Dictionary

bon vivant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌbɒ̃ viːˈvɒ̃/ (UK)
• /ˌbɔ̃ viˈvɑ̃/ (UK)
• /ˌbɑn viˈvɑnt/ (US)
• /ˌbɔ̃ viˈvɑ̃/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌbɑn vɪvˈɑnt/ (US)

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”).

Meanings

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

Forms

Relateds

dandy · man about town · bonne vivante · boulevardier · joie de vivre

Synonyms

sensualist · high-stepper · bon viveur · bon viveur · lotus-eater · epicurean · voluptuary · lapling · sybarite · hedonist · hedonist · voluptuarian · softling · pleasure seeker · pleasurist · epicure

Translations (49)

kn ಭೋಜನ ರಸಿಕ (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · el καλοζωιστής (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · nb livsnyter (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · sv goddagsplit (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · de Genussmensch (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · fi elostelija (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · fi elämännautiskelija (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · hu bonviván (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · kn ಸುಭೋಜ್ಯಪ್ರಿಯ (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · pl bon vivant (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · sv vivör (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · cs požitkář (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · pt boêmio (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · it viveuse (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · fr bon vivant (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · et elunautija (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · es vividora (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · io bon-vivero (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · el φιλήδονος (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · sv festprisse (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · de Lebemann (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · de Bonvivant (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · nl bon-vivant (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · da livsnyder (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · ca vividor (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · kmr xoşxwara (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · it gaudente (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · ca sibarita (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · mk мераклија (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · kn ಪಾಕಪ್ರಿಯ (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · eo bonvivanto (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · cs bonviván (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · ru жуи́р (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · nl pretmaker (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · ca panxacontent (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · sv lebeman (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · sv livsnjutare (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · nl pallieter (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · kn ಭೋಜನಪ್ರಿಯ (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · da levemand (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · nl levensgenieter (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · fr bonne vivante (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · nb levemann (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · ru бонвива́н (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · el μπον βιβέρ (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · ca panxacontenta (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · es vividor (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · ca vividora (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) · it viveur (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink)