# bon vivant

Pronunciation: US say "bahn vee-VAHNT" /ˌbɑn vɪvˈɑnt/; UK say "bon vee-VON" /ˌbɒ̃ viːˈvɒ̃/

## Noun

1. A man who enjoys life's luxuries, especially fine food and drink, and who moves easily in fashionable society.
   - Simple: A man who enjoys expensive pleasures, especially good food and drink, and a busy social life.
   - _A celebrated bon vivant, he was a fixture at the city's finest restaurants and liveliest parties._
   - _The club's dining room was full of bon vivants lingering over brandy and cigars._

## Origin

Borrowed from French bon vivant, literally “one who lives well”, from bon (“good”) + vivant (“person who is living”), the agent noun of vivre (“to live”).

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/bon-vivant (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).