vivat

See also: Vivat and vivát

English

Etymology

From Latin vīvat (literally “may s/he live”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈviːˌvæt/, /ˈvaɪˌvæt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈviˌvɑt/; also IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪˌvæt/, /ˈviˌvæt/

Interjection

vivat

1. A cry wishing someone long life and prosperity.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 338:

     The magistrates were mobbed by vivat-yelling crowds, some 10,000 of whom made their way to the Bastille where they clamoured for Rohan's release.

Noun

vivat (plural vivats)

1. An utterance of the interjection vivat.
   • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter XII, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book I (The Feast of Pikes), page 63:

     The King swears; and now be the welkin split with vivats[.]

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

vivat m (plural vivats)

1. (chiefly in the plural) cheer

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

vīvat

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of vīvō; long live

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vivat or French vivat.

Interjection

vivat

1. vivat