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!

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!

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”).

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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, 2012–2024

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

• 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