vivat

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See also: vivát

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vīvat.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

vivat

  1. A cry wishing someone long life and prosperity.
    • 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
      The King swears; and now be the welkin split with vivats[.]
    • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 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.

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

vivat m (plural vivats)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) cheer

Further reading

Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) vīvat

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