vivre
Bourguignon[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old French vouivre, Latin vipera.
Noun[edit]
vivre m (plural vivres)
- a mythical creature similar to a wyvern living in different parts of Burgundy (especially in Tonnerre)
- any type of snake
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old French vivre, from Latin vivere, present active infinitive of vivo.
Verb[edit]
vivre
- to live
- El aivoot vicu queiques tamps ài Dijon.
- He had lived few times in Dijon.
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | vivre | |||||||
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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[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
vivre
- to live
- to experience
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | simple | vivre | |||||
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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 | – | – | – | ||||
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[edit]
- (to live): mourir
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “vivre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French vivre, from Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō.
Verb[edit]
vivre
- to live
Descendants[edit]
- French: vivre
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French vivre, from Latin vīvō, vīvere, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live, be alive”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Verb[edit]
vivre
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō.
Verb[edit]
vivre
- to live
Conjugation[edit]
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.
simple | compound | ||||||
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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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Bourguignon terms inherited from Old French
- Bourguignon terms derived from Old French
- Bourguignon terms inherited from Latin
- Bourguignon terms derived from Latin
- Bourguignon lemmas
- Bourguignon nouns
- Bourguignon masculine nouns
- Bourguignon verbs
- Bourguignon terms with usage examples
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- French terms derived from Proto-Italic
- French terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French verbs
- French third group verbs
- French irregular verbs
- French nominalized infinitives
- Middle French terms inherited from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Old French
- Middle French terms inherited from Latin
- Middle French terms derived from Latin
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French verbs
- Middle French third group verbs
- Norman terms inherited from Old French
- Norman terms derived from Old French
- Norman terms inherited from Latin
- Norman terms derived from Latin
- Norman terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Norman terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norman terms with audio links
- Norman lemmas
- Norman verbs
- Jersey Norman
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French verbs
- Old French verbs with weak-i2 preterite
- Old French third group verbs
- Old French verbs ending in -re
- Old French irregular verbs