how to pronounce jovial

/ˈdʒoʊviːəl/

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jovial is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of jovial in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and jovial and then it got something …”

meanings of jovial

adjective:

Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Jupiter; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).
Cheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry.
Pertaining to the planet Jupiter; Jovian.
Pertaining to the Roman god Jove or Jupiter (the counterpart of the Greek god Zeus), the god of the sky and thunder and the king of the gods; Jovian.

noun:

An inhabitant of the planet Jupiter; a Jovian.

jovial frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word jovial occurs in english on average 1.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics jovial can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that jovial can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;

2) people, society, and culture;