sociable
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle French sociable, from Latin sociābilis.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsoʊʃəbəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
editsociable (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
editTranslations
edittending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial
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Noun
editsociable (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
editEtymology
editFrom Latin sociābilis.
Adjective
editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin sociābilis.
Adjective
editsociable 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
editEtymology
editFrom Latin sociābilis.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsociable (plural sociables)
Further reading
edit- “sociable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin sociābilis.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsociable m or f (plural sociables)
- sociable
- Antonym: insociable
Further reading
edit- “sociable”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Latin sociābilis.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /soˈθjable/ [soˈθja.β̞le]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /soˈsjable/ [soˈsja.β̞le]
- Rhymes: -able
- Syllabification: so‧cia‧ble
Adjective
editsociable m or f (masculine and feminine plural sociables)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “sociable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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