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French
Etymology
From Old French viste, of disputed origin:.
Pronunciation
Adverb
vite
- quickly
Adjective
vite (plural vites)
- (obsolete or informal) quick; fast
Derived terms
References
Further reading
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin vīta.
Noun
vite f (plural vitis)
- 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)
- screw
collegarlo al corpo con una vite a filettatura- attach it to the body with a threaded screw
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Latin vītem
Noun
vite f (plural viti)
- vine
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Noun
vite f
- plural of vita
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
vīte
- ablative singular of vītis
Middle Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vīta.
Noun
vite f
- life
- lifestyle, more
- life story
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
Neapolitan
Noun
vite
- plural of vita
Norman
Etymology
From Old French viste, of disputed origin; see vite.
Pronunciation
Adjective
vite m or f
- fast
Adverb
vite
- quickly, soon
Norwegian Bokmål
- 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)
- to know (be certain or sure about (something); have knowledge of)
Derived terms
References
- “vite” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “vite” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vita.
Pronunciation
Noun
vite m (definite singular viten, indefinite plural vitar, definite plural vitarne)
- (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)
- Alternative form of vita
Romanian
Noun
vite
- plural of vită
Serbo-Croatian
Participle
vite (Cyrillic spelling вите)
- feminine plural passive past participle of viti
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish vite (“penalty”), from Proto-Germanic *wītaną. Compare Icelandic víti and English wite (“penalty”).
Noun
vite n
- 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
- (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
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
vite
- definite natural masculine singular of vit
References