joli

/ʒɔli/

adjective #890 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

pretty, nice (masculine)

Examples

jardin toutes fleurs.

Your garden is very pretty right now with all these flowers.

C' , .

He is a pretty baby, he looks a lot like his mother.

, c' ' cree .

That is a fine mess you have created all by yourself.

Joli est la forme masculine de l'adjectif joli (pretty, nice, pleasant). Il se place generalement avant le nom : un joli jardin (a pretty garden), un joli garcon (a good-looking boy). L'ironie peut inverser son sens : c'est joli ca ! peut signifier that's a fine thing! avec sarcasme.

Joliment (prettily, nicely) est l'adverbe derive. C'est tout joli (it's very cute / nice) est une formule appreciative. Un joli coup peut etre ironique pour designer une action habile mais douteuse. Faire le joli coeur (to play the charmer) est une expression comportementale.

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