vivre

Bourguignon

Etymology 1

From Old French vouivre, Latin vipera.

Noun

vivre m (plural vivres)

1. a mythical creature similar to a wyvern living in different parts of Burgundy (especially in Tonnerre)
2. any type of snake

Alternative forms

• vouivre
• guivre

Etymology 2

From Old French vivre, from Latin vivere, present active infinitive of vivo.

Verb

vivre

1. to live

   joie de vivre

   Joy of living.

Conjugation

      Conjugation in Bourguignon

infinitive			vivre
gerund			vivant
auxiliary			aivoi
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vicu		vicue
		plural		vicus		vicues
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		je (j') / i*	tu (t')	ai (el), ale	je (j') / i*	vos	ai (el), ales
	present	vis	vis	vit	vivons	vivez	vivant
	imperfect	vivoos	vivoos	vivoot	viveins	viveins	viveint
	preterite	vicquis	vicquis	vicquit	vicquirens	vicquirens	vicquirent
	future	vivré	vivrés	vivré	vivrons	vivrez	vivront
	conditional	vivroos	vivroos	vivroot	vivreins	vivreins	vivreint
subjunctive		que je (j') / qu'i*	que tu (t')	qu'ai (el), qu'ale	que je (j') / qu'i*	que vos	qu'ai (el), qu'ales
	present	vive	vives	vive	viveins	viveins	viveint
	imperfect	vicquisse	vicquisses	vicquisse	vicquisseins	vicquisseins	vicquisseint
imperative		—	tu	—	je (j') / i*	vos	—
	present		vis		vivons	vivez
* je is found in Central and Eastern Burgundy, i is found in the Morvan and partially throughout the whole region

Related terms

• vivant
• vivifiai

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French

Etymology

From Middle French vivre, from Old French vivre, from Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō, from Proto-Italic *gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live, be alive”). Forms in véc- originate from Latin irregular perfect stem vīx- (vīxī, vīxistī, ...) undergoing metathesis and shortening to *vĭsc-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vivʁ/
• Rhymes: -ivʁ

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Verb

vivre

1. to live
2. to experience

Conjugation

Conjugation of vivre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	vivre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	vivant /vi.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		vécu /ve.ky/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	vis /vi/	vis /vi/	vit /vi/	vivons /vi.vɔ̃/	vivez /vi.ve/	vivent /viv/
	imperfect	vivais /vi.vɛ/	vivais /vi.vɛ/	vivait /vi.vɛ/	vivions /vi.vjɔ̃/	viviez /vi.vje/	vivaient /vi.vɛ/
	past historic2	vécus /ve.ky/	vécus /ve.ky/	vécut /ve.ky/	vécûmes /ve.kym/	vécûtes /ve.kyt/	vécurent /ve.kyʁ/
	future	vivrai /vi.vʁe/	vivras /vi.vʁa/	vivra /vi.vʁa/	vivrons /vi.vʁɔ̃/	vivrez /vi.vʁe/	vivront /vi.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	vivrais /vi.vʁɛ/	vivrais /vi.vʁɛ/	vivrait /vi.vʁɛ/	vivrions /vi.vʁi.jɔ̃/	vivriez /vi.vʁi.je/	vivraient /vi.vʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	vive /viv/	vives /viv/	vive /viv/	vivions /vi.vjɔ̃/	viviez /vi.vje/	vivent /viv/
	imperfect2	vécusse /ve.kys/	vécusses /ve.kys/	vécût /ve.ky/	vécussions /ve.ky.sjɔ̃/	vécussiez /ve.ky.sje/	vécussent /ve.kys/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	vis /vi/	—	vivons /vi.vɔ̃/	vivez /vi.ve/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is only usable with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Antonyms

• (to live): mourir

Derived terms

• âme qui vive
• art de vivre
• faire bon vivre
• ils vécurent heureux et eurent beaucoup d'enfants
• joie de vivre
• l'espoir fait vivre
• on ne vit qu'une fois
• pour vivre heureux, vivons cachés
• qui vit par l'épée périra par l'épée
• qui vivra verra
• sentir le vécu
• sur le qui-vive
• vivre au-dessus de ses moyens
• vivre aux crochets de
• vivre avec son temps
• vivre d'amour et d'eau fraiche
• vivre dans une grotte
• vivre en grand seigneur
• vivre sa vie

 

Related terms

• vif
• vivace
• vivement
• vivifier
• vivisection

Further reading

• “vivre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French vivre, from Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō.

Verb

vivre

1. to live

Descendants

• French: vivre

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French vivre, from Latin vīvō, vīvere, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live, be alive”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey)

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Verb

vivre

1. (Jersey) to live

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō.

Verb

vivre

1. to live

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of vivre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		vivre			avoir vescu
gerund		en vivant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		vivant
past participle		vescu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	vif	vis	vit	vivons	vivez	vivent
	imperfect	vivoie, viveie	vivoies, viveies	vivoit, viveit	viviiens, viviens	viviiez, viviez	vivoient, viveient
	preterite	vesqui	vesquis	vesquié	vesquimes	vesquistes	vesquierent
	future	vivrai	vivras	vivra	vivrons	vivroiz, vivreiz, vivrez	vivront
	conditional	vivroie, vivreie	vivroies, vivreies	vivroit, vivreit	vivriiens, vivriens	vivriiez, vivriez	vivroient, vivreient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	vive	vives	vive	vivons	vivez	vivent
	imperfect	vesquisse	vesquisses	vesquist	vesquissons, vesquissiens	vesquissoiz, vesquissez, vesquissiez	vesquissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	vif	—	vivons	vivez	—

Antonyms

• morir

Descendants

• Bourguignon: vivre
• Middle French: vivre
  • French: vivre
• Norman: vivre (Jersey)