convivial

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French convivial, from Latin convīvium (“a feast”), combined form of con- (“together”) + vīvō (“to live”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈvɪv.i.əl/

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Adjective

convivial (comparative more convivial, superlative most convivial)

1. Having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity

   Synonyms: festive, social, gay, jovial, merry

   I spent many a convivial evening at the club.

   My grandpa was famously convivial.

   • 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.

Derived terms

• convivialist
• convivialize
• nonconvivial

Related terms

• convive
• convivially
• conviviality

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeyh₃- (0 c, 696 e)

Translations

Having elements of a feast or of entertainment

• Bulgarian: весел (bg) (vesel), празничен (prazničen)
• Czech: společenský (cs), veselý (cs), družný (cs), stolní (cs), uvolněný (cs), přátelský (cs)
• Dutch: gezellig (nl)
• Macedonian: ве́сел (vésel), пра́зничен (prázničen), дру́штвен (drúštven), друже́љубив (družéljubiv)
• Polish: biesiadny (pl)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin convivālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.vi.vjal/

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• Homophones: conviviale, conviviales

Adjective

convivial (feminine conviviale, masculine plural conviviaux, feminine plural conviviales)

1. congenial

   Synonyms: accueillant, affable, agréable, aimable, chaleureux, gracieux, sympathique

   Antonyms: désagréable, froid, hostile, inamical, malveillant

2. convivial
3. user-friendly

   Synonym: ergonomique

Related terms

• convivialité

Descendants

• → English: convivial
• → Romanian: convivial

Further reading

• “convivial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French convivial.

Adjective

convivial m or n (feminine singular convivială, masculine plural conviviali, feminine/neuter plural conviviale)

1. convivial

Declension

Declension of convivial

		singular			plural
		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