vécu

See also: vecu and veču

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French and Old French vescu, derived from the preterite vesqui, itself from a metathesis of Latin vixi, likely influenced by nasqui (“I was born”). See the same development in Occitan and Catalan viscut. Compare also Italian vissuto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ve.ky/

• Audio:

  (file)

Participle

vécu (feminine vécue, masculine plural vécus, feminine plural vécues)

1. past participle of vivre

Adjective

vécu (feminine vécue, masculine plural vécus, feminine plural vécues)

1. that which is part of a lived experience, real, true

   Il y avait un film qui passait à la télévision: une histoire vécue. ― There was a movie on TV: a true story.

Noun

vécu m (plural vécus)

1. experience (what one experiences)
2. inner life

Further reading

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