congenial

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English

Etymology

From con- +‎ genial.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /kənˈd͡ʒiːniəl/

Adjective

congenial (comparative more congenial, superlative most congenial)

  1. Having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests.
    • 1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section XIX:
      No sluggish tide congenial to the glooms; / This, as it frothed by, might have been a bath / For the fiend's glowing hoof - to see the wrath / Of its black eddy bespate with flakes and spumes.
  2. Friendly or sociable.
    The congenial bartender makes the Hog’s Head an inviting place to hang out during the weekends.
  3. Suitable to one’s needs.
    • 1961, J. A. Philip, “Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato”, in Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92, pages 453–468:
      What was it that made this notion of mimesis, in spite of its inherent difficulties that only the dialectical method enables him to avoid, seem so useful and congenial to Plato?

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French congénial.

Adjective

congenial m or n (feminine singular congenială, masculine plural congeniali, feminine and neuter plural congeniale)

  1. congenial

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References

  • congenial in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN