gregarious

English

WOTD – 28 October 2008    

Etymology

From Latin gregārius.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɡrɪˈɡɛə.ɹɪ.əs/
• (US) IPA: /ɡrɨˈɡɛɹ.i.əs/

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Adjective

gregarious (comparative more gregarious, superlative most gregarious)

1. (of a person) Describing one who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.
2. (zoology) Of animals that travel in herds or packs.
   • 1972, Richard Adams, Watership Down

     Rabbits are lively at nightfall, and when evening rain drives them underground they still feel gregarious.

Antonyms

• (of a person): ungregarious
• (zoology): nongregarious

Synonyms

• (of a person who enjoys being in crowds): outgoing, sociable

Translations

of a person who enjoys being in crowds

• Catalan: gregari (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 社交的 (cmn) (shèjiāo de)

• Czech: družný (cs), společenský (cs)
• Dutch: gezellig (nl), sociaal (nl), gregarieus (nl), uitgaand (nl)
• Finnish: seurallinen (fi)
• French: sociable (fr)
• German: gesellig (de)
• Greek: κοινωνικός (el) (koinonikós)
• Hungarian: társaságot kedvelő (hu)
• Indonesian: ‎suka bergaul

• Italian: gregario (it)
• Japanese: 社交的な (ja) (しゃこうてきな, shakōteki na)
• Korean: 사교적인 (ko) (sagyojeog-in)
• Romanian: sociabil (ro)
• Russian: общительный (ru) (obščítelʹnyj) m, коммуникабельный (ru) (kommunikábelʹnyj) m, контактный (ru) (kontáktnyj) m
• Scottish Gaelic: greigheach (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: друштвен (sh)

  Roman: društven (sh)

• Spanish: gregario (es)
• Turkish: sosyal (tr)

of animals that travel in herds

• Czech: stádní (cs)
• Finnish: lauma- (fi), ‎laumassa elävä
• French: grégaire (fr) m and f
• Greek: αγελαίος (el) (agelaíos)
• Romanian: gregar (ro)
• Russian: стадный (ru) (stádnyj) m

• Scottish Gaelic: greigheach (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: друштвен (sh)

  Roman: društven (sh)

• Turkish: sürü hâlinde (tr), sürücül (tr)