How do you pronounce convivial?

The recorded pronunciation is /kənˈvɪv.i.əl/.

convivial

/kənˈvɪv.i.əl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

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"I spent many a convivial evening at the club."
"My grandpa was famously convivial."
"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."
"While the central focus of their lives was the work they did in solitude, they clearly enjoyed being with others who are on the same frequency. They were a convivial society of loners."

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

more convivial (comparative) most convivial (superlative)

convivialist convivialize nonconvivial

convive convivially conviviality

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