gregarious

English

WOTD – 28 October 2008

Etymology

From Latin gregārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹɪˈɡɛə.ɹɪ.əs/
• IPA^(key): /ɡɹɨˈɡɛɹ.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.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

• gregariousness

Translations

of a person who enjoys being in crowds

• Bulgarian: общителен (bg) (obštitelen)
• Catalan: gregari (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 社交的 (zh) (shèjiāo de), 喜爱社交的

• Czech: družný, společenský (cs)
• Dutch: gezellig (nl), sociaal (nl), gregarieus, uitgaand (nl)
• Finnish: seurallinen
• French: sociable (fr)
• Galician: social m or f
• German: gesellig (de)
• Greek: κοινωνικός (el) (koinonikós)
• Hungarian: társaságot kedvelő
• Indonesian: suka bergaul
• Italian: socievole (it)
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• Japanese: 社交的な (ja) (しゃこうてきな, shakōteki na)
• Korean: 사교적인 (ko) (sagyojeog-in)
• Persian: معاشرتی (fa) (mo'âšerati)
• Portuguese: gregário (pt)
• Romanian: sociabil (ro)
• Russian: общи́тельный (ru) m (obščítelʹnyj), коммуника́бельный (ru) m (kommunikábelʹnyj), конта́ктный (ru) m (kontáktnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: greigheach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: друштвен

  Roman: društven (sh)

• Spanish: gregario (es), sociable (es)
• Swedish: sällskaplig (sv)
• Turkish: sosyal (tr)

of animals that travel in herds

• Bulgarian: събиращ се на ята (sǎbirašt se na jata)
• Czech: stádní
• Dutch: in kudde levend,
• Finnish: lauma- (fi), laumassa elävä
• French: grégaire (fr) m or f
• Galician: gregario (gl) m
• German: Herden- (de)
• Greek: αγελαίος (el) (agelaíos)
• Portuguese: gregário (pt)
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• Romanian: gregar (ro)
• Russian: ста́дный (ru) m (stádnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: greigheach
• Serbo-Croatian: čoporski

  Cyrillic: друштвен

  Roman: društven (sh)

• Spanish: gregario (es) m
• Turkish: sürü hâlinde, sürücül (tr)