bon vivant
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bon vivant
- /ˌbɑn vɪvˈɑnt/ US
- /ˌbɑn viˈvɑnt/ US
- /ˌbɔ̃ viˈvɑ̃/ US
- /ˌbɒ̃ viːˈvɒ̃/ UK
- /ˌbɔ̃ viˈvɑ̃/ UK
Rhymes with -ɒnt
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French bon vivant (literally “one who lives well, good ‘liver’ (living person)”), from bon (“good”) + vivant (“person who is living”), agent noun of vivre (“to live”).
noun bon vivants · bons vivants · bon-vivant
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A man who enjoys luxurious things in life, especially good food and drink; a man about town.
Similar: bon viveur, hedonist, epicure, epicurean, high-stepper, lapling, lotus-eater, pleasure seeker, pleasurist, sensualist, softling, sybarite
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noun person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink
| Español | vividor, vividora |
|---|---|
| Português | boêmio |
| Français | bon vivant, bonne vivante |
| Deutsch | Bonvivant, Lebemann, Genussmensch |
| Italiano | gaudente, viveur, viveuse |
| Ελληνικά | φιλήδονος filídonos, καλοζωιστής kalozoïstís, μπον βιβέρ bon vivér |
| Русский | жуи́р žuír, бонвива́н bonviván |
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