gregarious

English

WOTD – 28 October 2008

Etymology

From Latin gregārius.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɡɹɪˈɡɛə.ɹɪ.əs/
(US) IPA^(key): /ɡɹɨˈɡɛɹ.i.əs/
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Adjective

gregarious (comparative more gregarious, superlative most gregarious)

(of a person) Describing one who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.
(zoology) Of animals that travel in herds or packs.
- 1972, Richard Adams, Watership Down
  Rabbits are lively at nightfall, and when evening rain drives them underground they still feel gregarious.

Synonyms

(of a person who enjoys being in crowds): outgoing, sociable, social

Antonyms

(of a person): ungregarious
(zoology): nongregarious

Derived terms

gregariousness

Translations

of a person who enjoys being in crowds

Bulgarian: общителен (bg) (obštitelen)
Catalan: gregari (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 社交的 (zh) (shèjiāo de), 喜爱社交的
Czech: družný, společenský (cs)
Dutch: gezellig (nl), sociaal (nl), gregarieus, uitgaand (nl)
Finnish: seurallinen
French: sociable (fr)
Galician: social m or f
German: gesellig (de)
Greek: κοινωνικός (el) (koinonikós)
Hungarian: társaságot kedvelő
Indonesian: suka bergaul
Italian: socievole (it)

Japanese: 社交的な (ja) (しゃこうてきな, shakōteki na)
Korean: 사교적인 (ko) (sagyojeog-in)
Persian: معاشرتی‎ (fa) (mo'âšerati)
Portuguese: gregário (pt)
Romanian: sociabil (ro)
Russian: общи́тельный (ru) m (obščítelʹnyj), коммуника́бельный (ru) m (kommunikábelʹnyj), конта́ктный (ru) m (kontáktnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: greigheach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: друштвен

Roman: društven (sh)
Spanish: gregario (es), sociable (es)
Swedish: sällskaplig (sv)
Turkish: sosyal (tr)

of animals that travel in herds

Bulgarian: събиращ се на ята (sǎbirašt se na jata)
Czech: stádní
Dutch: in kudde levend,
Finnish: lauma- (fi), laumassa elävä
French: grégaire (fr) m or f
Galician: gregario (gl) m
German: Herden- (de)
Greek: αγελαίος (el) (agelaíos)
Portuguese: gregário (pt)

Romanian: gregar (ro)
Russian: ста́дный (ru) m (stádnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: greigheach
Serbo-Croatian: čoporski
Cyrillic: друштвен

Roman: društven (sh)
Spanish: gregario (es) m
Turkish: sürü hâlinde, sürücül (tr)

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