merry

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

joyeux

gai

éméché

jovial

gaieté

heureux

😀

plein

saison

temps

⌚

vif

festif

gala

actif

d´entrain

agile

aimable

enjoué

Synonymes

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

Traductions

alegre

fröhlich

allegro

heiter

giocondo

vrolijk

alegre

😀

alegre

😀

lustig

😄

vergnügt

χαρούμενος

lustig

monter

festevole

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmɛɹi/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: mery

Hérité de ancien anglais: meriġe

Appartenant à écossais: mery

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais: mergelijc

Appartenant à norvégien: -

Appartenant à latin: brevis

Appartenant à grec ancien: 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.