# live
## English
### Etymology 1

From Middle English lyven, libben, from Old English lifian, libban (“to live; be alive”), from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian líeuwje (“to live”), West Frisian libje (“to live”), Dutch leven (“to live”), German Low German leven, lęven (“to live”), German leben (“to live”), Swedish leva (“to live”), Icelandic lifa (“to live”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (liban, “to live”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: lĭv, IPA: /lɪv/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪv
* Hyphenation: live

#### Verb

live (third-person singular simple present lives, present participle living, simple past and past participle lived)
* (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
    He's not expected to live for more than a few months.
* (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
    I live at 2a Acacia Avenue.  He lives in LA, but he's staying here over the summer.
** 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 16:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
** 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
** (intransitive, informal) (of an object) to have its proper place; to normally be stored.
    I washed your gravy boat. Where does it live?
* (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
** 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XXXI, page 50:When Lazarus left his charnel-cave, ⁠And home to Mary’s house return’d, […] ‘Where wert thou, brother, those four days?’ ⁠There lives no record of reply, ⁠Which telling what it is to die Had surely added praise to praise.
* (intransitive) To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.
    Her memory lives in that song.
** 2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian‎:He has now overseen three straight victories since taking over from Claudio Ranieri and this latest win, against one of the best teams in Europe, will live long in the memory for every Leicester supporter.
* (intransitive, hyperbolic) To cope.
    You'll just have to live with it!  I can't live in a world without you.
* (intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.
    It is difficult to live in poverty.   And they lived happily ever after.
* (transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
    To live an idle or a useful life.
** 1921, Juanita Helm Floyd, Women in the Life of Balzac:Many people write their romances, others live them; Honore de Balzac did both.
** 2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian:By 1980, South Korea had overtaken its northern neighbour, and was well on its way to being one of the Asian tigers – high-performing economies, with democratic movements ultimately winning power in the 1990s. The withdrawal of most Soviet aid in 1991, with the fall of the Soviet empire, pushed North Korea further down. Kim Il-sung had held a genuine place on North Korean people's affections. His son was regarded as a shadowy playboy, with rumours circulating over the years that he imported Russian and Chinese prostitutes, and lived a life of profligacy and excess.
** 2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 11:But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.
* (transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
** 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC:to live the Gospel
** 2006, Laura Cardone, Motivation at Work‎, →ISBN:Change happens from the inside out and this great resource can show you how to live the habits that build personal and professional effectiveness.
** 2016 March 24, Jon Henley, “The aggressive, outrageous, infuriating (and ingenious) rise of BrewDog”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:In short, he argues, in the modern era, “The only way to build a brand is to live that brand. You have to live the values and the mission, then let the customer decide.”
* (transitive, obsolete) To live as; to live being.
** c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:at leaſt admit vs libertie, Euen as thou hopſt to be eternized, By liuing Aſias mightie Emperour.
* (intransitive) To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).
    No ship could live in such a storm.
** c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:a strong mast that lived upon the sea
* (intransitive, followed by on, upon, or by) To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
    It is hard to live on the minimum wage.   They lived on stale bread.   Man shall not live by bread alone.
* (intransitive, informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.
    I'm sick of spending every day studying at home: I want to go out there and live!

##### Usage notes

Throughout Late Middle English and Early Modern English in Midlands and Northern dialects, the present participle form livand co-occurs with the form living.

##### Synonyms

* (to have permanent residence somewhere): dwell; See also Thesaurus:reside
* (to survive): go on, last, remain; See also Thesaurus:persist

##### Derived terms

* alive
* as I live and breathe
* can't live with them, can't live without them
* cross-live
* die how one lived
* die just how one lived
* die just like one lived
* die just the way one lived
* die like one lived
* die the way one lived
* forlive
* I live in Melbourne
* life
* live a lie
* live a little
* live and breathe
* live and die
* live and die by
* live and learn
* live and let live
* live-and-let-live
* live at Her Majesty's pleasure
* live beyond one's means
* live dangerously
* lived experience
* lived-in
* live down
* live down to
* live end dead end
* live for
* live for the day
* live from paycheck to paycheck
* live-in
* live in
* live in each other's pockets
* live in hope
* live in sin
* live in the moment
* live in the past
* live in the shadow of
* live it up
* live large
* live like a fighting cock
* live like a king
* lively
* live off
* live off the country
* live off the land
* live on
* live one's best life
* live one's own life
* live one's truth
* live on the edge
* live on top of one another
* live-out
* live out
* live over
* live over the brush
* live pair
* live paycheck to paycheck
* live paycheque to paycheque
* live rent-free in someone's head
* live rent free in someone's head
* live rent-free in someone's mind
* live rough
* live tally
* live the dream
* live through
* live to fight another day
* live-together
* live together
* live to regret
* live to tell the tale
* live under a rock
* live up
* live with
* live within oneself
* live with oneself
* live with one's wife's family
* long live
* long-lived
* man shall not live by bread alone
* may you live in interesting times
* mislive
* one should live so long
* outlive
* overlive
* people that live in glass houses should not throw stones
* people that live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
* people who live in glass houses should not throw stones
* people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
* relive
* short-lived
* those who live in glass houses should not throw stones
* those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
* time to live
* we live in a society
* where do you live
* where do you live at
* you haven't lived
* you'll live
* you only live once

