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VIVE

Definition: VIVE

VIVE

1. Long live, that is, success to; as, vive le roi, long live the king; vive la bagatelle, success to trifles or sport.

Adjective

1. Lively; animated; forcible.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "VIVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1595. (references)


Synonyms within Context: VIVE

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Absence

Nobody; nobody present, nobody on earth; not a soul; ame qui vive.

Advice

Phrase: "give every man thine ear but few thy voice"; "I pray thee cease thy counsel"; "my guide, philosopher, and friend"; "'twas good advice and meant, my son be good"; verbum sat sapienti; vive memor leti; "we, ask advice but we mean approbation".

Amusement

Interjection: vive la bagatelle! vogue la galere!

Departure

Interjection: begone!; (ejection); farewell! adieu! goodbye! good day! au revoir! fare you well! God bless you! God speed! all aboard! auf wiedersehen! au plaisir de vous revoir! bon voyage! gluckliche Reise! vive valeque!

Excitation

Adjective: excited; Verb: wrought up, up the qui vive, astir, sparkling; in a quiver; in a fever, in a ferment, in a blaze, in a state of excitement; in hysterics; black in the face, overwrought, tense, taught, on a razor's edge; hot, red-hot, flushed, feverish; all of a twitter, in a pucker; with quivering lips, with tears in one's eyes.

Rejoicing

Phrase: the heart leaping with joy; ce n'est pas etre bien aise que de rire; "Laughter holding both his sides"; " le roi est mort, vive le roi "; "with his eyes in flood with laughter".

Repute

Interjection: hail! all hail! ave! viva! vive! long life to! banzai!; glory be to, honor be to?

Zero

Noun: zero, nothing; null, nul, naught, nought, void; cipher, goose egg; none, nobody, no one; nichts, nixie, nix; zilch, zip, zippo; not a soul; ame qui vive; absence; unsubstantiality.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: VIVE

Specialty definitions using "VIVE": Fox's SleepGueux. (references)
Etymologies containing "VIVE": Weever. (references)
Non-English Usage: "VIVE" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (viva), Italian (lives), Latin (alive, be alive, fresh, live, living, reside, survive), Spanish (do you live, live).

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Modern Usage: VIVE

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Vive la France! (Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le; writing credit: Guillaume Laurant; Jean-Pierre Jeunet)

Movie/TV Titles

Vive la France (1973)

Âme qui vive (1962)

Así vive Cataluña (1962)

Vive le tour (1962)

L' Eau vive (1957)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: VIVE

DomainTitle

Books

  • El drágon ya no vive aquí (reference)

  • Quien Vive en el Rio? (reference)

  • Vive LA Cuisine/Let's Cook (Vive/Let'S) (reference)

  • Vive LA Peinture/Let's Paint (Vive/Let'S) (reference)

  • Vive Le Papier/Let's Play With Paper (Vive/Let'S) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: VIVE

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Vive la joie et les pommes de terre! : Misère et Gaité. / Pigal. Lith. de Langlumé. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Off Nice, France, on 24 October 1951, with crewmen in formation on the flight deck spelling out "Vive La France". Credit: NAVY.

Underway, prior to World War I. Acquired by the Navy on 22 June 1917, she was commissioned as USS Qui Vive (SP-1004) and served as a hospital boat at Norfolk, Virginia. She was returned to her owner on 7 June 1919. Credit: NAVY.

Vive Lindaman. Credit: Library of Congress.

Today is the 14th : vive la France!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Dosoris 2, Qui Vive, [and] Dipper. Credit: Library of Congress.

Qui Vive. Credit: Library of Congress.

