joia

See also: jóia and Jóia

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʒɔ.jə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈd͡ʒɔ.ja]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French joie, from Latin gaudia, plural of gaudium (“joy”).

Noun

joia f (plural joies)

1. joy

Derived terms

• joiós

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Catalan joiell, borrowed from Old French joiel, from Vulgar Latin *jocale (“graceful object”), from Latin iocus (“game; playing; joke”).

Noun

joia f (plural joies)

1. jewel

   Synonym: joiell

Derived terms

• guardajoies
• joier
• joieria

Descendants

• Sicilian: gioja

References

• “joia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “joia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “joia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “joia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• goio (Provence)

Etymology

From Old Occitan joia, from Late Latin gaudia, plural of the Classical Latin gaudium (“joy”).

Noun

joia f (plural joias)

1. joy

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• joya

Etymology

From Late Latin gaudia, plural of the Classical Latin gaudium (“joy”).

Noun

joia f (oblique plural joias, nominative singular joia, nominative plural joias)

1. joy

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “gaudium”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 91

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• jóia (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese joya, from Old French joie (modern joyau), from Vulgar Latin *jocale, from Latin jocus. Compare Catalan joia and Spanish joya.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɔj.ɐ/ [ˈʒɔɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɔj.ɐ/ [ˈʒɔɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɔj.a/ [ˈʒɔɪ̯.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɔj.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: joi‧a

Noun

joia f (plural joias)

1. jewel (a precious or semi-precious stone)
2. (by extension) gem, treasure (anything considered precious or valuable)
   • 2014, David Byrne, Como funciona a música, Editora Manole, →ISBN:

     Ele tinha razão. Inevitavelmente, a música gravada se tornou um braço da protoglobalização – um processo capaz de revelar joias escondidas e de, ao mesmo tempo, destruílas.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. admission (the cost or fee associated with attendance or entry)

Adjective

joia (invariable, not comparable)

1. (Brazil, informal) good, all right, fine

   Essa quantidade está joia.

   This amount is fine.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:joia.