SOCIABLE


Meaning of SOCIABLE in English

adj. & n.

--adj.

1. fitted for or liking the society of other people; ready and willing to talk and act with others.

2 (of a person's manner or behaviour etc.) friendly.

3 (of a meeting etc.) marked by friendliness, not stiff or formal.

--n.

1. an open carriage with facing side seats.

2 an S-shaped couch for two occupants partly facing each other.

3 US a social.

Derivatives:

sociability n. sociableness n. sociably adv.

Etymology: F sociable or L sociabilis f. sociare to unite f. socius companion

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.