# sociable
## English
### Etymology

From Middle French sociable, from Latin sociābilis.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈsoʊʃəbəl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adjective

sociable (comparative more sociable, superlative most sociable)
* (of a person) Tending to socialize or be social.
    Synonyms: friendly, inviting, congenial
    He's normally pretty quiet, but he gets much more sociable around women.
** 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):Society is no comfort to one not sociable.
* Offering opportunities for conversation; characterized by much conversation.
    a sociable party
* (archaic) Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable.
** 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):They are sociable parts united into one body.
* (obsolete) No longer hostile; friendly.
** c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Philaster: Or, Love Lies a Bleeding”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):Is the King sociable And bids thee live ?

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “tending to socialize”): unsociable

#### Derived terms

* sociability
* sociable lapwing
* sociableness
* sociable number
* sociable plover
* sociable weaver
* sociable weaverbird

#### Translations
### Noun

sociable (plural sociables)
* A sociable person.
* (historical) A four-wheeled open carriage with seats facing each other.
* A bicycle or tricycle for two persons side by side.
* A couch with a curved S-shaped back.
* (US) An informal party or church meeting for purposes of socializing.
** 1903, George Horace Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son, page 46:At the church sociables he used to hop around among them, chipping and chirping like a dicky-bird picking up seed; and he was a great hand to play the piano, and sing saddish, sweetish songs to them.

#### Derived terms

* necktie sociable

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin sociābilis.

### Adjective

sociable (epicene, plural sociables)
* sociable

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sociābilis.

### Adjective

sociable m or f (masculine and feminine plural sociables)
* sociable

### Further reading

* “sociable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “sociable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “sociable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “sociable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sociābilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɔ.sjabl/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

sociable (plural sociables)
* sociable

### Further reading

* “sociable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* sociábel

### Etymology

From Latin sociābilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɔ.ˈθja.ble/, [s̺ɔ.ˈθja.βle̝]

### Adjective

sociable m or f (plural sociables)
* sociable
    Antonym: insociable

### Further reading

* “sociable”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin sociābilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /soˈθjable/ [soˈθja.β̞le]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /soˈsjable/ [soˈsja.β̞le]
* Rhymes: -able
* Syllabification: so‧cia‧ble

### Adjective

sociable m or f (masculine and feminine plural sociables)
* sociable

#### Derived terms

* sociabilidad
* sociabilizar

### Further reading

* “sociable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10