vite

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See also: VITE, Vite, vîte, víte, and vitæ

French

Etymology

From Old French viste, of disputed origin:.

Pronunciation

Adverb

vite

  1. quickly

Adjective

vite (plural vites)

  1. (obsolete or informal) quick; fast

Derived terms

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Further reading

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin vīta.

Noun

vite f (plural vitis)

  1. life

Antonyms

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvi.te/
  • Rhymes: -ite
  • Hyphenation: vì‧te

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

vite f (plural viti)

  1. screw
    collegarlo al corpo con una vite a filettatura
    attach it to the body with a threaded screw
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Ottoman Turkish: ویده

Etymology 2

From Latin vītem

Noun

vite f (plural viti)

  1. vine
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

vite f

  1. plural of vita
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Anagrams

Latin

Noun

vīte

  1. ablative singular of vītis

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vīta.

Noun

vite f

  1. life
  2. lifestyle, more
  3. life story

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

Neapolitan

Noun

vite

  1. plural of vita

Norman

Etymology

From Old French viste, of disputed origin; see vite.

Pronunciation

Adjective

vite m or f

  1. fast

Adverb

vite

  1. quickly, soon

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • vide (non-standard since 1907)

Etymology

From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (see).

Pronunciation

Verb

vite (imperative vit, present tense vet or veit, passive vites, simple past visste, past participle visst, present participle vitende)

  1. to know (be certain or sure about (something); have knowledge of)

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vita.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ʋɪːtə/, /²ʋɪtə/

Noun

vite m (definite singular viten, indefinite plural vitar, definite plural vitarne)

  1. (pre-1917 or dialectal) alternative form of vete (beacon)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

vite (present tense veit, past tense visste, past participle visst, passive infinitive vitast, present participle vitande, imperative vit)

  1. Alternative form of vita

Romanian

Noun

vite

  1. plural of vită

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

vite (Cyrillic spelling вите)

  1. feminine plural passive past participle of viti

Swedish

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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish vite (penalty), from Proto-Germanic *wītaną. Compare Icelandic víti and English wite (penalty).

Noun

vite n

  1. a penalty (usually a kind of fine, for breaching regulations or failing to fulfill an obligation, included as a clause in an agreement or the like)
    utdöma vite
    impose a (monetary) penalty
  2. (in "vid vite") under penalty (having to pay a fine or the like if failing to do something)
    att åläggas att göra något vid vite av 20 000 kronor
    to be ordered to do something under penalty of a fine of 20,000 kronor
Declension
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See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

vite

  1. definite natural masculine singular of vit

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