English → Latin
“cheerfulness” in Latin
laetitiajoy, gladness, happiness, pleasure, delighthilaritāscheerfulness, merriment, good humoralacritāscheerfulness, liveliness, gaiety, animation; alacrity, eagerness, persistence, zeal, fervour, ardour; joy, rejoicing, ex
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cheerfulness
laetitia: hilaritas: alacritas. He is a person of great cheerfulness of temper, magna est in aliquo hilaritas.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cheerfulness?
- The usual Latin words for “cheerfulness” are laetitia, hilaritās, alacritās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.