vivre

From Old French vouivre, Latin vipera.

vivre m (plural vivres)

1. a mythical creature similar to a wyvern living in different parts of Burgundy (especially in Tonnerre)
2. any type of snake

• vouivre
• guivre

From Old French vivre, from Latin vivere, present active infinitive of vivo.

vivre

1. to live

   joie de vivre

   joy of living

      Conjugation in Bourguignon

infinitive			vivre
gerund			vivant
auxiliary			aivoi
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vicu		vicue
		plural		vicus		vicues
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		je (j') / i*	tu (t')	ai (el), ale	je (j') / i*	vos	ai (el), ales
	present	vis	vis	vit	vivons	vivez	vivant
	imperfect	vivoos	vivoos	vivoot	viveins	viveins	viveint
	preterite	vicquis	vicquis	vicquit	vicquirens	vicquires	vicquirent
	future	vivré	vivrés	vivré	vivrons	vivrez	vivront
	conditional	vivroos	vivroos	vivroot	vivreins	vivreins	vivreint
subjunctive		que je (j') / qu'i*	que tu (t')	qu'ai (el), qu'ale	que je (j') / qu'i*	que vos	qu'ai (el), qu'ales
	present	vive	vives	vive	viveins	viveins	viveint
	imperfect	vicquisse	vicquisses	vicquisse	vicquisseins	vicquisseins	vicquisseint
imperative		—	tu	—	je (j') / i*	vos	—
	present		vis		vivons	vivez
* je is found in Central and Eastern Burgundy, i is found in the Morvan and partially throughout the whole region

• vivant
• vivifiai

Inherited from Latin vīvere.

vivre (ORB, broad)

1. to live

   Antonym: morir

    Conjugation of vivre

		simple			compound
infinitive		vivre			haveir vîcu
gerund		vivent			hayent vîcu
auxiliary verb		haveir
past participle		masculine			feminine
	singular	vîcu			vîcua
	plural	vîcus			vîcues
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		jo	te	il	nos	vos	ils
	present	vivo	vis	vit	vivems	viveds	vivont
	imperfect	vivim	vivies	viviet	viviams	viviads	viviant
	preterite	vîcquí	vîcquis	vîcquit	vîcquimos	vîcquîtes	vîcquiront
	future	vivrai	vivrés	vivrat	vivrems	vivreds	vivránt
	conditional	vivrim	vivries	vivriet	vivriams	vivriads	vivriant
compound tenses	present perfect	present indicative of haveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of haveir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite indicative of haveir + past participle
	future perfect	future indicative of haveir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haveir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que te	qu'il	que nos	que vos	qu'ils
	present	vivo	vives	vivet	vivams	vivads	vivant
	imperfect	vîcquisso	vîcquisses	vîcquisset	vîcquissams	vîcquissads	vîcquissant
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of haveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haveir + past participle
imperative		—	te	—	nos	vos	—
			vif		vivams	vivads

• vivre in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• vivre in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Inherited from Middle French vivre, from Old French vivre, from Latin vīvere, from Proto-Italic *gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live, be alive”). Forms in véc- originate from Latin irregular perfect stem vīx- (vīxī, vīxistī, ...) undergoing metathesis and shortening to *vĭsc-.

• IPA^(key): /vivʁ/
• Rhymes: -ivʁ

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vivre

1. to live

   Antonym: mourir

   vivre comme un roi ― live like a king

2. to experience

• vif
• vivace
• vivement
• vivifier
• vivisection

• “vivre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

From Old French vivre, from Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō.

vivre

1. to live

• French: vivre

From Old French vivre, from Latin vīvō, vīvere, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live, be alive”).

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vivre

1. (Jersey) to live
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 542:

     I' vit d'amour et de belles chànsons—coum' les alouettes de roques.

     He lives on love and fine songs—as larks do on stones.

From Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō.

IPA^(key): /ˈvivɾə/

vivre

1. to live

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• morir

• Bourguignon: vivre
• Middle French: vivre
  • French: vivre
• Franc-Comtois: vétche
• Norman: vivre (Jersey)