viure

See also: viuré

English

Etymology

A form of wire.

Noun

viure (plural viures)

1. (heraldry, rare) A thin ribbon crossing the field in any direction.
   • 1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 320:

     Viure, Wiure, or Wyer. These terms, according to several authorities, signify a very narrow fillet, generally nebuly, which may be placed in bend, in fess, or otherwise. We can point to but one instance of such a bearing, viz. the arms of Haidon, or Haydon, of Devon: argent , three bars gemels azure , on a chief gules a viure or. This is probably nothing but a wide line nebuly.

   • 1863, John Gough Nichols, The Herald and Genealogist, page 91:

     […] how are the viures to be tricked?

Anagrams

• eiruv

Catalan

Alternative forms

• vivir (Alghero)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan viure, from Latin vīvere, from Proto-Italic *gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live, be alive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbiw.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈviw.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈviw.ɾe]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iwɾe

Verb

viure (first-person singular present visc, first-person singular preterite visquí, past participle viscut)

1. to live, to be alive
2. to survive, to persevere
3. to live, to reside

Conjugation

    Conjugation of viure (mixed conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			viure
gerund			vivint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		viscut		viscuda
		plural		viscuts		viscudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	visc	vius	viu	vivim	viviu	viuen
	imperfect	vivia	vivies	vivia	vivíem	vivíeu	vivien
	future	viuré	viuràs	viurà	viurem	viureu	viuran
	preterite	visquí	visqueres	visqué	visquérem	visquéreu	visqueren
	conditional	viuria	viuries	viuria	viuríem	viuríeu	viurien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	visqui	visquis	visqui	visquem	visqueu	visquin
	imperfect	visqués	visquessis	visqués	visquéssim	visquéssiu	visquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	viu	visqui	visquem	viviu	visquin
	negative (no)	—	no visquis	no visqui	no visquem	no visqueu	no visquin

Derived terms

• malviure
• vividor

Related terms

• reviure
• sobreviure
• vida
• visca
• viu
• viu-viu
• vivaç
• vivacitat
• vivari
• vivàrium
• vivència
• vivent
• viver
• vivicar
• vívid
• vivífic
• vivípar
• vivisecció
• vivor

Noun

viure m (uncountable)

1. life, existence

References

• “viure”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “viure”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “viure” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “viure” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan viure, from Latin vīvere.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedoc):

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Verb

viure (Languedoc)

1. to live

   Synonym: víver

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		viure			aver viscut
gerund		vivent			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		viscut			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	vivi	vives	viu	vivèm	vivètz	vivon
	imperfect	viviái	viviás	viviá	viviam	viviatz	vivián
	preterite	viurai	viuràs	viurà	viurem	viuretz	viuràn
	future	visquèri	visquères	visquèt	visquèrem	visquèretz	visquèron
	conditional	viuriái	viuriás	viuriá	viuriam	viuriatz	viurián
	conditional 2nd form1	visquèra	visquèras	visquèra	visqueram	visqueratz	visquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	visca	viscas	visca	viscam	viscatz	viscan
	imperfect	visquèsse	visquèsses	visquèsse	visquèssem	visquèssetz	visquèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			viu		viscam	vivètz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Derived terms

• biais de viure
• tirar mal a viure
• viure a l'abandon
• viure a mala pena
• viure de la jornada

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 720.

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin vīvere.

Verb

viure

1. to live (be alive)
   • c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, Canso:

     Quar senes lieys non puesc viure, / Tant ai pres de s'amor gran fam.

     For without her I cannot live, such great hunger do I have for her love.

Descendants

• Occitan: viure