different between glad vs jovial
glad
English
Etymology
From Middle English glad, gled, from Old English glæd (“shining; bright; cheerful; glad”), from Proto-Germanic *gladaz (“shiny; gleaming; radiant; happy; glossy; smooth; flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?lad?-, from *??elh?- (“to shine”).
Cognate with Scots gled, glaid (“shining; bright; glad”), Saterland Frisian glääd (“smooth; sleek”), West Frisian glêd (“smooth”), Dutch glad (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), German glatt (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish glad (“glad; happy; cheerful”), Icelandic glaður (“glad; joyful; cheery”), Latin glaber (“smooth; hairless; bald”). Doublet of glatt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?læd/
- Rhymes: -æd
Adjective
glad (comparative gladder or more glad, superlative gladdest or most glad)
- Pleased, happy, gratified.
- A wise son maketh a glad father.
- 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act III Scene 2
- Glad am I that your highness is so arm'd / To bear the tidings of calamity.
- "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. I never did that. I always made up my mind I'd be a big man some day, and—I'm glad I didn't steal."
- (obsolete) Having a bright or cheerful appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness.
- 1590, Philip Sidney, Arcadia
- Her conversation / More glad to me than to a miser money is.
- 1590, Philip Sidney, Arcadia
Antonyms
- sorrowful
- sad
- downcast
- peevish
- cranky
- heavy
- depressed
Derived terms
- engladden
- gladden
- gladly
Translations
Verb
glad (third-person singular simple present glads, present participle gladding, simple past and past participle gladded)
- (archaic, transitive) To make glad
- Synonyms: cheer up, gladden, exhilarate
- that which gladded all the warrior train
- 1922, A. E. Housman, Epithalamium, line 3
- God that glads the lover's heart
Breton
Alternative forms
- gwlad
Etymology
From Middle Breton gloat (“kingdom, wealth”), from Proto-Brythonic *gwlad, from Proto-Celtic *wlatis (“sovereignty”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?wélh?tis ~ *h?wl?h?téy-, from the root *h?welh?-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l??t/
Noun
glad f (plural gladoù)
- arable land
- patrimony, estate
- (archaic) territory, country
- (archaic) feudal domain
Inflection
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse glaðr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lad/, [??læð]
- Rhymes: -ad
Adjective
glad (neuter glad, plural and definite singular attributive glade, comparative gladere, superlative (predicative) gladest, superlative (attributive) gladeste)
- happy, glad
References
- “glad” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch glat, from Old Dutch *glad, from Proto-Germanic *gladaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?t/
- Hyphenation: glad
- Rhymes: -?t
Adjective
glad (comparative gladder, superlative gladst)
- smooth, polished
- slippery
Inflection
Derived terms
- gladheid
- gladjanus
- spekglad
- spiegelglad
Adverb
glad
- completely, entirely (mostly along with verbs and adjective with a negative meaning)
Usage notes
The usage as an adverb is highly restricted to verbs such as vergeten (“to forget”) and bederven (“to spoil, to rot”) and adjectives such as mis (“wrong, incorrect”) and verkeerd (“wrong, incorrect”).
Middle English
Alternative forms
- glade, gladde, glaid, gled
Etymology
From Old English glæd, from Proto-West Germanic *glad.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?la?d/, /?lad/
Adjective
glad
- joyful, merry, happy
Descendants
- English: glad
- Scots: gled, glaid
- Yola: glaude
References
- “gl??d, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse glaðr
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????/, /?l??/
Adjective
glad (neuter singular glad, definite singular and plural glade, comparative gladere, indefinite superlative gladest, definite superlative gladeste)
- happy, glad
References
- “glad” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse glaðr. Akin to English glad.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l??/
Adjective
glad (neuter singular glad, definite singular and plural glade, comparative gladare, indefinite superlative gladast, definite superlative gladaste)
- happy, glad
References
- “glad” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gladaz
Adjective
glad
- glad
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gold?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lâ?d/
Noun
gl?d f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- hunger
- ko radi, ne boji se gladi
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish glaþer, from Old Norse glaðr, from Proto-Germanic *gladaz, from Proto-Indo-European *g?lad?-, derivation of Proto-Indo-European *g?el- (“to shine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l??d/
Adjective
glad (comparative gladare, superlative gladast)
- happy, glad
Declension
Anagrams
- lagd
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jovial
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French jovial (“jolly, jovial”), from Italian gioviale (“jolly, jovial; (obsolete) born under the influence of the planet Jupiter”), from Latin iovi?lis (“relating to the Roman god Jupiter”), from Iuppiter, Iovis (“the Roman god Jove or Jupiter, counterpart of the Greek god Zeus”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to be bright; heaven, sky”)) + -?lis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship); analysable as Jove +? -ial.
Sense 1 (“cheerful and good-humoured”) refers to the fact that individuals born under the astrological influence of the planet Jupiter were believed to have that disposition.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d???.v?.?l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?d?o?.v?.?l/
- Hyphenation: jov?i?al
Adjective
jovial (comparative more jovial, superlative most jovial)
- (comparable) Cheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:happy
- Antonyms: saturnine; see also Thesaurus:sad
- (not comparable, astrology, obsolete) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Jupiter; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).
Alternative forms
- joviall (obsolete)
Derived terms
- joviality
- jovially
- jovialness
Related terms
- Jove
- Jovial
- Jovian
Translations
References
Further reading
- Jupiter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Jupiter (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- jovial (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- jovial in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- jovial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- jovial at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian gioviale, from Latin iovi?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.vjal/
- Homophones: joviale, joviales
Adjective
jovial (feminine singular joviale, masculine plural joviaux, feminine plural joviales)
- jovial, jolly
Descendants
- ? Czech: žoviální
Further reading
- “jovial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French jovial, from Italian gioviale, from Latin iovi?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jo?via?l/
Adjective
jovial
- jovial
Further reading
- “jovial” in Duden online
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German jovial, from Latin jovialis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ju.vi.a?l/, [j?.??.?a?l]
Adjective
jovial (neuter singular jovialt, definite singular and plural joviale)
- jovial
References
“jovial” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From German jovial, from Latin jovialis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ju.vi.a?l/, [j?.??.?a?l]
Adjective
jovial (neuter singular jovialt, definite singular and plural joviale)
- jovial
References
“jovial” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin iovi?lis.
Adjective
jovial m or f (plural joviais, comparable)
- jovial; merry, cheerful
Romanian
Etymology
From French jovial
Adjective
jovial m or n (feminine singular jovial?, masculine plural joviali, feminine and neuter plural joviale)
- jocose
Declension
Related terms
- jovialitate
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin iovi?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xo?bjal/, [xo???jal]
Adjective
jovial (plural joviales)
- Jovian
- cheerful, jovial
Derived terms
- jovialidad
- jovialmente
Further reading
- “jovial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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