vie

See also: VIE, vi'e, вие, and Вие

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French envier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ

• Audio (UK)

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Verb

vie (third-person singular simple present vies, present participle vying, simple past and past participle vied)

1. (intransitive) To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.

   Her suitors were all vying for her attention.

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     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. (transitive) To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.
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     She hung about my neck; and kiss on kiss / She vied so fast.

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     Nor was he set over us to vie wisdom with his Parliament, but to be guided by them.

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     And vying malice with my gentleness, / Pick quarrels with their only happiness.

4. To stake; to wager.

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5. 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

• Arabic: تَبَارَى (tabārā), تَنَافَسَ‎ (tanāfasa)
• Belarusian: супе́рнічаць impf (supjérničacʹ), выпярэ́днічаць (vypjarédničacʹ)
• Czech: soupreřit impf
• Dutch: wedijveren (nl)
• Finnish: kilpailla (fi)
• French: concourir (fr), rivaliser (fr), être en compétition pour
• Georgian: მეტოქეობა (meṭokeoba)
• German: wetteifern (de), konkurrieren (de)
• Hungarian: verseng (hu)
• Italian: competere (it), gareggiare (it), lottare (it), rivaleggiare (it)
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• Maori: taupatupatu, tauwhāinga
• Persian: رقابت کردن (reqâbat kardan)
• Polish: współzawodniczyć impf
• Portuguese: competir (pt)
• Russian: сопе́рничать (ru) impf (sopérničatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: такмичити се

• Spanish: rivalizar (es), rivalejar
• Turkish: yarışmak (tr)
• Ukrainian: супе́рничати impf (supérnyčaty), змага́тися impf (zmahátysja)

to rival (something), etc

• Catalan: rivalitzar (ca)
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• Georgian: მეტოქეობა (meṭokeoba)

Noun

vie (plural vies)

1. (obsolete) A contest.

Anagrams

• -ive, I've, VEI

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Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin vita.

Noun

vie f (plural vies)

1. life

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Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋie̯/, [ˈʋie̞̯]
• Hyphenation: vie

Verb

vie

1. (deprecated template usage) third-person singular present indicative of viedä

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋie̯ˣ/, [ˈʋie̞̯(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: vie

Verb

vie

1. (deprecated template usage) present active indicative connegative of viedä
2. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present imperative of viedä
3. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present active imperative connegative of viedä

Anagrams

• vei

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi/

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• Homophones: vies, vis, vit

Etymology 1

From Old French vie, from Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā.

Noun

vie f (countable and uncountable, plural vies)

1. life, the state of organisms (organic beings) prior to death
2. life, period in which one is alive, between birth and death
3. biography, life
4. life, lifeforms

   L’apparition de la vie sur Terre

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5. cost of living

   La vie a drôlement augmenté depuis quelque temps : il ne me reste plus grand-chose quand j’ai payé tous les impôts.

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Derived terms

• en vie
• à vie
• demi-vie

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin via. Compare voie.

Noun

vie f (plural vies)

1. (Switzerland, Jura) way, path (road, railway, etc)

Related terms

• vionnet (Switzerland, rare)

Further reading

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

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviː.e/

Noun

vie f

1. plural of via

Anagrams

• evi

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) viē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of vieō

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Manx

Adjective

vie

1. Lenited form of mie.

References

• Mark Abley, Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages (2003)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse vígja

Verb

vie (imperative vi, present tense vier, simple past vigde or vidde or via or viet, past participle vigd or vidd or via or viet)

1. dedicate something to someone or towards a cause
2. wed two persons into marriage

Derived terms

• innvie
• vielse
• vievann

References

• “vie” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin vīta.

Noun

vie oblique singular, f (oblique plural vies, nominative singular vie, nominative plural vies)

1. life

   c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

   Mout avoit changiee sa vie

   Much had it changed his life

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Picard

Etymology

From Latin vita.

Noun

vie f (plural vies)

1. life

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.e/

Etymology 1

From Latin vīnea.

Noun

vie f (plural vii)

1. vineyard
2. vine

Declension

Declension of vie

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) vie	via	(niște) vii	viile
genitive/dative	(unei) vii	viei	(unor) vii	viilor
vocative	vie, vio		viilor

Synonyms

• (vine): viță

Derived terms

• viță de vie

Related terms

• vier

Etymology 2

Forms of the adjective viu.

Adjective

vie

1. nominative feminine singular of viu
2. accusative feminine singular of viu

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Slovak

Verb

vie

1. third-person singular present of vedieť