vite
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
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]
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
vite
AdjectiveEdit
vite (plural vites)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 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.
- ^ http://artflx.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/dicos/pubdico1look.pl?strippedhw=viste&dicoid=NICOT1606
Further readingEdit
- “vite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
FriulianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
vite f (plural vitis)
AntonymsEdit
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ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
NounEdit
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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DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Latin vītis, vītem, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis (“that which twines or bends, branch, switch”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, wind, bend”).
NounEdit
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 quote)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
vite f
Derived termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
NounEdit
vīte
Middle DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
vite f
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further readingEdit
- “vite”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “vite”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
NeapolitanEdit
NounEdit
vite
NormanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French viste, of disputed origin; see vite.
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
AdjectiveEdit
vite m or f
AdverbEdit
vite
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
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)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “vite” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
vite m (definite singular viten, indefinite plural vitar, definite plural vitarne)
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Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
vite (present tense veit, past tense visste, past participle visst, passive infinitive vitast, present participle vitande, imperative vit)
- Alternative form of vita
RomanianEdit
NounEdit
vite
Serbo-CroatianEdit
ParticipleEdit
vite (Cyrillic spelling вите)
SwedishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Swedish vite (“penalty”), from Proto-Germanic *wītaną. Compare Icelandic víti and English wite (“penalty”).
NounEdit
vite n
- a (conditional) fine (to be paid if the offense is repeated)
- utdöma vite ― impose a fine
- vid vite av ― under penalty of a fine
DeclensionEdit
Declension of vite | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vite | vitet | viten | vitena |
Genitive | vites | vitets | vitens | vitenas |
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See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
AdjectiveEdit
vite