joli

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. pretty; cute
  2. (Louisiana) jolly, nice, pleasant, agreeable

Frequenz

A2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ʒɔ.li/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

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).

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