convivial

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

• IPA^(key): /kənˈvɪv.i.əl/

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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

• convive
• convivially
• conviviality

Borrowed from Latin convivalis.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.vi.vjal/

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• Homophones: conviviale, conviviales

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

• convivialité

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

From French convivial.

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

1. convivial