vie

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Finnish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Verb 2.4 Pronunciation 2.5 Verb 2.6 Anagrams 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Etymology 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Derived terms 4 Italian 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 5 Manx 5.1 Adjective 5.2 References 6 Norwegian 6.1 Verb 7 Romanian 7.1 Etymology 1 7.1.1 Noun 7.1.1.1 Declension 7.2 Etymology 2 7.2.1 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French envier.

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• IPA: /vaɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ

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to vie (third-person singular simple present vies, present participle vying, simple past and past participle vied)

1. (intransitive) To rival; to struggle for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.

   Her suitors were all vying for her attention.

   Political parties are always vying with one another to get the most attention.

2. (transitive, archaic) To rival (something), etc.
   • 1608, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra [1]

     But, if there be, or ever were, one such, / It's past the size of dreaming: nature wants stuff / To vie strange forms with fancy; yet, to imagine / An Antony, were nature's piece 'gainst fancy, / Condemning shadows quite.

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• battle
• compete
• oppose

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• concede
• reconcile

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• I've
• VEI

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Etymology

• Inflected form of viedä.

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• Hyphenation: vie
• IPA: /'vieː/

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vie

1. Third-person singular indicative present form of viedä.

[edit] Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: vie
• IPA: /'vie(ʔ)/

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vie

1. Indicative present connegative form of viedä.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of viedä.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of viedä.

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• vei

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• IPA: /vi/, SAMPA: /vi/

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Latin vita

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vie f.

1. life

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• en vie

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈviː.e/, SAMPA: /"vi:.e/

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vie f.

1. Plural form of via.

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[edit] Manx

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vie

1. Lenited form of mie.

[edit] References

Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages by Mark Abley (2003)

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[edit] Verb

vie (present tense vier; past tense via/viet; past participle via/viet; present participle viende; imperative vi)

1. To dedicate something to someone or towards a cause
2. To wed two persons into marriage

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Latin vinea

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vie f. (plural vii)

1. vineyard

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Forms of the adjective viu

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vie

1. feminine singular nominative form of viu.
2. feminine singular accusative form of viu.