convivial
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French convivial, from Latin convīvium (“a feast”), combined form of con- (“together”) + vīvō (“to live”).
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Adjective edit
convivial (comparative more convivial, superlative most convivial)
- Having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 175:
- I put the chief of police behind the bar, instructed him in his duties, and we four convivial spirits sprawled along the counter drinking ale and telling yarns till cockcrow.
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin convivālis.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.vi.vjal/
Audio (file) - Homophones: conviviale, conviviales
Adjective edit
convivial (feminine conviviale, masculine plural conviviaux, feminine plural conviviales)
- congenial
- Synonyms: accueillant, affable, agréable, aimable, chaleureux, gracieux, sympathique
- Antonyms: désagréable, froid, hostile, inamical, malveillant
- convivial
- user-friendly
- Synonym: ergonomique
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Further reading edit
- “convivial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French convivial.
Adjective edit
convivial m or n (feminine singular convivială, masculine plural conviviali, feminine and neuter plural conviviale)
Declension edit
Declension of convivial
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | convivial | convivială | conviviali | conviviale | ||
definite | convivialul | conviviala | convivialii | convivialele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | convivial | conviviale | conviviali | conviviale | ||
definite | convivialului | convivialei | convivialilor | convivialelor |