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.

   • Addison

     In a trading nation, the younger sons may be placed in such a way of life as […] to vie with the best of their family.

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.

3. To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.

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) (soperničatʹ)
• 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/, X-SAMPA: /vi/

Noun

vie f (plural vies)

1. life (all meanings)

Derived terms

• en vie
• à vie
• demi-vie

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈviː.e/, X-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 Bokmål

Verb

vie (present tense vier; past tense and past participle via or viet)

1. dedicate something to someone or towards a cause
2. 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 vīnea.

Noun

vie f (plural vii)

1. vineyard
2. vine

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

Synonyms

• (vine): viță

Related terms

• vier

Etymology 2

Forms of the adjective viu

Adjective

vie

1. feminine singularnominative form of viu
2. feminine singularaccusative form of viu