merry

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Jolly and full of high spirits; happy.
2. Festive and full of fun and laughter.
3. Brisk
4. Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight.
5. (euphemistic) drunk; tipsy

Noun

An English wild cherry.

Sinonieme

cheerful

happy

😀

joyful

gay

jolly

glad

joyous

jovial

lively

mirthful

festive

delighted

buoyant

pleasant

jocund

blithe

brisk

chirpy

zippy

amusing

perky

light-hearted

laughing

😆

fun

bright

convivial

gleeful

lighthearted

exuberant

hilarious

spanking

snappy

rattling

smiling

in good spirits

playful

mischievous

pleased

be cheerful

delightful

jubilant

funny

😄

frolicsome

jaunty

debonair

joking

content

festal

alert

exhilarating

Vertalings

joyeux

gai

alegre

fröhlich

allegro

heiter

vrolijk

giocondo

lustig

😄

alegre

😀

alegre

😀

vergnügt

χαρούμενος

monter

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈmɛɹi/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: mery

Geërf van Old English: meriġe

Verwante met Skots: mery

Verwante met Middle Dutch: mergelijc

Verwante met Noors: -

Verwante met Latyn: brevis

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: βραχύς

In summary

From Middle English mery, merie, mirie, myrie, murie, murȝe, from Old English meriġe, miriġe, myriġe, myreġe, myrġe (“pleasing, agreeable; pleasant, sweet, delightful; melodious”), from Proto-West Germanic *murgī (“short, slow, leisurely”), from Proto-Germanic *murguz (“short, slow”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short”). Cognate with Scots mery, mirry (“merry”), Middle Dutch mergelijc (“pleasant, agreeable, joyful”), Norwegian dialectal myrjel (“small object, figurine”), Latin brevis (“short, small, narrow, shallow”), Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”). Doublet of brief.