different between informal vs hobnob

English

Etymology

From in- +? formal.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?f??m(?)l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?f??m(?)l/
• Hyphenation: in?for?mal
• Rhymes: -??(?)m?l

Adjective

informal (comparative more informal, superlative most informal)

1. Not formal or ceremonious.

2. Not in accord with the usual regulations.

3. Suited for everyday use.

4. (of language) Reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage.
5. (horticulture) Not organized; not structured or planned.

Synonyms

• (not formal or ceremonious): casual
• (not in accord with the usual regulations): unofficial
• (suited for everyday use): casual
• (language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage): colloquial

Antonyms

• formal

Derived terms

• informality
• informally
• semi-informal

Translations

Anagrams

• formalin

Catalan

Etymology

in- +? formal

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /im.fo??mal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /im.fur?mal/

Adjective

informal (masculine and feminine plural informals)

1. informal

Derived terms

• informalment

Further reading

• “informal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Adjective

informal m or f (plural informais)

1. informal

Antonyms

• formal

Derived terms

• informalmente

Further reading

• “informal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Adjective

informal m or f (plural informais, comparable)

1. informal (not formal or ceremonious)

Further reading

• “informal” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /info??mal/, [??.fo??mal]

Adjective

informal (plural informales)

1. informal

   Antonym: formal

Derived terms

• falacia formal
• informalidad
• informalmente

Further reading

• “informal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From hob and nob, hob or nob (“a phrase spoken when making a toast, possibly meaning ‘give and take’; to take turns toasting or buying rounds of drinks”) (archaic), from dialectal hab nab (“to have or have not, in the sense of an invitation to have a drink”), from Old English habban (“to have, possess”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh?p- (“to grab, seize”)) + nabban (“to not have”) (from ne (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”)) + habban).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h?bn?b/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?b?n?b/
• Hyphenation: hob?nob

Noun

hobnob (plural hobnobs)

1. (obsolete) A toast made while touching glasses together.
2. A drinking together.
3. An informal chat.

Translations

Verb

hobnob (third-person singular simple present hobnobs, present participle hobnobbing, simple past and past participle hobnobbed)

1. (intransitive) To drink together.
2. (intransitive, often derogatory) To associate with in a friendly manner, often with those of a higher class or status.
3. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To have or have not; to give or take.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To toast one another by touching glasses. [from early 19th c.]

Alternative forms

• hob-and-nob (archaic)
• hob-nob

Synonyms

• fraternize
• rub elbows with, rub shoulders with

Derived terms

• hobnobber
• hobnobbing (noun)
• hobnobby

Translations

Adjective

hobnob (not comparable)

1. On friendly terms; in friendly association.

Adverb

hobnob (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) At random; at a venture; hit and miss.

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