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convivial

/kənˈvɪv.i.əl/

convivial adjective: having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity.

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
    • I spent many a convivial evening at the club.
    • My grandpa was famously convivial.
    Synonyms:
    festive, social, gay, jovial, merry

convivial meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

convivial in Urdu

مجلسی, یار باش

convivial in Bengali

প্রফুল্ল, উৎসবমুখর

convivial in Malayalam

സൗഹാർദ്ദപരമായ, ആസ്വാദ്യകരം

convivial in Kannada

ಹಬ್ಬದ, ಹಿಗ್ಗುವ

Examples of convivial in a sentence

  • 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.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 175:
  • They were a convivial society of loners.2015, Steve Silberman, “Introduction”, in Megan Newman, editor, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, New...

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Synonyms of convivial

All synonyms of convivial

Forms of convivial

comparativemore convivial
superlativemost convivial

Origin of convivial

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

Words formed from convivial

Questions about convivial

What does convivial mean?
Convivial means having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity.
What is convivial in Urdu?
Convivial in Urdu is مجلسی, یار باش. See Convivial meaning in Urdu.
How do you use convivial in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is convivial?
Convivial is an adjective.
How do you pronounce convivial?
Convivial is pronounced /kənˈvɪv.i.əl/.

Words near convivial in the dictionary

  1. convived
  2. convivence
  3. convivencia
  4. convives
  5. convivia
  6. convivial
  7. convivialist
  8. convivialists
  9. convivialities
  10. conviviality
  11. convivialize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: convivial (page history and authors); convivial (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); convivial (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); convivial (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); convivial (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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