joli

Meaning

1. pretty; cute
2. jolly, nice, pleasant, agreeable

Concepts

pretty

beautiful

nice

cute

good-looking

handsome

fine

good

👍

attractive

bonny

comely

fair

friendly

lovely

become beautiful

become pretty

make pretty

fayre

neat

elegant

pleasant

beauteous

splendiferous

sympathetic

tidy

prettiful

bootiful

pulchrous

easy on the eyes

goodly

gorgeous

graceful

enough

Synonyms

beau

belle

jolie

gentil

mignon

gracieux

sympa

attrayant

sympathique

ravissant

insouciante

bon

👍

-

agréable

attirant

attractif

bath

bien fait

comme il faut

insouciant

propre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʒɔ.li/

Etymology

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).

Sentences

Rastignac suivit du regard ce joli couple , en demeurant abîmé dans ses réflexions .

Rastignac followed the pretty couple with his eyes, remaining damaged in his reflections.