vie
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French envier.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
vie (third-person singular simple present vies, present participle vying, simple past and past participle vied)
- (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.
- (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.
- 1608, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra [1]
- To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
To rival; to struggle for superiority; to compete
To rival (something), etc
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Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
- inflected form of viedä
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: vie
- IPA: /ˈvie/
Verb[edit]
vie
- Third-person singular indicative present form of viedä.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: vie
- IPA: /ˈvie(ʔ)/
Verb[edit]
vie
- Indicative present connegative form of viedä.
- Second-person singular imperative present form of viedä.
- Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of viedä.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin vita.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vie f (plural vies)
- life (all meanings)
Derived terms[edit]
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vie f
- Plural form of via
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
viē
- second-person singular present active imperative of vieō
Manx[edit]
Adjective[edit]
vie
- Lenited form of mie.
References[edit]
Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages by Mark Abley (2003)
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Verb[edit]
vie (present tense vier; past tense and past participle via or viet)
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin vita
Noun[edit]
vie f (oblique plural vies, nominative singular vie, nominative plural vies)
- life
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Mout avoit changiee sa vie
- Much had it changed his life
- Mout avoit changiee sa vie
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Romanian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin vīnea.
Noun[edit]
Declension[edit]
declension of vie
Synonyms[edit]
- (vine): viță
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Forms of the adjective viu
Adjective[edit]
vie
- feminine singularnominative form of viu
- feminine singularaccusative form of viu
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