bon vivant

See also: Bonvivant and bon-vivant

English

Alternative forms

• bon-vivant

Etymology

Borrowed from French bon vivant (literally “one who lives well, good ‘liver’ (living person)”), from bon (“good”) + vivant (“person who is living”), agent noun of vivre (“to live”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɑn viˈvɑnt/
• IPA^(key): /ˌbɒ̃ viːˈvɒ̃/

Noun

bon vivant (plural bon vivants or bons vivants)

1. A person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink; a man about town.

Synonyms

• bon viveur

Related terms

• joie de vivre

Translations

person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink

• Czech: požitkář (cs) m, bonviván m
• Danish: levemand c, livsnyder c
• Dutch: levensgenieter (nl) m, pallieter (nl) m
• Esperanto: bonvivanto
• Estonian: elunautija
• Finnish: elämännautiskelija, elostelija (fi)
• French: bon vivant (fr) m, bonne vivante f
• German: Bonvivant (de) m, Lebemann (de) m, Genussmensch (de) m
• Greek: φιλήδονος (el) m (filídonos), καλοζωιστής (el) m (kalozoïstís), μπον βιβέρ (el) m (bon vivér)
• Hungarian: bonviván
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• Ido: bon-vivero
• Italian: gaudente (it) m or f, viveur (it) m, viveuse f
• Kannada: ಭೋಜನಪ್ರಿಯ (kn) (bhōjanapriya), ಸುಭೋಜ್ಯಪ್ರಿಯ (kn) (subhōjyapriya), ಭೋಜನ ರಸಿಕ (kn) (bhōjana rasika), ಪಾಕಪ್ರಿಯ (kn) (pākapriya)
• Kurdish:
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: livsnyter (no) m, levemann m

• Portuguese: boêmio (pt) m
• Russian: жуи́р (ru) m (žuír), бонвива́н (ru) m (bonviván)
• Spanish: vividor (es) m, vividora (es) f
• Swedish: goddagsplit c, livsnjutare c, vivör (sv) c, lebeman (sv) c, festprisse (sv) c

See also

• boulevardier
• dandy
• man about town

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̃ vi.vɑ̃/

Noun

bon vivant m (plural bons vivants, feminine bonne vivante)

1. bon vivant

Synonyms

• (obsolete) bon viveur