vivat
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin vīvat (literally “may s/he live”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈviːˌvæt/, /ˈvaɪˌvæt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈviˌvɑt/; also IPA(key): /ˈvaɪˌvæt/, /ˈviˌvæt/
Interjection[edit]
vivat
- A cry wishing someone long life and prosperity.
- 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
- The King swears; and now be the welkin split with vivats[.]
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 338:
- The magistrates were mobbed by vivat-yelling crowds, some 10,000 of whom made their way to the Bastille where they clamoured for Rohan's release.
Noun[edit]
vivat (plural vivats)
- An utterance of the interjection vivat.
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
vivat m (plural vivats)
Further reading[edit]
- “vivat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
vīvat
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin vivat or French vivat.
Interjection[edit]
vivat
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