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
   • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 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.

   Synonyms: festive, social, gay, jovial, merry

Related terms

• convive
• convivially
• conviviality

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeyh₃-‎ (0 c, 27 e)

Translations

Having elements of a feast or of entertainment

• Bulgarian: весел (bg) (vesel), празничен (prazničen)

• Macedonian: ве́сел (vésel), пра́зничен (prázničen), дру́штвен (drúštven), друже́љубив (družéljubiv)
• Polish: biesiadny (pl)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin convivalis.

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

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French convivial.

Adjective

convivial m or n (feminine singular convivială, masculine plural conviviali, feminine and 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