viveur

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English

Etymology

From French viveur.

Noun

viveur (plural viveurs)

  1. Someone who lives well.
    "Walter Moyne was an extraordinary man, colossally rich, well-meaning, intelligent, scrupulous, yet a viveur ... he collected yachts, fish, monkeys and women." from Chips, the diaries of Sir Henry Channon. Edited by Robert Rhodes James. Weidenfeld and Nicholson, London, 1967.

French

Etymology

From vive +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vi.vœʁ/
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Noun

viveur m (plural viveurs)

  1. debauchee
    Synonyms: débauché, fêtard, noceur
    • 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine:
      Tholomyès était un viveur de trente ans, mal conservé. Il était ridé et édenté; et il ébauchait une calvitie dont il disait lui-même sans tristesse: crâne à trente ans, genou à quarante.
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Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: viveur
  • Italian: viveur

References

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French viveur.

Noun

viveur m (invariable)

  1. viveur

Further reading

  • viveur in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French viveur.

Noun

viveur m (plural viveuri)

  1. bon vivant

Declension

References

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