conviviality

con·viv·i·al (k

n-v

adj.

1. Fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; sociable. See Synonyms at social.

2. Merry; festive: a convivial atmosphere at the reunion.

[Late Latin convvilis, from Latin convvium, banquet : com-, com- + vvere, to live; see g^wei- in Indo-European roots.]

con·vivi·ali·ty (-

-t

) n.

con·vivi·al·ly adv.

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Noun	1.	conviviality - a jovial nature joviality sociability, sociableness - the relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows
	2.	conviviality - a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity jollification, merrymaking festivity, celebration - any joyous diversion high jinks, high jinx, hijinks, jinks - noisy and mischievous merrymaking revel, revelry - unrestrained merrymaking

conviviality

noun sociability, cheer, festivity, gaiety, bonhomie, jollity, liveliness, cordiality, geniality, joviality, good fellowship, merrymaking, jollification I love the conviviality of these little canal-side pubs.

Translations

conviviality [kənˌvɪvɪˈælɪtɪ] N → alegría f y buen humor
there was an atmosphere of conviviality → había un ambiente de alegría y buen humor

conviviality [kənvɪviˈælɪti] n [place, occasion] → convivialité f

conviviality

n → unbeschwerte Heiterkeit; (of person also) → Fröhlichkeit f; (= sociability) → Geselligkeit f

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bonhomie
celebration
companionship
convivial
Falstaffian
festivity
friendliness
gaiety
geniality
goliard
high jinks
high jinx
hijinks
hilarity
hospitality
jinks
jollification
jollity
joviality

The streets present a lively and animated appearance, occasioned chiefly by the conviviality of the military.

The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context

He lifted the latch, and turned into the bright bar or kitchen on the right hand, where the less lofty customers of the house were in the habit of assembling, the parlour on the left being reserved for the more select society in which Squire Cass frequently enjoyed the double pleasure of conviviality and condescension.

Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context

But if you lacked that qualification, and were an hungered, or inclined toward conviviality at unlawful hours, Colette's was your only port.

Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context

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