# joli
## French
### 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).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒɔ.li/
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### Adjective

joli (feminine jolie, masculine plural jolis, feminine plural jolies)
* pretty; cute
** 1980, Géza Képes, Béla Kàlmàn, Péter Domokos, Le pouvoir du chant : anthologie de la poésie populaire ouralienne:Julie, fille jolie, un jour était allée cueillir au cœur des blés la belle fleur des blés, des bleuets pour s’en faire une couronne bleue, se faire une couronne et se distraire un peu.Julie, a pretty girl, had gone one day to pick among the wheat the beautiful flower of the cornfields, cornflowers to make herself a blue wreath, to make herself a wreath and amuse herself a little.
* (Louisiana) jolly, nice, pleasant, agreeable
    Synonym: agréable

#### Synonyms

* mignon

#### Derived terms

* faire joli
* jolie laide
* joliment

#### Related terms

* enjoliver

#### See also

* beau

### Further reading

* “joli”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Javanese ꦗꦺꦴꦭꦶ (joli, “palanquin”), from Old Javanese joli (“palanquin”), from Sanskrit दोला (dolā, “litter”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈd͡ʒoli/
* Rhymes: -li, -i
* Hyphenation: jo‧li

### Noun

joli (plural joli-joli)
* palanquin
    Synonyms: duli, tandu, usungan
* pair
    Synonym: pasangan
* yawl, jolly-boat

#### Derived terms

* sejoli

### References

* ↑ Tom Hoogervorst (2017 December 31) Andrea Acri, Roger Blench, Alexandra Landmann, editor, 9. The Role of “Prakrit” in Maritime Southeast Asia through 101 Etymologies‎, ISEAS Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 375–440

### Further reading

* “joli” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Lower Sorbian
### Alternative forms

* jolic

### Etymology

jo +‎ -li

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjɔli/, [ˈjɔlʲi]

### Conjunction

joli
* if

#### Usage notes

May optionally be followed by the conjunction až (“that”).

#### Synonyms

* -li
* gaž
* gaby

### Further reading

* Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “joli”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
* Starosta, Manfred (1999) “joli”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French joli (“pretty, cute”), 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).

### Adjective

joli m
* (Jersey) pretty

#### Derived terms

* jolîment (“prettily”)

## Old French
### Etymology

From an earlier jolif.

### Adjective

joli m (oblique and nominative feminine singular jolie)
* pretty; cute