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English
Etymology
From Middle French sociable, from Latin sociābilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sociable (comparative more sociable, superlative most sociable)
- (of a person) Tending to socialize or be social.
- Synonyms: friendly, inviting, congenial
He's normally pretty quiet, but he gets much more sociable around women.
1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):Society is no comfort to one not sociable.
- Offering opportunities for conversation; characterized by much conversation.
a sociable party
- (archaic) Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable.
- (obsolete) No longer hostile; friendly.
c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Philaster: Or, Love Lies a Bleeding”, in Comedies and Tragedies , London: Humphrey Robinson, , and for Humphrey Moseley , published 1679, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):Is the King sociable And bids thee live ?
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “tending to socialize”): unsociable
Derived terms
Translations
tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial
- Belarusian: тавары́скі (tavarýski)
- Bulgarian: общителен (bg) (obštitelen), приятелски (bg) (prijatelski)
- Catalan: sociable (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 社交的 (zh) (shèjiāo de)
- Finnish: seurallinen, sosiaalinen (fi)
- French: sociable (fr)
- Galician: falangueiro (gl)
- Georgian: მეგობრული (megobruli), კომუნიკაბელური (ḳomuniḳabeluri), ურთიერთობის მოყვარული (urtiertobis moq̇varuli), კონტაქტური (ḳonṭakṭuri)
- German: gesellig (de)
- Hungarian: társaságkedvelő (hu), barátkozó (hu), közvetlen (hu)
- Irish: caidreamhach, cuideachtúil
- Japanese: 社交的な (ja) (しゃこうてきな, shakōteki na)
- Maori: whakahoahoa
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: selskapelig
- Nynorsk: selskapeleg, selskapleg
- Polish: towarzyski (pl)
- Portuguese: sociável (pt)
- Romanian: sociabil (ro)
- Russian: общи́тельный (ru) (obščítelʹnyj), коммуника́бельный (ru) (kommunikábelʹnyj), конта́ктный (ru) (kontáktnyj), компане́йский (ru) (kompanéjskij)
- Spanish: sociable (es), comerciable (es), gregario (es)
- Tagalog: halubilo, mahalubilo
- Ukrainian: товари́ський (tovarýsʹkyj), компані́йський (kompaníjsʹkyj)
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Noun
sociable (plural sociables)
- A sociable person.
- (historical) A four-wheeled open carriage with seats facing each other.
- A bicycle or tricycle for two persons side by side.
- A couch with a curved S-shaped back.
- (US) An informal party or church meeting for purposes of socializing.
1903, George Horace Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son, page 46:At the church sociables he used to hop around among them, chipping and chirping like a dicky-bird picking up seed; and he was a great hand to play the piano, and sing saddish, sweetish songs to them.
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin sociābilis.
Adjective
sociable (epicene, plural sociables)
- sociable
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sociābilis.
Adjective
sociable m or f (masculine and feminine plural sociables)
- sociable
Further reading
French
Etymology
From Latin sociābilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sociable (plural sociables)
- sociable
Further reading
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin sociābilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sociable m or f (plural sociables)
- sociable
- Antonym: insociable
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin sociābilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /soˈθjable/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /soˈsjable/
- Rhymes: -able
- Syllabification: so‧cia‧ble
Adjective
sociable m or f (masculine and feminine plural sociables)
- sociable
Derived terms
Further reading