vite

See also: VITE, Vite, vîte, víte, and vitæ

French

Etymology

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”).

• Derived from an onomatopoeia expressing rapid movement.

• From Latin vegetus (“lively, animated”).

• According to Nicot, from Latin versūtus (“adroit, dexterous”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vit/

• audio

  (file)

Adverb

vite

1. quickly

Adjective

vite (plural vites)

1. (obsolete or informal) quick; fast

Derived terms

• à la va-vite
• aller plus vite que la musique
• aller vite en besogne
• au plus vite
• et plus vite que ça
• vite fait
• vitesse

 

Further reading

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

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin vīta.

Noun

vite f (plural vitis)

1. life

Antonyms

• muart

Related terms

• vivi
• vîv

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.te/
• Rhymes: -ite
• Hyphenation: vì‧te

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

vite f (plural viti)

1. screw

   collegarlo al corpo con una vite a filettatura

   attach it to the body with a threaded screw

Derived terms

Derived terms

• avvitare
• giro di vite
• svitare
• cacciavite
• vite di Archimede
• viteria

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: ویده‎
  • Turkish: vida

Etymology 2

From Latin vītis, vītem, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis (“that which twines or bends, branch, switch”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, wind, bend”).

Noun

vite f (plural viti)

1. 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 terms

Derived terms

• vitame
• viticchio
• viticcio
• viticolo
• viticoltore / viticultore
• viticoltura / viticultura
• vitifero
• vitigno
• vitivinicolo
• vitivinicoltore
• vitivinicoltura

Etymology 3

Noun

vite f

1. plural of vita

Derived terms

• vitale
• vitalità

Anagrams

• veti

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Latin

Noun

vīte

1. ablative singular of vītis

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vīta.

Noun

vite f

1. life
2. lifestyle, more
3. life story

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “vite”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “vite”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Neapolitan

Noun

vite

1. plural of vita

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French viste, of disputed origin; see vite.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

vite m or f

1. fast

Adverb

vite

1. quickly, soon

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋiːtɛ/, [ˈʋiːt̪ə]

Verb

vite (imperative vit, present tense vet or veit, passive vites, simple past visste, past participle visst, present participle vitende)

1. to know (be certain or sure about (something); have knowledge of)

Derived terms

• allvitende
• viten

References

• “vite” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse viti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɪːtə/, /²ʋɪtə/

Noun

vite m (definite singular viten, indefinite plural vitar, definite plural vitarne)

1. (pre-1917 or dialectal) alternative form of vete (“beacon”)

Derived terms

• vitestova

Etymology 2

Verb

vite (present tense veit, past tense visste, past participle visst, passive infinitive vitast, present participle vitande, imperative vit)

1. Alternative form of vita

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Romanian

Noun

vite

1. plural of vită

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Serbo-Croatian

Participle

vite (Cyrillic spelling вите)

1. feminine plural passive past participle of viti

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Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish vite (“penalty”), from Proto-Germanic *wītaną. Compare Icelandic víti and English wite (“penalty”).

Noun

vite n

1. 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

Declension of vite
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vite	vitet	viten	vitena
Genitive	vites	vitets	vitens	vitenas

Derived terms

• vitesförbud
• vitesföreläggande

See also

• blodvite
• tillvita

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

vite

1. absolute definite natural masculine singular of vit.