joli

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French joly (considerable, ingenious, agreeable, pretty), from Old French joli, jolif (pretty, smart, joyful, merry), possibly from Old Norse jól (midwinter festival), from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, *jeulō (Yule, Yule month, December) (more at yule); alternatively from Vulgar Latin *gaudivus (from Latin gaudeō, more at joy).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʒɔ.li/
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Adjective

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joli (feminine jolie, masculine plural jolis, feminine plural jolies)

  1. pretty; cute
    • 1980, Géza Képes, Béla Kàlmàn, Péter Domokos, Le pouvoir du chant : anthologie de la poésie populaire ouralienne:
      Julie, fille jolie, un jour était allée
      cueillir au cœur des blés la belle fleur des blés,
      des bleuets pour s’en faire une couronne bleue,
      se faire une couronne et se distraire un peu.
      Julie, a pretty girl, had gone one day
      to pick among the wheat the beautiful flower of the cornfields,
      cornflowers to make herself a blue wreath,
      to make herself a wreath and amuse herself a little.
  2. (Louisiana) jolly, nice, pleasant, agreeable
    Synonym: agréable

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Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Javanese ꦗꦺꦴꦭꦶ (joli, palanquin), from Old Javanese joli (palanquin), from Sanskrit दोला (dolā, litter).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒoli/
  • Rhymes: -li, -i
  • Hyphenation: jo‧li

Noun

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joli (plural joli-joli, first-person possessive joliku, second-person possessive jolimu, third-person possessive jolinya)

  1. palanquin
    Synonyms: duli, tandu, usungan
  2. pair
    Synonym: pasangan
  3. yawl, jolly-boat

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References

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  1. ^ Tom Hoogervorst (2017 December 31) Andrea Acri, Roger Blench, Alexandra Landmann, editor, 9. The Role of “Prakrit” in Maritime Southeast Asia through 101 Etymologies[1], ISEAS Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 375–440

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Lower Sorbian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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jo +‎ -li

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈjɔli/, [ˈjɔlʲi]

Conjunction

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joli

  1. if

Usage notes

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May optionally be followed by the conjunction (that).

Synonyms

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Further reading

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  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “joli”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “joli”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French joli (pretty, cute), jolif (pretty, smart, joyful, merry), possibly from Old Norse jól (midwinter festival), from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, *jeulō (Yule, Yule month, December) (more at yule); alternatively from Vulgar Latin *gaudivus (from Latin gaudeō, more at joy).

Adjective

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joli m

  1. (Jersey) pretty

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Old French

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Etymology

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From an earlier jolif.

Adjective

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joli m (oblique and nominative feminine singular jolie)

  1. pretty; cute