Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word vie. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in vie.
Definitions and meaning of vie
vie
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Frenchenvier.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /vaɪ/
Rhymes: -aɪ
Verb
vie (third-person singular simple presentvies, present participlevying, simple past and past participlevied)
(intransitive) To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.
It is the tradition of a trading nation[…], that the younger sons[…] may be placed in such a way of life as […] to vie with the best of their family.
(transitive, archaic) To rival (something), etc.
1608, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra [1]
But, if there be, or ever were, one such, / It's past the size of dreaming: nature wants stuff / To vie strange forms with fancy; yet, to imagine / An Antony, were nature's piece 'gainst fancy, / Condemning shadows quite.
(transitive) To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.
1633, George Herbert, The Sacrifice
And vying malice with my gentleness, / Pick quarrels with their only happiness.
To stake; to wager.
c. 1605-1606, Ben Jonson, Volpone (The Fox)
Out, thou camelion harlot! now thine eyes Vie tears with the hyæna
Template:RQ:Shakespeare Anthony
To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.
Synonyms
battle
compete
oppose
Antonyms
concede
reconcile
Translations
Noun
vie (pluralvies)
(obsolete) A contest.
Anagrams
-ive, I've, VEI
Bourguignon
Etymology
From Latinvita.
Noun
vief (pluralvies)
life
Finnish
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈʋie̯/, [ˈʋie̞̯]
Rhymes: -ie
Syllabification: vie
Verb
vie
Third-person singular indicative present form of viedä.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈʋie̯ˣ/, [ˈʋie̞̯(ʔ)]
Rhymes: -ie
Syllabification: vie
Verb
vie
Indicative present connegative form of viedä.
Second-person singular imperative present form of viedä.
Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of viedä.
Anagrams
vei
French
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /vi/
Homophones: vies, vis, vit
Etymology 1
From Old Frenchvie, from older Old Frenchviḍe, from Vulgar Latin vītam, from Latinvīta, from Proto-Italic*gʷītā.
Noun
vief (countable and uncountable, pluralvies)
life, the state of organisms (organic beings) prior to death
life, period in which one is alive, between birth and death