bon vivant

See also: Bonvivant and bon-vivant

English

Alternative forms

bon-vivant

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”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌbɑn viˈvɑnt/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌbɒ̃ viːˈvɒ̃/

Noun

bon vivant (plural bon vivants or bons vivants)

A person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink; a man about town.

Synonyms

bon viveur

Related terms

joie de vivre

Translations

person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink

Czech: požitkář (cs) m, bonviván m
Danish: levemand c, livsnyder c
Dutch: levensgenieter (nl) m, pallieter (nl) m
Esperanto: bonvivanto
Estonian: elunautija
Finnish: elämännautiskelija, elostelija (fi)
French: bon vivant (fr) m, bonne vivante f
German: Bonvivant (de) m, Lebemann (de) m, Genussmensch (de) m
Greek: φιλήδονος (el) m (filídonos), καλοζωιστής (el) m (kalozoistís), μπον βιβέρ (el) m (bon vivér)
Hungarian: bonviván

Ido: bon-vivero
Italian: gaudente (it) m or f, viveur (it) m, viveuse f
Kannada: ಭೋಜನಪ್ರಿಯ (kn) (bhōjanapriya), ಸುಭೋಜ್ಯಪ್ರಿಯ (kn) (subhōjyapriya), ಭೋಜನ ರಸಿಕ (kn) (bhōjana rasika), ಪಾಕಪ್ರಿಯ (kn) (pākapriya)
Kurdish: xoşxwara
Norwegian:
Bokmål: livsnyter (no) m, levemann m
Portuguese: boêmio (pt) m
Russian: жуи́р (ru) m (žuír), бонвива́н (ru) m (bonviván)
Spanish: vividor (es) m, vividora (es) f
Swedish: goddagsplit c, livsnjutare c, vivör (sv) c, lebeman (sv) c, festprisse (sv) c

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔ̃ vi.vɑ̃/

Noun

bon vivant m (plural bons vivants, feminine bonne vivante)

bon vivant

Synonyms

(obsolete) bon viveur

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