lifestyle

See also: life-style and life style

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

life +‎ style

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
enPR: līfʹstīl'

Noun

lifestyle (plural lifestyles)

A style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group.
Near-synonyms: lifeway, way of life
(marketing) The totality of the likes and dislikes of a particular section of the market, especially when expressed in terms of the products and services that they would buy; a marketing strategy based on the self-image of such a group.

Derived terms

Translations

style of living

Afrikaans: leefstyl
Arabic: حَيَاة (ar) f (ḥayāh), طَرِيقَة فِي حَيَاة f (ṭarīqa fī ḥayāh), نَمَط حَيَاة m (namaṭ ḥayāh)
Basque: bizimodu, bizimolde
Bulgarian: начин на живот m (način na život)
Catalan: estil de vida m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 生活方式 (zh) (shēnghuó fāngshì), 生態／生态 (zh) (shēngtài), 方式 (zh) (fāngshì)
Czech: životní styl m, způsob života m
Danish: livsstil (da) c
Dutch: levensstijl (nl) m
Esperanto: vivmaniero, vivostilo
Faroese: lívsháttur m, lívsstílur m
Finnish: elämäntapa (fi)
French: mode de vie (fr) m, hygiène de vie (fr) f
Galician: estilo de vida m
German: Lebensstil (de) m, Lebensweise (de) f, Lebenswandel (de) m
Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐌼𐌴𐍄 n (usmēt)
Greek: τρόπος ζωής m (trópos zoḯs)
Ancient: δίαιτα f (díaita)
Hebrew: אֹרַח חַיִּים (he) m (óraẖ ẖayím)
Hungarian: életmód (hu)
Interlingua: stilo de vita
Irish: stíl mhaireachtála f
Italian: stile di vita (it) m
Japanese: ライフスタイル (raifu sutairu), 生活様式 (せいかつようしき, seikatsu yōshiki), 生き方 (いきかた, ikikata)
Kazakh: өмір салты (ömır salty), тұрмыс қалпы (tūrmys qalpy)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: şêwaza jiyanê
Latin: vīctus (la) m
Latvian: dzīvesveids (lv) m
Lithuanian: gyvensena f
Macedonian: жи́вотен стил m (žívoten stil)
Malay: gaya hidup
Maori: āhua noho, kātū noho
Mari:
Eastern Mari: илышкокла (ilyškokla)
Norwegian: livsstil (no) m
Occitan: biais de viure m
Plautdietsch: Läwensstiel n
Polish: styl życia (pl) m, tryb życia (pl) m
Portuguese: estilo de vida m
Romanian: stil de viață n
Russian: стиль жи́зни (ru) m (stilʹ žízni), о́браз жи́зни (ru) m (óbraz žízni)
Scottish Gaelic: dòigh-beatha f
Southern Altai: јӱрӱмниҥ кеби (ǰürümniŋ kebi)
Spanish: estilo de vida m, forma de vida f
Swedish: livsstil (sv) c
Thai: วิถีชีวิต, ไลฟ์สไตล์
Turkish: yaşam biçimi (tr), yaşam tarzı (tr)
Welsh: ffordd o fyw (cy)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English lifestyle.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laifesˈtail/ [lai̯.fesˈt̪ai̯l]
Rhymes: -ail

Noun

lifestyle m (plural lifestyles)

(marketing) lifestyle

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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