# vive
## English
### Etymology

From Latin vivus. Compare French vif. See vivid.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vaɪv/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪv

### Adjective

vive (comparative more vive, superlative most vive)
* (obsolete) lively, animated
** 1890, Samuel Harvey Reynolds, Introduction The Essays of Francis Bacon
    the French King, when by a vive and forcible persuasion he moved him to a war upon Flanders

### See also

* vive la différence

### References

* ↑ “vive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From vivi +‎ -e.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvive]
* Rhymes: -ive
* Hyphenation: vi‧ve

### Adverb

vive
* In a lively manner.
** 1891, L. L. Zamenhof, La batalo de l'vivo, translation of The Battle of Life by Charles Dickens:"Kaj tamen, Grace — fratino mi preskaŭ dirus." "Diru ĝin!" ŝi lin vive interrompis. "Mi aŭdas ĝin kun plezuro, neniam nomu min alie.""And yet, Grace - I'd almost say 'sister'." "Say it!" she interrupted him in a lively way. "I'm pleased to hear it, never call me otherwise."

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /viv/
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: vives

### Adjective

vive f sg
* feminine singular of vif

### Verb

vive
* inflection of vivre:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** first-person singular imperative
    Vive moi! ― Yay for me!
* first-person plural imperative of vivre
    Vive nous! ― Yay for us!
* second-person singular imperative of vivre
    Vive tu! ― Go (you singular)!
* second-person plural imperative of vivre
    Vive vous! ― Long live (you plural)!
* third-person singular imperative of vivre
    Vive la France! ― Long live France!
* third-person plural imperative of vivre
    Vive les femmes! ― Go women! Go girls!

#### Usage notes

When used as a general exclamation of honor, as in “Vive la France!” it is usually translated by “long live” in English. Cognate to Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese viva, of identical usage. Note that in modern French "vivent" is no longer used for the third person plural imperative; e.g. vive les vacances (“yay for vacations”).

#### Antonyms

* à bas

### Noun

vive f (plural vives)
* (ichthyology) any of certain kind of fish, mostly in the family Trachinidae, but especially the sand tilefish (Malacanthus plumieri) or the Guinean weever (Trachinus armatus) From FishBase

#### Synonyms

* (sand tilefish): malacanthe bleu, matajuel bleu, sans-culotte
* (Guinean weever): vive guinéenne

#### Derived terms

* grande vive
* petite vive
* vive à tête rayonnée
* vive araignée
* vive du Cap Vert
* vive guinéenne
* vive peigne
* vive rayée

### Further reading

* “vive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /biˈβɪ/

### Verb

vive
* inflection of vivir:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative
* inflection of viver:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “vivir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Hungarian
### Participle

vive
* Misspelling of víve.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvi.ve/
* Rhymes: -ive
* Hyphenation: vì‧ve

### Verb

vive
* third-person singular present indicative of vivere

### Adjective

vive f pl
* feminine plural of vivo

## Kabuverdianu
### Alternative forms

* bibu (Sotavento)

### Etymology

From Portuguese vivo.

### Adjective

vive
* (Barlavento) alive, living

### References

* Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
* Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

## Latin
### Verb

vīve
* second-person singular present active imperative of vīvō

## Louisiana Creole
### Etymology

From French vivre (“to live”), compare Haitian Creole viv.

### Verb

vive
* to live

### References

* Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

## Piedmontese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvive/

### Verb

vive
* to live

#### Derived terms

* arvive

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvi.vi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvi.vi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈvi.ve/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvi.vɨ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvi.vɨ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbi.bɨ/ [ˈbi.βɨ]
* Hyphenation: vi‧ve

### Verb

vive
* inflection of viver:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative
* inflection of vivar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbibe/ [ˈbi.β̞e]
* Rhymes: -ibe
* Syllabification: vi‧ve

### Verb

vive
* inflection of vivar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative
* inflection of vivir:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative