survivre

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French survivre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin supervīvō, from super + vīvō; sur- +‎ vivre

Verb

survivre

1. (intransitive) to survive
2. (transitive, with à) to survive (an accident)
3. (transitive, with à) to outlive

Derived terms

• survie
• survivant

Further reading

• “survivre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• sourvivre

Verb

survivre

1. to survive (to outlive, for example a spouse)
2. to survive (to continue to exist)

Descendants

• → English: survive
• French: survivre

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (sourvivre, supplement)
• survivre on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub