joyeux
French, adjective/ʒwa.jø/
joyeux is spelled J-O-Y-E-U-X (6 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written French, the 3,602nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Joyeux is a French adjective meaning “joyful, happy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a de la joie ; qui est rempli de joie”.
What does joyeux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
joyful, happy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a de la joie ; qui est rempli de joie. 2. Qui exprime la joie. 3. Qui donne, qui inspire de la joie.
adjective: 1. Relatif à Joué-l’Abbé, commune de la Sarthe.
noun: 1. Personne portée à ressentir et à exprimer de la joie. 2. Soldat des Bataillons d’infanterie légère d’Afrique.
noun: 1. Habitant de Joué-l’Abbé, commune française située dans le département de la Sarthe.
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 joyeux
- joyeuse feminine
- joyeuses feminine plural
- Joyeuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce joyeux?
- /ʒwa.jø/
- \ʒwa.jø\
- [ʒwa.jø]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to joyeux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is joyeux in French?
joyeux appears 21 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).