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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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.
Pronunciation Edit
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
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Noun Edit
vite m (definite singular viten, indefinite plural vitar, definite plural vitarne)
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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 (conditional) fine (to be paid if the offense is repeated)
- utdöma vite ― impose a fine
- vid vite av ― under penalty of a fine
Declension Edit
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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 also Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective Edit
vite