joyo
See also: jōyo
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English joy, French joie, Italian gioia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʒojo/, /ˈd͡ʒojo/
Noun
joyo (plural joyi)
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin lolium. Compare Portuguese joio and Catalan jull.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxoʝo/ [ˈxo.ʝo] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
- IPA(key): /ˈxoʃo/ [ˈxo.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˈxoʒo/ [ˈxo.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -oʝo
- Syllabification: jo‧yo
Noun
joyo m (plural joyos)
Further reading
- “joyo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025