joia

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

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

joia f (plural joies)

1. joy

• joiós

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

joia f (plural joies)

1. jewel

• joiell

• joier
• joieria

• goio (Provence)

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

joia f (plural joias)

1. joy

• joya

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

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

1. joy

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “gaudium”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 40, page 91

• jóia (superseded)

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɔj.ɐ/
• Hyphenation: joi‧a

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.

joia (invariable, not comparable)

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

   Essa quantidade está joia.

   This amount is fine.