joyeuseté
French, noun/ʒwa.jøz.te/
joyeuseté is spelled J-O-Y-E-U-S-E-T-É (9 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 161,134th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Joyeuseté is a French feminine noun meaning “cheerful mood?” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plaisanterie, mot pour rire”.
What does joyeuseté mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedfemininecheerful mood?
- 2
femininejoke
- 3
feminine?
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plaisanterie, mot pour rire. 2. Chose pas très amusante, voire pénible.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of joyeuseté
- joyeusetés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce joyeuseté?
- /ʒwa.jøz.te/
- \ʒwa.jøz.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is joyeuseté in French?
joyeuseté appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).