different between sociable vs insolation

English

Etymology

From Middle French sociable, from Latin sociabilis.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?so???b?l/

Adjective

sociable (comparative more sociable, superlative most sociable)

1. (of a person) Tending to socialize or be social

   Synonyms: friendly, inviting, congenial

   • c. 1611, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline

     Society is no comfort to one not sociable.

2. Offering opportunities for conversation; characterized by much conversation.

3. (archaic) Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     They are sociable parts united into one body.

4. (obsolete) No longer hostile; friendly.

   • Is the King sociable And bids thee live ?

Antonyms

• (tending to socialize): unsociable

Derived terms

• sociability
• sociableness

Translations

Noun

sociable (plural sociables)

1. A sociable person.
2. (historical) A four-wheeled open carriage with seats facing each other.
3. A bicycle or tricycle for two persons side by side.
4. A couch with a curved S-shaped back.
5. (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.

Asturian

Adjective

sociable (epicene, plural sociables)

1. sociable

Catalan

Adjective

sociable (masculine and feminine plural sociables)

1. sociable

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

sociable (plural sociables)

1. sociable

Galician

Alternative forms

• sociábel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.??ja.ble/, [s??.??ja.?le?]

Adjective

sociable m or f (plural sociables)

1. sociable

Antonyms

• insociable

Spanish

Adjective

sociable (plural sociables)

1. sociable

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French insolation, from Latin insolatio (“a setting or placing in the sun”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??nso??le???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

insolation (usually uncountable, plural insolations)

1. The incident radiant energy emitted by the sun which reaches a unit area over a period of time, typically measured over a horizontal area at the Earth's surface or at the top of Earth's atmosphere.
2. The rate of delivery of such radiation.
3. The act or process of exposing to the rays of the sun, such as for the purpose of medical treatment, drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc., or of rendering acid, as vinegar.
4. (medicine, dated) sunstroke.

Synonyms

• (exposure as medical treatment): sunbath

Translations

See also

• insolation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Latin ?ns?l?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.s?.la.sj??/

Noun

insolation f (plural insolations)

1. sunstroke, insolation (heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays)

Further reading

• “insolation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).