vive

From Latin vivus. Compare French vif. See vivid.

• IPA^(key): /vaɪv/

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• Rhymes: -aɪv

vive (comparative more vive, superlative most vive)

1. (obsolete) lively, animated^[1]
   • 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

• vive la différence

From vivi +‎ -e.

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

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."

• IPA^(key): /viv/

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• Homophone: vives

vive f sg

1. feminine singular of vif

vive

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

      Vive moi! ― Yay for me!

   3. third-person singular imperative of vivre

      Vive la France! ― Long live France!

   4. second-person singular imperative of vivre^[1]

      Vive tu! ― Go you (singular)!

   5. first-person plural imperative of vivre^[1]

      Vive nous! ― Yay for us!

   6. second-person plural imperative of vivre^[1]

      Vive vous! ― Long live (you plural)!

   7. third-person plural imperative of vivre^[2]

      Vive les femmes! ― Go women! Go girls!

• 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.

• à bas

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): /biˈβɪ/

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

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

vive

1. misspelling of víve

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

vive

1. third-person singular present indicative of vivere

vive f pl

1. feminine plural of vivo

• bibu (Sotavento)

From Portuguese vivo.

vive

1. (Barlavento) alive, living

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

vīve

1. second-person singular present active imperative of vīvō

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

vive

1. to live

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

• IPA^(key): /ˈvive/

vive

1. to live

• arvive

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• Hyphenation: vi‧ve

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

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

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