vive

See also: vivé and víve

English

WOTD – 23 November 2015

Etymology

From Latin vivus. Compare French vif. See vivid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaɪv/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪv

Adjective

vive (comparative more vive, superlative most vive)

1. (obsolete) lively, animated
   • 1890, Samuel Harvey Reynolds, Introduction The Essays of Francis Bacon

     the French King, when by a vive and forcible persuasion he moved him to a war upon Flanders

See also

• vive la différence

Esperanto

Etymology

From vivi +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvive/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: vi‧ve

Adverb

vive

1. In a lively manner.
   • 1891, L. L. Zamenhof, La batalo de l'vivo, translation of The Battle of Life by Charles Dickens:

     "Kaj tamen, Grace — fratino mi preskaŭ dirus."
     "Diru ĝin!" ŝi lin vive interrompis. "Mi aŭdas ĝin kun plezuro, neniam nomu min alie."

     "And yet, Grace - I'd almost say 'sister'."
     "Say it!" she interrupted him in a lively way. "I'm pleased to hear it, never call me otherwise."

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viv/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio:

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• Homophone: vives

Adjective

vive f sg

1. feminine singular of vif

Verb

vive

1. inflection of vivre:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. first-person singular imperative

   Vive moi! ― Yay for me!

2. first-person plural imperative of vivre

   Vive nous! ― Yay for us!

3. second-person singular imperative of vivre

   Vive tu! ― Go (you singular)!

4. second-person plural imperative of vivre

   Vive vous! ― Long live (you plural)!

5. third-person singular imperative of vivre

   Vive la France! ― Long live France!

6. third-person plural imperative of vivre

   Vive les femmes! ― Go women! Go girls!

Usage notes

When used as a general exclamation of honor, as in “Vive la France!” it is usually translated by “long live” in English. Cognate to Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese viva, of identical usage. Note that in modern French "vivent" is no longer used for the third person plural imperative; e.g. vive les vacances (“yay for vacations”).

Antonyms

• à bas

Noun

vive f (plural vives)

1. (ichthyology) any of certain kind of fish, mostly in the family Trachinidae, but especially the sand tilefish (Malacanthus plumieri) or the Guinean weever (Trachinus armatus) From FishBase

Synonyms

• (sand tilefish): malacanthe bleu, matajuel bleu, sans-culotte
• (Guinean weever): vive guinéenne

Derived terms

• grande vive
• petite vive
• vive à tête rayonnée
• vive araignée
• vive du Cap Vert
• vive guinéenne
• vive peigne
• vive rayée

Further reading

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

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈβɪ/

Verb

vive

1. inflection of vivir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. inflection of viver:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “vivir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Hungarian

Participle

vive

1. Misspelling of víve.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: vì‧ve

Verb

vive

1. third-person singular present indicative of vivere

Adjective

vive f pl

1. feminine plural of vivo

Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

• bibu (Sotavento)

Etymology

From Portuguese vivo.

Adjective

vive

1. (Barlavento) alive, living

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Latin

Verb

vīve

1. second-person singular present active imperative of vīvō

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French vivre (“to live”), compare Haitian Creole viv.

Verb

vive

1. to live

References

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvive/

Verb

vive

1. to live

Derived terms

• arvive

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.vi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.vi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ve/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.vɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.vɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.bɨ/ [ˈbi.βɨ]

• Hyphenation: vi‧ve

Verb

vive

1. inflection of viver:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. inflection of vivar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbibe/ [ˈbi.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -ibe
• Syllabification: vi‧ve

Verb

vive

1. inflection of vivar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative
2. inflection of vivir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative