vite

See also: VITE, Vite, vîte, víte, and vitæ

French

Etymology

From Old French viste, of disputed origin:.

• According to Littré, from Italian visto (“seen”), from Vulgar Latin *visitus, from Latin vidēre. The adverb corresponds with à vue (“rapidly, without notice”); compare Italian avvisto (“noticed, adroit”).
• Derived from an onomatopoeia expressing rapid movement.
• From Latin vegetus (“lively, animated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vit/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Homophone: vîtes

Adverb

vite

1. quickly

Adjective

vite (plural vites)

1. (obsolete or informal) quick; fast

Derived terms

• à la va-vite
• aller plus vite que la musique
• aller vite en besogne
• au plus vite
• et plus vite que ça
• vite fait
• vitesse

Further reading

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

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin vīta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.te/

Noun

vite f (plural vitis)

1. life

Antonyms

• muart

Related terms

• vivi
• vîv

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.te/
• Rhymes: -ite
• Hyphenation: vì‧te

Etymology 1

From Latin vītis (“vine”), with an analogous change in meaning to "screw."

Noun

vite f (plural viti)

1. screw

   collegarlo al corpo con una vite a filettatura

   attach it to the body with a threaded screw

Derived terms

• avvitare
• cacciavite
• giro di vite
• svitare
• vite di Archimede
• viteria

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: ویده
  • Turkish: vida
• → Maltese: vit

Etymology 2

From Latin vītem

Noun

vite f (plural viti)

1. vine
   • c. 1500, Leonardo da Vinci, “La vite e l'albero vecchio”, in Favole:

     La vite, invecchiata sopra l’albero vecchio, cadde insieme con la ruina d’esso albero, e fu per la trista compagnia a mancare insieme con quello.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• vitame
• viticchio
• viticcio
• viticolo
• viticoltore, viticultore
• viticoltura, viticultura
• vitifero
• vitigno
• vitivinicolo
• vitivinicoltore
• vitivinicoltura

Etymology 3

Noun

vite f

1. plural of vita

Derived terms

• vitale
• vitalità

Anagrams

• veti

Latin

Noun

vīte

1. ablative singular of vītis

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vīta.

Noun

vite f

1. life
2. lifestyle, more
3. life story

Inflection

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	vite	viten
accusative	vite	viten
genitive	vite, viten	viten
dative	vite, viten	viten

Further reading

• “vite”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “vite”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Neapolitan

Noun

vite

1. plural of vita

Norman

Etymology

From Old French viste, of disputed origin; see vite.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

vite m or f

1. fast

Adverb

vite

1. quickly, soon

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• vide (non-standard since 1907)

Etymology

From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see”). Cognates include English wit and Latin video.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋiːtɛ/, [²ʋiːt̪ə]

Verb

vite (imperative vit, present tense vet or veit, passive vites, simple past visste, past participle visst, present participle vitende)

1. to know (be certain or sure about (something); have knowledge of)

Synonyms

• kunne

Derived terms

• allvitende
• viten
• vitenskap

References

• “vite” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “vite” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɪːtə/, /²ʋɪtə/

Noun

vite m (definite singular viten, indefinite plural vitar, definite plural vitarne)

1. (pre-1917 or dialectal) alternative form of vete (“beacon”)

Derived terms

• vitestova

Etymology 2

Verb

vite (present tense veit, past tense visste, past participle visst, passive infinitive vitast, present participle vitande, imperative vit)

1. alternative form of vita

Romanian

Noun

vite

1. plural of vită

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

vite (Cyrillic spelling вите)

1. feminine plural passive past participle of viti

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish vite (“penalty”), from Old Norse víti, from Proto-Germanic *wītaną. Compare English wite (“penalty”).

Noun

vite n

1. a penalty (usually a kind of fine, for breaching regulations or failing to fulfill an obligation, included as a clause in an agreement or the like)

   utdöma vite

   impose a (monetary) penalty

2. (in "vid vite") under penalty (having to pay a fine or the like if failing to do something)

   att åläggas att göra något vid vite av 20 000 kronor

   to be ordered to do something under penalty of a fine of 20,000 kronor

Declension

Declension of vite

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vite	vites
	definite	vitet	vitets
plural	indefinite	viten	vitens
	definite	vitena	vitenas

Derived terms

• vitesförbud
• vitesföreläggande

See also

• blodvite
• böter (“fine”)
• tillvita

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

vite

1. definite natural masculine singular of vit

References

• “vite”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “vite”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “vite”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Talysh

Etymology 1

Likely to be inherited from Inherited from Proto-Iranian *wájati.

Verb

vite

1. to run

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *waič-.

Verb

vite

1. to sift, to sieve