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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French jovial (“jolly, jovial”), from Italian gioviale (“jolly, jovial; (obsolete) born under the influence of the planet Jupiter”), from Latin iovi?lis (“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”)) + -?lis (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): /?d???.v?.?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?o?.v?.?l/
• 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.
• jovial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• jovial at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gioviale, from Latin iovi?lis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. jovial, jolly

Descendants

• ? Czech: žoviální

Further reading

• “jovial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French jovial, from Italian gioviale, from Latin iovi?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jo?via?l/

Adjective

jovial

1. jovial

Further reading

• “jovial” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German jovial, from Latin jovialis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ju.vi.a?l/, [j?.??.?a?l]

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.a?l/, [j?.??.?a?l]

Adjective

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

1. jovial

References

“jovial” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iovi?lis.

Adjective

jovial m or f (plural joviais, comparable)

1. jovial; merry, cheerful

Romanian

Etymology

From French jovial

Adjective

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

1. jocose

Declension

Related terms

• jovialitate

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin iovi?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xo?bjal/, [xo???jal]

Adjective

jovial (plural joviales)

1. Jovian
2. cheerful, jovial

Derived terms

• jovialidad
• jovialmente

Further reading

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

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English geste (“idle tale”), from Old French geste (“acts, exploits”), from Latin gesta (“acts, deeds”). Doublet of gest.

Pronunciation

• enPR: j?st, IPA^(key): /d??st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

jest (plural jests)

1. (archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.

2. (archaic) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.

   Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.
3. (obsolete) A deed; an action; a gest.
   • 1540, Thomas Elyot, Image of Governance

     the jests or actions of princes

4. (obsolete) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Nares to this entry?)

   • 1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy

     He promised us, in honour of our guest, / To grace our banquet with some pompous jest.

Synonyms

• (joke): prank, gag, laughingstock, banter, crack, wisecrack, witticism
• See also Thesaurus:joke

Translations

Verb

jest (third-person singular simple present jests, present participle jesting, simple past and past participle jested)

1. To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.

   Surely you jest!

Synonyms

• (to joke): banter, kid, mock, tease

Derived terms

• jester
• jestingly

Translations

See also

• jest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Pronunciation spelling of just..

Adverb

jest (not comparable)

1. (African-American Vernacular, Southern US) Alternative spelling of just

Anagrams

• ESTJ, Jets, jets

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jest/
• Homophone: gjest

Alternative forms

• jester

Etymology

From Old Norse j?str, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence English yeast.

Noun

jest m (definite singular jesten, indefinite plural jester, definite plural jestene)

1. yeast

   Synonym: gjær

Related terms

• ese

References

• “jest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “jest” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• jester
• gjester (non-standard since 1938)

Etymology

From Old Norse j?str, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence also English yeast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?st/ (example of pronunciation)
• Homophone: gjest

Noun

jest m (definite singular jesten, indefinite plural jestar, definite plural jestane)

1. yeast

   Synonym: gjær

Related terms

• asa, ase
• esa, ese

References

• “jest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?st/

Verb

jest

1. third-person singular present indicative of by?; is

2. (mathematics) is, equals (see also wynosi)

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

jest (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. third-person singular present of b?ti