joli

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).

• IPA^(key): /ʒɔ.li/

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joli (feminine singular jolie, masculine plural jolis, feminine plural jolies)

1. pretty; cute
2. (Louisiana) jolly, nice, pleasant, agreeable

   Synonym: agréable

• mignon

• joliment

• enjoliver

• beau

• “joli” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• jolic

jo +‎ -li

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɔli/, [ˈjɔlʲi]

joli

1. if

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

• -li
• gaž
• gaby

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).

joli m

1. (Jersey) pretty

• jolîment (“prettily”)

From an earlier jolif

joli m (oblique and nominative feminine singular jolie)

1. pretty; cute