vivre

French

Etymology

From Old French vivre, from Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeih₃w- (“to live”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vivʁ/, X-SAMPA: [vivR]
• Rhymes: -ivʁ

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Verb

vivre

1. to live
2. to experience

Related terms

• vif
• vivace
• vivement
• vivifier
• vivisection

Antonyms

• (to live): mourir

Conjugation

   Conjugation of vivre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		vivre			avoir vécu
gerund		en vivant			en ayant vécu
present participle		vivant
past participle		vécu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	vis	vis	vit	vivons	vivez	vivent
	imperfect	vivais	vivais	vivait	vivions	viviez	vivaient
	past historic1	vécus	vécus	vécut	vécûmes	vécûtes	vécurent
	future	vivrai	vivras	vivra	vivrons	vivrez	vivront
	conditional	vivrais	vivrais	vivrait	vivrions	vivriez	vivraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	vive	vives	vive	vivions	viviez	vivent
	imperfect1	vécusse	vécusses	vécût	vécussions	vécussiez	vécussent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	vis	—	vivons	vivez	—
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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old French vivre, from Latin vīvō, vīvere, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeih₃w- (“to live”).

Verb

vivre

1. to live

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō.

Verb

vivre

1. to live

Descendants

• French: vivre

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō.

Verb

vivre

1. to live

Antonyms

• morir

Descendants

• Middle French: vivre
  • French: vivre
• Jèrriais: vivre