vie

English

Etymology

From French envier.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vaɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• battle
• compete
• oppose

Antonyms

• concede
• reconcile

Translations

To rival; to struggle for superiority; to compete

Finnish: kilpailla (fi) French: concourir (fr), rivaliser (fr), être en compétition pour (fr) German: wetteifern (de)

Portuguese: competir (pt) Russian: соперничать (ru) Turkish: yarışmak (tr)

To rival (something), etc

Catalan: rivalitzar (ca)

Anagrams

• I've
• VEI

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Finnish

Etymology

• inflected form of viedä

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: vie
• IPA: /ˈvie/

Verb

vie

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: vie
• IPA: /ˈvie(ʔ)/

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• vei

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French

Etymology

From Latin vita.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /vi/, SAMPA: /vi/

Noun

vie f. (plural vies)

1. life (all meanings)

Derived terms

• en vie
• à vie

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈviː.e/, SAMPA: /"vi:.e/

Noun

vie f.

1. Plural form of via.

Anagrams

• evi

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Latin

Verb

viē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of vieō

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Manx

Adjective

vie

1. Lenited form of mie.

References

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

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Norwegian

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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Old French

Etymology

Latin vita

Noun

vie f. (oblique plural vies, nominative singular vie, nominative plural vies)

1. life

   circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

   Mout avoit changiee sa vie

   Much had it changed his life

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Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin vinea.

Noun

vie f. (plural vii)

1. vineyard

Declension

declension of vie

	singular		plural
gender f.	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	o vie	via	niște vii	viile
genitive/dative	unei vii	viei	unor vii	viilor

Related terms

• vier

Etymology 2

Forms of the adjective viu

Adjective

vie

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