merry

Significat (Anglès)

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.

Conceptes

alegre

😀

content

gai

vivaç

divertit

jovial

jocós

enèrgic

rialler

😆

animat

vigorós

Sinònims

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

Traduccions

joyeux

gai

alegre

allegro

fröhlich

heiter

vrolijk

giocondo

lustig

😄

alegre

😀

χαρούμενος

vergnügt

lustig

monter

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈmɛɹi/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: mery

Heretat de anglès antic: meriġe

Cognat amb escocès: mery

Cognat amb neerlandès mitjà: mergelijc

Cognat amb noruec: -

Cognat amb llatí: brevis

Cognat amb grec antic: 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.