"bon vivant" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌbɑn vɪvˈɑnt/ [US], /ˌbɑn viˈvɑnt/ [US], /ˌbɒ̃ viːˈvɒ̃/ [UK] Forms: bon vivants [plural], bons vivants [plural], bon-vivant [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɒnt Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|bon vivant|lit=one who lives well, good ‘liver’ (living person)}} French bon vivant (literally “one who lives well, good ‘liver’ (living person)”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|bons vivants|nolinkhead=1}} bon vivant (plural bon vivants or bons vivants)
  1. A man who enjoys luxurious things in life, especially good food and drink; a man about town. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: bon viveur, hedonist, sensualist Related terms: joie de vivre, bonne vivante [feminine], boulevardier, dandy, man about town Translations (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink): vividor [masculine] (Catalan), vividora [feminine] (Catalan), panxacontent [masculine] (Catalan), panxacontenta [feminine] (Catalan), požitkář [masculine] (Czech), bonviván [masculine] (Czech), levemand [common-gender] (Danish), livsnyder [common-gender] (Danish), levensgenieter [masculine] (Dutch), bon-vivant [masculine] (Dutch), pallieter [masculine] (Dutch), pretmaker [masculine] (Dutch), bonvivanto (Esperanto), elunautija (Estonian), elämännautiskelija (Finnish), elostelija (Finnish), bon vivant [masculine] (French), bonne vivante [feminine] (French), Bonvivant [masculine] (German), Lebemann [masculine] (German), Genussmensch [masculine] (German), φιλήδονος (filídonos) [masculine] (Greek), καλοζωιστής (kalozoïstís) [masculine] (Greek), μπον βιβέρ (bon vivér) [masculine] (Greek), bonviván (Hungarian), bon-vivero (Ido), gaudente [feminine, masculine] (Italian), viveur [masculine] (Italian), viveuse [feminine] (Italian), ಭೋಜನಪ್ರಿಯ (bhōjanapriya) (Kannada), ಸುಭೋಜ್ಯಪ್ರಿಯ (subhōjyapriya) (Kannada), ಭೋಜನ ರಸಿಕ (bhōjana rasika) (Kannada), ಪಾಕಪ್ರಿಯ (pākapriya) (Kannada), мераклија (meraklija) [masculine] (Macedonian), xoşxwara (Northern Kurdish), livsnyter [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), levemann [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bon vivant [masculine] (Polish), boêmio [masculine] (Portuguese), жуи́р (žuír) [masculine] (Russian), бонвива́н (bonviván) [masculine] (Russian), vividor [masculine] (Spanish), vividora [feminine] (Spanish), goddagsplit [common-gender] (Swedish), livsnjutare [common-gender] (Swedish), vivör [common-gender] (Swedish), lebeman [common-gender] (Swedish), festprisse [common-gender] (Swedish)

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Alternative forms

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        "en:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A man who enjoys luxurious things in life, especially good food and drink; a man about town."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enjoy",
          "enjoy"
        ],
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ],
        [
          "drink",
          "drink"
        ],
        [
          "man about town",
          "man about town"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bon viveur"
        },
        {
          "word": "hedonist"
        },
        {
          "word": "sensualist"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌbɑn vɪvˈɑnt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌbɑn viˈvɑnt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌbɒ̃ viːˈvɒ̃/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒnt"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vividor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vividora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "panxacontent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "panxacontenta"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "požitkář"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bonviván"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "levemand"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "livsnyder"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "levensgenieter"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bon-vivant"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pallieter"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pretmaker"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "word": "bonvivanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "word": "elunautija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "word": "elämännautiskelija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "word": "elostelija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bon vivant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bonne vivante"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bonvivant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lebemann"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Genussmensch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "filídonos",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "φιλήδονος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kalozoïstís",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "καλοζωιστής"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "bon vivér",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μπον βιβέρ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "word": "bonviván"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "word": "bon-vivero"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gaudente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viveur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "viveuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "bhōjanapriya",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "word": "ಭೋಜನಪ್ರಿಯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "subhōjyapriya",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "word": "ಸುಭೋಜ್ಯಪ್ರಿಯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "bhōjana rasika",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "word": "ಭೋಜನ ರಸಿಕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "pākapriya",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "word": "ಪಾಕಪ್ರಿಯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "word": "xoşxwara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "meraklija",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мераклија"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "livsnyter"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "levemann"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bon vivant"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boêmio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žuír",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "жуи́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bonviván",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бонвива́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vividor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vividora"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "goddagsplit"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "livsnjutare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vivör"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lebeman"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "festprisse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bon vivant"
}

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