Vive la France!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Vive la France!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Vive : 4 de mayo, dia de solidaridad con el pueblo de Nicaragua = May 4, day of solidarity with the people of Nicaragua. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Use in Literature: VIVE

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Death to the excise gives birth to Vive le Roi.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: VIVE

"VIVE" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 77.50% of the time. "VIVE" is used about 40 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)77.5%3162,296
Lexical Verb (base form)17.5%7133,076
Noun (singular)5%2245,945
                    Total100.00%40N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: VIVE

Expressions using "VIVE": ame qui vive be on the qui vive on the qui vive qui vive To be on the qui vive. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: VIVE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

vive

96

vive l amour

5

king live long vive

26

hotel de l eau vive

5

vive la fete

21

cristo vive

5

drogas sin vive

20

carlos vive

5

vive la france

18

casa la vive

5

latino vive

15

fête la vive

5

vive magazine

15

eau l vive

5

colombia ella por viaja vive

12

shampoo vive

5

colombia vive

12

autriche vapeur vive

4

qui vive

10

le libre quebec vive

4

eau vive

9

la plata vive

4

2003 latino vive

9

futbol vive

4

peau vive

8

hotel es vive ibiza

4

loreal vive

8

es vive

4

le vive

8

maria vive

4

re vive

8

re vive skin care

3

2001 latino vive

7

femme la vive

3

vive la difference

6

tec vive

3

hotel es vive

6

de joie vive

3

eau rafting vive

6

familia familia la la mejor pequeña vive

3

cheat city gta vive

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: VIVE

Language Translations for "VIVE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

syhaour (on the qui vive), në përgjim (on the qui vive). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فليعش . (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ζήτω (cheerio, hooray, hurrah, viva). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

résen áll (be on one's guard against, be on the qui vive, to be on guard, to be on the lookout, to be on the qui vive, to stand on guard, to stand on one's guard), figyel (attend, hark, listen, reck, to be all there, to be on the qui vive, to hearken, to listen, to monitor, to observe, to regard, to ride herd, to screw, watch). (various references)

   

Manx

  

er dty hwoaie (qui vive, weather eye). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ivevay

   

Russian 

  

настороже (on the alert, on the qui vive). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

na oprezu (alert: on the alert, qui vive: on the qui vive, watchful). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

estar ojo alerta (be on the alert, be on the qui vive). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

på sin vakt (on the qui vive, wary). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

on the $qui_vive$ giữ thế (qui vive), giữ miếng (qui vive), cảnh giác (flew, fly, qui vive, vigilant, wary, watchful). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: VIVE

LanguageDateSourceDaniel Chapter 2, Verse 4
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai elalhsan oi caldaioi proV ton basilea suristi kurie basileu ton aiwna zhqi anaggeilon to enupnion sou toiV paisi sou kai hmeiV soi frasomen thn sugkrisin autou
Latin405VulgateResponderuntque Chaldei regi syriace rex in sempiternum vive dic somnium servis tuis et interpretationem eius indicabimus
Middle English1395WyclifAnd Caldeis answerden to the kyng by Siry speche, Kyng, lyue thou in to with outen eende; saye thou thi sweuen to thi seruauntis, and we shuln shewe the interpretacioun, or declaryng, therof.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThen spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
Victorian English1833WebsterThen the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Syriac, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
Basic English1964OgdenThen the Chaldaeans said to the king in the Aramaean language, O King, have life for ever: give your servants an account of your dream, and we will make clear to you the sense of it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: VIVE

