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Definition: VIVE |
VIVE1. Long live, that is, success to; as, vive le roi, long live the king; vive la bagatelle, success to trifles or sport. Adjective1. Lively; animated; forcible. |
Date "VIVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1595. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: VIVE |
| Specialty definitions using "VIVE": Fox's Sleep ♦ Gueux. (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). |
| Domain | Usage | |
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) | |
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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. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Death to the excise gives birth to Vive le Roi. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 77.5% | 31 | 62,296 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 17.5% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (singular) | 5% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 40 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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. |
| 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. |
| 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 настороже (on the alert, on the qui vive). (various references) na oprezu (alert: on the alert, qui vive: on the qui vive, watchful). (various references) estar ojo alerta (be on the alert, be on the qui vive). (various references) på sin vakt (on the qui vive, wary). (various references) on the $qui_vive$ giữ thế (qui vive), giữ miếng (qui vive), cảnh giác (flew, fly, qui vive, vigilant, wary, watchful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Daniel Chapter 2, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai 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 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Responderuntque Chaldei regi syriace rex in sempiternum vive dic somnium servis tuis et interpretationem eius indicabimus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And 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 English | 1611 | King James | Then 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 English | 1833 | Webster | Then 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 English | 1964 | Ogden | Then 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. | |||
| Language | Daniel Chapter 2, Verse 4 |
| Cebuano | Unya 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. |
| Dutch | Toen 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. |
| Finnish | Silloin kaldealaiset puhuivat kuninkaalle araminkielellä: "Eläköön kuningas iankaikkisesti! Sano uni palvelijoillesi, niin me ilmoitamme sen selityksen." |
| French | Les Chaldéens répondirent au roi en langue araméenne: O roi, vis éternellement! dis le songe tes serviteurs, et nous en donnerons l`explication. |
| German | Da sprachen die Chaldäer zum König auf chaldäisch: Der König lebe ewiglich! Sage deinen Knechten den Traum, so wollen wir ihn deuten. |
| Haitian Creole | Mesye 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. |
| Hungarian | És mondák a Káldeusok a királynak sziriai nyelven: Király, örökké élj! mondd meg az álmot a te szolgáidnak, és megjelentjük az értelmét. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Mereka menjawab dalam bahasa Aram, "Hiduplah Tuanku selama-lamanya! Ceritakanlah mimpi itu kepada kami, maka kami akan menerangkan artinya." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka 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. |
| Maori | Katahi 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. |
| Norwegian | Da talte kaldeerne til kongen på araméisk: Kongen leve evindelig! Si dine tjenere drømmen! Så skal vi kunngjøre dig dens uttydning. |
| Portuguese | Os caldeus disseram ao rei em aramaico: ç rei, vive eternamente; dize o sonho a teus servos, e daremos a interpretação |
| Rumanian | Haldeii 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. | |
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) | |
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"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). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "VIVE" (pronounced vē"v or vī"v) |
| 2 | -ē" v | achieve, 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. |
| 3 | v ī" v | revive, survive. |
| 2 | -ī" v | alive, arrive, connive, contrive, deprive, derive, dive, drive, five, hive, jive, live, shive, strive, thrive. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
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. | |
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