##### Translations

Afar: mare
Afrikaans: leef (af)
Albanian: jetoj (sq)
Arabic: حَيِيَ (ḥayiya), عَاشَ (ʕāša)
Egyptian Arabic: عَاش (ʕāš)
Aragonese: bibir (an)
Armenian: ապրել (hy) (aprel)
Old Armenian: կեամ (keam)
Aromanian: bãnedz, bãnedzu
Asturian: vivir (ast)
Azerbaijani: yaşamaq (az)
Bashkir: йәшәү (yəşəw)
Basque: bizi izan
Belarusian: жыць impf (žycʹ)
Berber:
Tashelhit: ddr
Breton: beva
Bulgarian: живе́я (bg) impf (živéja)
Burmese: ရှင် (my) (hrang)
Carpathian Rusyn: жыти impf (žŷty)
Catalan: viure (ca)
Chechen: даха (daxa)
Cherokee: ᎬᎿ (gvhna)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 生 (zh) (shēng), 生活 (zh) (shēnghuó), 活 (zh) (huó)
Coptic:
Bohairic: ⲱⲛϧ (ōnx)
Sahidic, Fayyumic: ⲱⲛϩ (ōnh)
Cornish: bewa
Crimean Tatar: yaşamaq
Czech: žít (cs) impf
Danish: leve (da)
Dutch: leven (nl)
Egyptian: (ꜥnḫ)
Esperanto: vivi (eo)
Estonian: elama (et)
Even: бидэй (ʙidəj), индэй (indəj)
Evenki: бими (bimi), инми (inmi)
Faroese: liva (fo)
Finnish: elää (fi), olla elossa
Franco-Provençal: vivre
French: vivre (fr)
Friulian: vivi
Galician: vivir (gl)
Georgian: სიცოცხლე (sicocxle), ცხოვრება (cxovreba)
German: leben (de)
Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (liban)
Greek: ζω (el) (zo)
Ancient: ζῶ (zô)
Greenlandic: inuuvoq
Haitian Creole: viv
Hebrew: חַי (he) (kháy)
Hindi: जीना (hi) (jīnā)
Hungarian: él (hu)
Icelandic: lifa (is)
Ido: vivar (io)
Indonesian: hidup (id)
Ingush: ваха (vaxa)
Irish: mair, bí beo, bí i do bheatha
Italian: vivere (it)
Japanese: 生きる (ja) (いきる, ikiru), 暮らす (ja) (くらす, kurasu) (spend time, get along)
Javanese: urip (jv)
Kamkata-viri: ǰūa
Kannada: ಬದುಕು (kn) (baduku)
Kashubian: żec
Kazakh: өмір сүру (ömır süru), тұру (kk) (tūru)
Khmer: នៅ (km) (nɨw), រស់ (km) (rŭəh)
Korean: 살다 (ko) (salda)
Kumyk: яшамакъ (yaşamaq)
Kunigami: 生ちちゅん (ひちちゅん, hichichun)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ژِیان (ckb) (jiyan)
Northern Kurdish: jîyan (ku)
Kyrgyz: өмүр сүрүү (ky) (ömür sürüü), жашоо (ky) (jaşoo)
Laboya: morha
Ladin: viver
Lao: ທຽວສົງສານ (thiāu song sān)
Latgalian: dzeivuot
Latin: vivo (la), vigeo
Latvian: dzīvot (lv)
Lithuanian: gyventi (lt)
Lombard: viv (lmo)
Low German:
German Low German: leven
Lushootseed: həliʔ
Luxembourgish: liewen
Macedonian: живее impf (živee)
Malay: hidup (ms)
Malayalam: ജീവിക്കുക (ml) (jīvikkuka)
Maltese: għex
Manchu: ᠪᠠᠨᠵᡳᠮᠪᡳ (banjimbi)
Mauritian Creole: viv
Mbyá Guaraní: iko
Middle English: lyven
Miyako: 生きーㇲ゙ (いきーㇲ゙, ikīz)
Mòcheno: lem
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: амьдрах (mn) (amʹdrax)
Nanai: би- (bi-)
Navajo: hiná
Neapolitan: campà
Nepali: जिउनु (jiunu)
Norman: vivre
North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum: lewe
Mooring: laawe
Northern Amami Ōshima: 生きみゅり (いきみゅり, ikimyuri)
Northern Sami: eallit
Norwegian:
Bokmål: leve (no)
Nynorsk: leva (nn)
Occitan: viure (oc)
Ojibwe: bimaadizi
Okinawan: 生ちちゅん (いちちゅん, ichichun)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: жити impf (žiti)
Old East Slavic: жити impf (žiti)
Old English: libban
Old Norse: lifa
Old Swedish: liva
Oromo: jiraachuu
Pannonian Rusyn: жиц impf (žic)
Papiamentu: biba
Persian:
Classical Persian: زِنْدَگِی کَرْدَن (zindagī kardan)
Dari: زِنْدَگِی کَرْدَن (zindagī kardan), زِنْدَه گِی کَرْدَن (zinda gī kardan)
Iranian Persian: زِنْدِگی کَرْدَن (zendegi kardan), زیسْتَن (zistan)
Piedmontese: vive
Polish: żyć (pl) impf
Portuguese: viver (pt)
Purepecha: irekani
Quechua: kawsay (qu), kausai, kawai
Rapa Nui: ora
Romani: ʒivel, traisarel
Romanian: trăi (ro)
Romansch: viver
Russian: жить (ru) impf (žitʹ), прожи́ть (ru) pf (prožítʹ)
Saho: mare
Sanskrit: जीवति (sa) (jī́vati)
Sardinian: campai, vívere, bívere
Scots: leeve
Scottish Gaelic: bi beò
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: (Ekavian) жи́вети impf, (Ijekavian) жи́вјети impf
Roman: (Ekavian) žíveti (sh) impf, (Ijekavian) žívjeti (sh) impf
Sicilian: campari (scn), vìviri (scn)
Sinhalese: ජීවත් වෙනවා (jīwat wenawā)
Slovak: žiť impf
Slovene: živéti (sl) impf
Somali: noolasho
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: žywy byś impf, žywiś se impf
Sotho: phela (st)
Spanish: vivir (es)
Sundanese: jumeneng
Swahili: ishi (sw)
Swedish: leva (sv)
Tagalog: mabuhay (tl)
Tajik: зиндагӣ кардан (zindagi kardan)
Tamil: வாழ் (ta) (vāḻ)
Tatar: яшәргә (tt) (yaşärgä)
Tetum: moris
Thai: มีชีวิต (mii-chii-wít), อยู่ (th) (yùu)
Tocharian A: śo-
Tocharian B: śai-
Turkish: yaşamak (tr)
Turkmen: ýaşamak
Ukrainian: жи́ти (uk) impf (žýty)
Urdu: جِینا (jīnā)
Uyghur: ياشىماق (yashimaq)
Uzbek: yashamoq (uz)
Venetan: viver, vìvar
Vietnamese: sống (vi)
Võro: elämä
Walloon: viker (wa)
Welsh: byw (cy)
West Frisian: libje
Yiddish: לעבן (lebn)
Yucatec Maya: kuxtal
Zealandic: leve
ǃXóõ: ǃnúm sg, ǃnûɲa pl :
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#### See also

