convivial, facetious, festal, festive, free and easy, frivolous, gala, gay, genial, gladsome, gleeful, good-natured, hail-fellow-well-met, hearty, hilarious, humorous, jocose, jocular, jocund, jolly, jollying, joshing, joyful, joyous, laughter-loving, lighthearted, merry, merrymaking, mirth-loving, mirthful, on the loose, rejoicing, risible, sociable