sociable
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French sociable, from Latin sociābilis.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsoʊʃəbəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Adjective edit
sociable (comparative more sociable, superlative most sociable)
- (of a person) Tending to socialize or be social.
- Synonyms: friendly, inviting, congenial
- He's normally pretty quiet, but he gets much more sociable around women.
- 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- Society is no comfort to one not sociable.
- Offering opportunities for conversation; characterized by much conversation.
- a sociable party
- (archaic) Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable.
- 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
- They are sociable parts united into one body.
- (obsolete) No longer hostile; friendly.
- c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Philaster: Or, Love Lies a Bleeding”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- Is the King sociable And bids thee live ?
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of “tending to socialize”): unsociable
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial
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Noun edit
sociable (plural sociables)
- A sociable person.
- (historical) A four-wheeled open carriage with seats facing each other.
- A bicycle or tricycle for two persons side by side.
- A couch with a curved S-shaped back.
- (US) An informal party or church meeting for purposes of socializing.
- 1903, George Horace Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son, page 46:
- At the church sociables he used to hop around among them, chipping and chirping like a dicky-bird picking up seed; and he was a great hand to play the piano, and sing saddish, sweetish songs to them.
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin sociābilis.
Adjective edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin sociābilis.
Adjective edit
sociable m or f (masculine and feminine plural sociables)
Further reading edit
- “sociable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sociable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “sociable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sociable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Etymology edit
From Latin sociābilis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sociable (plural sociables)
Further reading edit
- “sociable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin sociābilis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sociable m or f (plural sociables)
- sociable
- Antonym: insociable
Further reading edit
- “sociable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin sociābilis.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /soˈθjable/ [soˈθja.β̞le]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /soˈsjable/ [soˈsja.β̞le]
- Rhymes: -able
- Syllabification: so‧cia‧ble
Adjective edit
sociable m or f (masculine and feminine plural sociables)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “sociable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014