LanguageDaniel Chapter 2, Verse 4
CebuanoUnya ang mga Caldeahanon mingsulti sa hari sa pinulongan nga Siriahanon: Oh hari, mabuhi ka sa walay katapusan; isugid sa imong mga alagad ang imong damgo, ug kami magasaysay sa iyang kahulogan.
DutchToen spraken de Chaldeen, tot den koning in het Syrisch: O koning, leef in eeuwigheid! Zeg uw knechten den droom, zo zullen wij de uitlegging te kennen geven.
FinnishSilloin kaldealaiset puhuivat kuninkaalle araminkielellä: "Eläköön kuningas iankaikkisesti! Sano uni palvelijoillesi, niin me ilmoitamme sen selityksen."
FrenchLes Chaldéens répondirent au roi en langue araméenne: O roi, vis éternellement! dis le songe tes serviteurs, et nous en donnerons l`explication.
GermanDa sprachen die Chaldäer zum König auf chaldäisch: Der König lebe ewiglich! Sage deinen Knechten den Traum, so wollen wir ihn deuten.
Haitian CreoleMesye yo reponn wa a nan lang arameyen. Yo di l' konsa: -Se pou wa a viv pou tout tan! Se sèvitè ou nou ye. Rakonte nou rèv la, n'a esplike ou sa l' vle di.
HungarianÉs mondák a Káldeusok a királynak sziriai nyelven: Király, örökké élj! mondd meg az álmot a te szolgáidnak, és megjelentjük az értelmét.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariMereka menjawab dalam bahasa Aram, "Hiduplah Tuanku selama-lamanya! Ceritakanlah mimpi itu kepada kami, maka kami akan menerangkan artinya."
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka sembah segala orang Kasdim itu kepada baginda dengan bahasa Arami: Daulat tuanku! hendaklah kiranya tuanku menceriterakan mimpi itu kepada patik, maka patik akan memaklumkan tabirnya kepada tuanku kelak.
MaoriKatahi ka korero Hiriani mai nga Karari ki te kingi, E te kingi, kia ora tonu koe: korerotia mai te moe ki au pononga, a ma matou e whakaatu tona tikanga.
NorwegianDa talte kaldeerne til kongen på araméisk: Kongen leve evindelig! Si dine tjenere drømmen! Så skal vi kunngjøre dig dens uttydning.
PortugueseOs caldeus disseram ao rei em aramaico: ç rei, vive eternamente; dize o sonho a teus servos, e daremos a interpretação   
RumanianHaldeii au rqspuns kmpqratului kn limba aramaicq: ,,Vecinic sq trqiewti, kmpqrate! Spune robilor tqi visul, wi-yi vom arqta tklcuirea lui!``

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: VIVE

Derivations

Words beginning with "VIVE": viverrid, viverrids, vivers. (additional references)

Words ending with "VIVE": revive, survive. (additional references)

Words containing "VIVE": revived, reviver, revivers, revives, survived, surviver, survivers, survives. (additional references)


Misspellings

"VIVE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ivf, ivver, vav, vave, veev, vev, veve, Vevey, vieve, vif, vife, vige, vilve, virve, vival, vivas, vivd, vived, vivel, viver, vivi, vivir, vivis, vivs, vivus, vivy, vof, vov, Vova, vovel, vvi. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "VIVE"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "VIVE" (pronounced vē"v or vī"v)
2-ē" vachieve, aggrieve, believe, bereave, cleave, conceive, deceive, disbelieve, eave, eve, greave, grieve, heave, Interleave, interweave, leave, misconceive, misperceive, naive, neve, peeve, perceive, preconceive, reave, receive, Reeve, relieve, reprieve, retrieve, sleeve, weave.
3v ī" vrevive, survive.
2-ī" valive, arrive, connive, contrive, deprive, derive, dive, drive, five, hive, jive, live, shive, strive, thrive.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: VIVE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-i-v-v"

-1 letter: vie.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-v-v"
 

+2 letters: revive, visive, vivace, vivers, votive.

 

+3 letters: bivalve, civvies, divvied, divvies, evasive, flivver, involve, navvies, revival, revived, reviver, revives, revving, savvied, savvier, savvies, survive, vervain, vetiver, vivaces, vivider.

 

+4 letters: aversive, bivalved, bivalves, chivvied, chivvies, divisive, evincive, evolving, flivvers, invasive, involved, involver, involves, lovevine, overlive, overview, revivals, revivers, revivify, reviving, savviest, skivvied, skivvies, survived, surviver, survives, trivalve, univalve, vegetive, vervains, vesuvian, vetivers, vetivert, vivaries, viverrid, vividest, vivified, vivifier, vivifies, vivisect, vocative, volitive, vomitive, votively.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Bible Trace
12. Derivations
13. Rhymes
14. Anagrams
15. Bibliography


  

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