vite
French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French viste, of disputed origin:.
- According to Littré, from Italian visto (“seen”), from Vulgar Latin *visitus, from Latin vidēre. The adverb corresponds with à vue (“rapidly, without notice”); compare Italian avvisto (“noticed, adroit”).[1]
- Derived from an onomatopoeia expressing rapid movement.[2]
- From Latin vegetus (“lively, animated”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
vite
Adjective edit
vite (plural vites)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ http://artflx.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/dicos/pubdico1look.pl?strippedhw=vite&dicoid=LITTRE1872
- ^ “vite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading edit
- “vite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
vite f (plural vitis)
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Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
vite f (plural viti)
- screw
- collegarlo al corpo con una vite a filettatura
- attach it to the body with a threaded screw
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Etymology 2 edit
From Latin vītem, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis (“that which twines or bends, branch, switch”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, wind, bend”).
Noun edit
vite f (plural viti)
- vine
- c. 1500, Leonardo da Vinci, “La vite e l'albero vecchio”, in Favole:
- La vite, invecchiata sopra l’albero vecchio, cadde insieme con la ruina d’esso albero, e fu per la trista compagnia a mancare insieme con quello.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
vite f
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Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Noun edit
vīte
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
vite f
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading edit
- “vite”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vite”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Neapolitan edit
Noun edit
vite
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French viste, of disputed origin; see vite.
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Audio (file)
Adjective edit
vite m or f
Adverb edit
vite
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
- vide (non-standard since 1907)
Etymology edit
From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see”).
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Verb edit
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)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vite m (definite singular viten, indefinite plural vitar, definite plural vitarne)
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Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
vite (present tense veit, past tense visste, past participle visst, passive infinitive vitast, present participle vitande, imperative vit)
- Alternative form of vita
Romanian edit
Noun edit
vite
Serbo-Croatian edit
Participle edit
vite (Cyrillic spelling вите)
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Swedish vite (“penalty”), from Proto-Germanic *wītaną. Compare Icelandic víti and English wite (“penalty”).
Noun edit
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 edit
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vite | vitet | viten | vitena |
Genitive | vites | vitets | vitens | vitenas |
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Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
vite