* abide
* dwell
* reside
* stay

### Etymology 2

An aphetic form of alive.

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: līv; IPA: /laɪv/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪv

#### Adjective

live (comparative more live, superlative most live)
* (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
    The post office will not ship live animals.
* Being in existence; actual.
    He is a live example of the consequences of excessive drinking.
* Having active properties; being energized.
    Because the vaccinia virus is live, it is important to follow care instructions for the vaccination site.
* Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.
** (programming) Of an object or value: that may potentially be used in the future execution of a program.
    Antonym: dead
*** 1996, Richard Jones, Rafael Lins, Garbage Collection, →ISBN, page 4:An object in the heap is live if its address is held in a root, or there is a pointer to it held in another live heap node.
* Taken from a living animal.
    live feathers
* (engineering) Imparting power; having motion.
    the live spindle of a lathe
    a live, or driving, axle
* (sports) Still in active play.
    a live ball
* (card games) Of a card: not yet dealt or played.
** 2005, Alison M. Pendergast, Play Winning Poker in No Time, page 57:As a beginner, when you are in a hand, you should practice counting your outs, or those live cards left in the deck that can improve your hand.
* (broadcasting) Being broadcast ("on the air"), as it happens.
    The station presented a live news program every evening.
    Are we live?
* (of a performance or speech) In person.
    This nightclub has a live band on weekends.
* (entertainment, performing) Recorded from a performance in front of an audience.
    a live album
* Able to fire or explode (of firearms or explosives).
    The air force practices dropping live bombs on the uninhabited island.
* Of an environment where sound is recorded: having noticeable reverberation.
** 2002, John Eargle, Chris Foreman, Audio Engineering for Sound Reinforcement, page 21:A good experiment is to have a friend stand in a fixed position in a moderately live room and talk in a clear voice.
** 2016, Jason Corey, Audio Production and Critical Listening: Technical Ear Training, page 136:It sounds like the instruments were recorded in a fairly live room with reverb added.
* (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.
    Use caution when working near live wires.
* (poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
    Tommy's blind was live, so he was given the option to raise.
* (film) Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
* Being in a state of ignition; burning.
    a live coal; live embers
** 1916 March 25, Irvin S. Cobb, “"Unaccustomed as I am—"”, in Saturday Evening Post‎:Call it a dead language if you want to—it looks to me like those Latinites were the live boys when it came to putting a whole lot of meaning into just two or three words.
* (obsolete) Vivid; bright.
** a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:the live carnation
* (slang)
** (dated) Energetic, attentive, active.
    a live man, or orator
*** 1915, “In the Scout Cave”, in Boys' Life, volume 5, number 3, page 23:Now then, Bill, I've recommended to the troop that they take you in, and the fellows have all voted in favor of you. These scouts are a live bunch and they all expect you to make good.
** Outstanding, top-notch, exhilarating.
*** 1998, Kimberly S. Phillips, Purpose Lies Within, Messenger Publishing, →ISBN, page 119:The party was live, and the music was jammin. All over the beach people in colorful swimsuits were moving to the beat.
* (linguistics) Of a syllable in languages such as Thai and Burmese: resonating, not ending abruptly.
    Antonym: dead

##### Usage notes

* Live in the sense of "having life" is used only attributively (before a noun), as in "live animals". Predicatively (after the noun), alive is used, as in "be alive". Living may be used either attributively or predicatively.

##### Synonyms

* (having life): living, alive; see also Thesaurus:alive
* (being in existence): real
* (electrically charged): hot
* (in person): in person, in the flesh

##### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “having life”): dead
* (antonym(s) of “capable of causing harm”): blank, dummy
* (antonym(s) of “electrically charged”): neutral, dead
* (antonym(s) of “as it happens”): recorded, prerecorded
* (antonym(s) of “in person”): broadcast
* (antonym(s) of “featuring humans”): animated

##### Derived terms

* draw live
* go-live
* live action
* live actor
* live actress
* live album
* live ammunition
* live-ball era
* live birth
* live blog
* live box
* live broadcast
* live CD
* live-chat
* live coding
* live drop
* live feed
* live Internet feed
* live load
* lively
* live oak
* live one
* live on tape
* live rail
* live recording
* live round
* live shot
* live steam
* livestock
* live streamer
* live stream, live-stream, livestream
* live time
* live-trap
* live tweet
* live weight
* live wire
* live-wire

##### Translations

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#### Adverb

live (comparative more live, superlative most live)
* Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
    The concert was broadcast live by radio.
* Of making a performance or speech, in person.
    He'll be appearing live at the auditorium.

##### Translations
### Further reading

* “live”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “live”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* Levi, Viel, evil, veil, vile, vlei

## Chinese
### Etymology

From English live, possibly via Japanese ライブ (raibu).

### Pronunciation

* (Hong Kong Cantonese) IPA: /laːi̯f⁵⁵/

### Verb

live
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, Taiwanese Mandarin) to broadcast live; to stream
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) to reach the end (i.e. the newest posts) on a forum thread

### Noun

live
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, Taiwanese Mandarin) live performance; concert　(Classifier: 場／场 m c)
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) livestream (Classifier: 條／条 c)

#### Derived terms

* live秀
* live騷 / live骚 (Cantonese)
* 開live / 开live

## Danish
### Etymology 1

Verbal form of the noun liv (“life”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /liːvə/, [ˈliːʊ̯ə], [ˈliːʊ]

#### Verb

live (imperative liv, infinitive at live, present tense liver, past tense livede, perfect tense har livet)
* enliven

##### Usage notes

Used with op (“up”): live op

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English live First attested in 1965.

#### Adverb

live
* live (as it happens)

##### Synonyms

* direkte

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From liva +‎ -e.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlive]
* Rhymes: -ive
* Hyphenation: li‧ve

### Adverb

live (lative liven)
* (neologism) on the left
    Synonym: maldekstre
    Antonym: dekstre

## Finnish
### Etymology 1

lipeä +‎ -e

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈliʋeˣ/, [ˈliʋe̞(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -iʋe
* Hyphenation: li‧ve

#### Noun

live (dialectal)
* (Satakunta, Tavastia, Central Finland, North Karelia) Synonym of lipeä (“lye”)

##### Declension

Possessive forms of live (Kotus type 48*E/hame, p-v gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lipeeni
lipeeni
accusative
nom.
lipeeni
lipeeni
gen.
lipeeni
genitive
lipeeni
lipeideni lipeitteni
partitive
livettäni
lipeitäni
inessive
lipeessäni
lipeissäni
elative
lipeestäni
lipeistäni
illative
lipeeseeni
lipeisiini lipeihini
adessive
lipeelläni
lipeilläni
ablative
lipeeltäni
lipeiltäni
allative
lipeelleni
lipeilleni
essive
lipeenäni
lipeinäni
translative
lipeekseni
lipeikseni
abessive
lipeettäni
lipeittäni
instructive
comitative
—lipeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lipeesi
lipeesi
accusative
nom.
lipeesi
lipeesi
gen.
lipeesi
genitive
lipeesi
lipeidesi lipeittesi
partitive
livettäsi
lipeitäsi
inessive
lipeessäsi
lipeissäsi
elative
lipeestäsi
lipeistäsi
illative
lipeeseesi
lipeisiisi lipeihisi
adessive
lipeelläsi
lipeilläsi
ablative
lipeeltäsi
lipeiltäsi
allative
lipeellesi
lipeillesi
essive
lipeenäsi
lipeinäsi
translative
lipeeksesi
lipeiksesi
abessive
lipeettäsi
lipeittäsi
instructive
comitative
—lipeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lipeemme
lipeemme
accusative
nom.
lipeemme
lipeemme
gen.
lipeemme
genitive
lipeemme
lipeidemme lipeittemme
partitive
livettämme
lipeitämme
inessive
lipeessämme
lipeissämme
elative
lipeestämme
lipeistämme
illative
lipeeseemme
lipeisiimme lipeihimme
adessive
lipeellämme
lipeillämme
ablative
lipeeltämme
lipeiltämme
allative
lipeellemme
lipeillemme
essive
lipeenämme
lipeinämme
translative
lipeeksemme
lipeiksemme
abessive
lipeettämme
lipeittämme
instructive
comitative
—lipeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lipeenne
lipeenne
accusative
nom.
lipeenne
lipeenne
gen.
lipeenne
genitive
lipeenne
lipeidenne lipeittenne
partitive
livettänne
lipeitänne
inessive
lipeessänne
lipeissänne
elative
lipeestänne
lipeistänne
illative
lipeeseenne
lipeisiinne lipeihinne
adessive
lipeellänne
lipeillänne
ablative
lipeeltänne
lipeiltänne
allative
lipeellenne
lipeillenne
essive
lipeenänne
lipeinänne
translative
lipeeksenne
lipeiksenne
abessive
lipeettänne
lipeittänne
instructive
comitative
—lipeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lipeensä
lipeensä
accusative
nom.
lipeensä
lipeensä
gen.
lipeensä
genitive
lipeensä
lipeidensä lipeittensä
partitive
livettään livettänsä
lipeitään lipeitänsä
inessive
lipeessään lipeessänsä
lipeissään lipeissänsä
elative
lipeestään lipeestänsä
lipeistään lipeistänsä
illative
lipeeseensä
lipeisiinsä lipeihinsä
adessive
lipeellään lipeellänsä
lipeillään lipeillänsä
ablative
lipeeltään lipeeltänsä
lipeiltään lipeiltänsä
allative
lipeelleen lipeellensä
lipeilleen lipeillensä
essive
lipeenään lipeenänsä
lipeinään lipeinänsä
translative
lipeekseen lipeeksensä
lipeikseen lipeiksensä
abessive
lipeettään lipeettänsä
lipeittään lipeittänsä
instructive
comitative
—lipeineen lipeinensä :

##### Derived terms

* lipeinen
* livekala

#### Further reading

* “1. live”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2

From English live.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈliʋe/, [ˈliʋe̞]
* Rhymes: -iʋe
* Hyphenation: li‧ve

#### Noun

live
* (in compounds) live

##### Usage notes

* Chiefly used as modifier in compound terms:
    live-esitys ― live performance
* Almost always used in the essive singular when used independently:
    He esiintyvät tänään livenä areenalla.They will perform live today at the arena.

##### Declension

Possessive forms of live (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
liveni
liveni
accusative
nom.
liveni
liveni
gen.
liveni
genitive
liveni
livejeni liveini $^{rare}$
partitive
liveäni
livejäni
inessive
livessäni
liveissäni
elative
livestäni
liveistäni
illative
liveeni
liveihini
adessive
livelläni
liveilläni
ablative
liveltäni
liveiltäni
allative
livelleni
liveilleni
essive
livenäni
liveinäni
translative
livekseni
liveikseni
abessive
livettäni
liveittäni
instructive
comitative
—liveineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
livesi
livesi
accusative
nom.
livesi
livesi
gen.
livesi
genitive
livesi
livejesi liveisi $^{rare}$
partitive
liveäsi
livejäsi
inessive
livessäsi
liveissäsi
elative
livestäsi
liveistäsi
illative
liveesi
liveihisi
adessive
livelläsi
liveilläsi
ablative
liveltäsi
liveiltäsi
allative
livellesi
liveillesi
essive
livenäsi
liveinäsi
translative
liveksesi
liveiksesi
abessive
livettäsi
liveittäsi
instructive
comitative
—liveinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
livemme
livemme
accusative
nom.
livemme
livemme
gen.
livemme
genitive
livemme
livejemme liveimme $^{rare}$
partitive
liveämme
livejämme
inessive
livessämme
liveissämme
elative
livestämme
liveistämme
illative
liveemme
liveihimme
adessive
livellämme
liveillämme
ablative
liveltämme
liveiltämme
allative
livellemme
liveillemme
essive
livenämme
liveinämme
translative
liveksemme
liveiksemme
abessive
livettämme
liveittämme
instructive
comitative
—liveinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
livenne
livenne
accusative
nom.
livenne
livenne
gen.
livenne
genitive
livenne
livejenne liveinne $^{rare}$
partitive
liveänne
livejänne
inessive
livessänne
liveissänne
elative
livestänne
liveistänne
illative
liveenne
liveihinne
adessive
livellänne
liveillänne
ablative
liveltänne
liveiltänne
allative
livellenne
liveillenne
essive
livenänne
liveinänne
translative
liveksenne
liveiksenne
abessive
livettänne
liveittänne
instructive
comitative
—liveinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
livensä
livensä
accusative
nom.
livensä
livensä
gen.
livensä
genitive
livensä
livejensä liveinsä $^{rare}$
partitive
liveään liveänsä
livejään livejänsä
inessive
livessään livessänsä
liveissään liveissänsä
elative
livestään livestänsä
liveistään liveistänsä
illative
liveensä
liveihinsä
adessive
livellään livellänsä
liveillään liveillänsä
ablative
liveltään liveltänsä
liveiltään liveiltänsä
allative
livelleen livellensä
liveilleen liveillensä
essive
livenään livenänsä
liveinään liveinänsä
translative
livekseen liveksensä
liveikseen liveiksensä
abessive
livettään livettänsä
liveittään liveittänsä
instructive
comitative
—liveineen liveinensä :

##### Synonyms

* elävä

##### Derived terms

* livealbumi
* livekamera
* liveroolipeli
* liveseuranta
* live-äänitys
* liveäänitys

#### Further reading

* “2. live”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Anagrams

* Elvi, Veli, ilve, veli

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

live
* recorded at a concert as opposed to in a studio
* in real time
* (Quebec, Eastern Ontario) now, at this moment.

#### Synonyms

* en direct

### Noun

live m (plural live or lives)
* live stream, a video broadcast in real time, a Q&A (even written) in real time
    Synonym: direct
    comment faire un live sur YouTube ― how to do a livestream on YouTube
    Le Monde a fait un live pendant le confinement. - Le Monde did a live Q&A during the lockdown.

#### Derived terms

* album live

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from English live.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laɪ̯f/
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

live
* (broadcast, event) live (as it happens, in real time, directly)
    Synonyms: direkt, in Echtzeit

#### Usage notes

* There is no adjective corresponding to live, but it can form compounds (see below).

#### Derived terms

* Livekonzert, Live-Konzert
* Liveschaltung, Live-Schaltung
* Livesendung, Live-Sendung
* Liveübertragung, Live-Übertragung

### Further reading

* “live” in Duden online
* “live” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English live, originally as an adjective.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlajv/
* Rhymes: -ajv

### Adjective

live (invariable)
* performed or recorded live
    Synonym: dal vivo

### Noun

live m (invariable)
* live broadcast; live reporting

### References

* ↑ live in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* ↑ live in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* Levi, levi, veli, vile

## Latin
### Verb

līvē
* second-person singular present active imperative of līveō

## Middle English
### Verb

live
* Alternative form of lyven

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²liːʋə/

#### Noun

live n
* dative singular of liv

##### Usage notes

* Used only in the fixed expressions i live and til live.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English live.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɑɪ̯ʋ/

#### Adjective

live (singular and plural live)
* live (some technical senses)
** (broadcasting) on air
** (of a performance or speech) in person
** (entertainment, performing) recorded in front of a live audience

### Etymology 3

From Old Norse hlífa, from Proto-Germanic *hlībijaną. The noun is derived from the verb.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²liːʋə/

#### Verb

live (present tense liver, past tense livde, past participle livt/livd, passive infinitive livast, present participle livande, imperative liv)
* (transitive) to shelter, protect, especially from the weather and elements

##### Alternative forms

* liva (a-infinitive)

##### Related terms

* livd f

#### Noun

live n (definite singular livet, uncountable)
* (rare) shelter, cover, protection, especially from the elements
    Synonyms: le, livd, ly

### Etymology 4

Of the noun liv n (“life”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²liːʋə/

#### Verb

live (present tense livar, past tense liva, past participle liva, passive infinitive livast, present participle livande, imperative live/liv)
* (ambitransitive) to liven

##### Alternative forms

* liva (a-infinitive)

##### Derived terms

* live opp

### References

* “live” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* elvi, evli, leiv, Levi, veil

## Picard
### Etymology

From Latin liber.

### Noun

live m (plural lives)
* book

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* lajw

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English live.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlajf/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ajf
* Syllabification: live

### Adjective

live (not comparable, no derived adverb)
* (broadcasting, colloquial, postpositive) live (seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens)
* (colloquial, music, postpositive) live (made during a performance in front of an audience, and not, as usual, in a recording studio)

### Adverb

live (not comparable)
* (colloquial, postpositive) live (as it happens)
    Synonym: na żywo
    Antonym: z puszki

### Noun

live m inan
* (broadcasting, colloquial) live transmission
* (colloquial, music) live recording (recording made during a performance in front of an audience, and not, as usual, in a recording studio)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* live in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* live in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English live.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈlaj.vi/ [ˈlaɪ̯.vi]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈlaj.vi/ [ˈlaɪ̯.vi]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈlaj.ve/ [ˈlaɪ̯.ve]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈlaj.vɨ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈlaj.vɨ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈlaj.bɨ/ [ˈlaj.βɨ]
* Audio (Brazil):(file)
* Rhymes: -aivi

### Noun

live m or f (plural lives)
* video stream (either a live stream or a recording of a past live stream)
    Synonym: direto
    Hoje assisti à live que fizeram na semana passada.Today, I've watched the stream that they did last week.

#### Usage notes

* Normally feminine in Brazilian Portuguese.

### Further reading

* “live”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “live”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English live.

### Adjective

live m or f or n (indeclinable)
* live

#### Declension
### Adverb

live
* live

## Swazi
### Noun

líve class 5 (plural émáve class 6)
* country

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [laːj˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [laːj˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [laːj˧˧]
* Phonetic spelling: lai

### Noun

(classifier phiên) live
* Short for livestream.

### Verb

live
* Short for livestream.

## Yola
### Etymology

From Middle English lyven, from Old English libban, from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɪv/

### Verb

live (present participle liveen)
* to live
** 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 104:Lhaung mye thye live in prosperitee;Long may they live in prosperity;

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 104