vivre

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BourguignonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French vivre, from Latin vivere, present active infinitive of vivo.

VerbEdit

vivre

1. to live

   El aivoot vicu queiques tamps ài Dijon.

   He had lived few times in Dijon.

ConjugationEdit

      Conjugation in Bourguignon

infinitive			vivre
gerund			vivant
auxiliary			aivoi
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vicu		vicue
		plural		vicus		vicues
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		i	tu (t')	ai (el), ale	i	vos	ai (el), ales
	present	vis	vis	vit	vivons	vivez	vivant
	imperfect	vivoos	vivoos	vivoot	viveins	viveins	viveint
	preterite	vicquis	vicquis	vicquit	vicquirens	vicquirens	vicquirent
	future	vivré	vivrés	vivré	vivrons	vivrez	vivront
	conditional	vivroos	vivroos	vivroot	vivreins	vivreins	vivreint
subjunctive		qu'i	que tu (t')	qu'ai (el), qu'ale	qu'i	que vos	qu'ai (el), qu'ales
	present	vive	vives	vive	viveins	viveins	viveint
	imperfect	vicquisse	vicquisses	vicquisse	vicquisseins	vicquisseins	vicquisseint
imperative		—	tu	—	i	vos	—
	present		vis		vivons	vivez

Related termsEdit

• vivant
• vivifiai

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French vivre, from Old French vivre, from Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō, from Proto-Italic *gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live, be alive”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /vivʁ/
• Rhymes: -ivʁ

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VerbEdit

vivre

1. to live
2. to experience

ConjugationEdit

  Conjugation of vivre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		vivre			avoir vécu
gerund		en vivant			en ayant vécu
present participle		vivant /vi.vɑ̃/
past participle		vécu /ve.ky/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	vis /vi/	vis /vi/	vit /vi/	vivons /vi.vɔ̃/	vivez /vi.ve/	vivent /viv/
	imperfect	vivais /vi.vɛ/	vivais /vi.vɛ/	vivait /vi.vɛ/	vivions /vi.vjɔ̃/	viviez /vi.vje/	vivaient /vi.vɛ/
	past historic1	vécus /ve.ky/	vécus /ve.ky/	vécut /ve.ky/	vécûmes /ve.kym/	vécûtes /ve.kyt/	vécurent /ve.kyʁ/
	future	vivrai /vi.vʁe/	vivras /vi.vʁa/	vivra /vi.vʁa/	vivrons /vi.vʁɔ̃/	vivrez /vi.vʁe/	vivront /vi.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	vivrais /vi.vʁɛ/	vivrais /vi.vʁɛ/	vivrait /vi.vʁɛ/	vivrions /vi.vʁi.jɔ̃/	vivriez /vi.vʁi.je/	vivraient /vi.vʁɛ/
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	vive /viv/	vives /viv/	vive /viv/	vivions /vi.vjɔ̃/	viviez /vi.vje/	vivent /viv/
	imperfect1	vécusse /ve.kys/	vécusses /ve.kys/	vécût /ve.ky/	vécussions /ve.ky.sjɔ̃/	vécussiez /ve.ky.sje/	vécussent /ve.kys/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	vis /vi/	—	vivons /vi.vɔ̃/	vivez /vi.ve/	—
1literary tenses

AntonymsEdit

• (to live): mourir

Related termsEdit

• vif
• vivace
• vivement
• vivifier
• vivisection

Further readingEdit

• “vivre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French vivre, from Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō.

VerbEdit

vivre

1. to live

DescendantsEdit

• French: vivre

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NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French vivre, from Latin vīvō, vīvere, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live, be alive”).

PronunciationEdit

• Audio (Jersey)

  (file)

VerbEdit

vivre

1. (Jersey) to live

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Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō.

VerbEdit

vivre

1. to live

ConjugationEdit

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of vivre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		vivre			avoir vescu
gerund		en vivant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		vivant
past participle		vescu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	vif	vis	vit	vivons	vivez	vivent
	imperfect	vivoie, viveie	vivoies, viveies	vivoit, viveit	viviiens, viviens	viviiez, viviez	vivoient, viveient
	preterite	vesqui	vesquis	vesquié	vesquimes	vesquistes	vesquierent
	future	vivrai	vivras	vivra	vivrons	vivroiz, vivreiz, vivrez	vivront
	conditional	vivroie, vivreie	vivroies, vivreies	vivroit, vivreit	vivriiens, vivriens	vivriiez, vivriez	vivroient, vivreient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	vive	vives	vive	vivons	vivez	vivent
	imperfect	vesquisse	vesquisses	vesquist	vesquissons, vesquissiens	vesquissoiz, vesquissez, vesquissiez	vesquissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	vif	—	vivons	vivez	—

AntonymsEdit

• morir

DescendantsEdit

• Bourguignon: vivre
• Middle French: vivre
  • French: vivre
• Norman: vivre (Jersey)