viveur

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English

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Etymology

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From French viveur.

Noun

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viveur (plural viveurs)

  1. Someone who lives well.
    "Walter Moyne was an extraordinary man, colossally rich, well-meaning, intelligent, scrupulous, yet a viveur ... he collected yachts, fish, monkeys and women." from Chips, the diaries of Sir Henry Channon. Edited by Robert Rhodes James. Weidenfeld and Nicholson, London, 1967.

French

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Etymology

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From vive +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vi.vœʁ/
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Noun

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viveur m (plural viveurs)

  1. debauchee
    Synonyms: débauché, fêtard, noceur
    • 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine:
      Tholomyès était un viveur de trente ans, mal conservé. Il était ridé et édenté; et il ébauchait une calvitie dont il disait lui-même sans tristesse: crâne à trente ans, genou à quarante.
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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: viveur
  • Italian: viveur

References

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Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French viveur.

Noun

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viveur m (invariable)

  1. viveur

Further reading

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  • viveur in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French viveur.

Noun

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viveur m (plural viveuri)

  1. bon vivant

Declension

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References

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  • viveur in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN