Definitions and meaning of vie
vie
Translingual
Symbol
vie
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Vietnamese.
Etymology
Aphetic form of envy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vaɪ/
- Rhymes: -aɪ
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Verb
vie (third-person singular simple present vies, present participle vying or vieing, simple past and past participle vied)
- (intransitive) To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.
- (transitive, archaic) To rival (something), etc.
- (transitive) To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.
- To stake; to wager.
- To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
Noun
vie (plural vies)
- (obsolete) A contest.
See also
Anagrams
Bourguignon
Etymology
From Latin vita.
Noun
vie f (plural vies)
- life
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse vígja, from Proto-Germanic *wīhijaną.
Verb
vie (imperative vi, present tense vier, simple past viede, past participle viet)
- dedicate something to someone or towards a cause
- wed two persons into marriage
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋie̯/, [ˈʋie̞̯]
- Rhymes: -ie
- Syllabification(key): vie
Verb
vie
- third-person singular present indicative of viedä
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋie̯ˣ/, [ˈʋie̞̯(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -ie
- Syllabification(key): vie
Verb
vie
- inflection of viedä:
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular present imperative
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi/
- Homophones: vies, vis, vit
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old French vie, from older Old French viḍe, from Vulgar Latin vītam, from Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā.
Noun
vie f (countable and uncountable, plural vies)
- life, the state of organisms (organic beings) prior to death
- life, period in which one is alive, between birth and death
- biography, life
- life, lifeforms
- l’apparition de la vie sur Terre ― the appearance of life on Earth
- cost of living
Derived terms
Descendants
- Antillean Creole: vi
- Guianese Creole: lavi
- Haitian Creole: lavi
- Louisiana Creole: vi
- Seychellois Creole: lavi
Etymology 2
Ultimately from Latin via. Compare voie.
Noun
vie f (plural vies)
- (Switzerland, Jura) way, path (road, railway, etc)
Related terms
- vionnet (Switzerland, rare)
Further reading
- “vie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvi.e/
- Rhymes: -ie
- Hyphenation: vì‧e
Noun
vie f
- plural of via
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
viē
- second-person singular present active imperative of vieō
Manx
Adjective
vie
- Lenited form of mie.
Mutation
References
- Mark Abley, Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages (2003)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse vígja, from Proto-Germanic *wīhijaną.
Verb
vie (imperative vi, present tense vier, simple past vigde or vidde or via or viet, past participle vigd or vidd or via or viet)
- dedicate something to someone or towards a cause
- wed two persons into marriage
Derived terms
References
- “vie” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
vie (present tense vier, past tense vigde, supine vigd or vigt, past participle vigd, present participle viande, imperative vi)
- alternative form of via
Old French
Etymology
From Latin vīta.
Noun
vie oblique singular, f (oblique plural vies, nominative singular vie, nominative plural vies)
- life
Descendants
- Middle French: vie
- French: vie
- Antillean Creole: vi
- Guianese Creole: lavi
- Haitian Creole: lavi
- Louisiana Creole: vi
- Seychellois Creole: lavi
- Norman: vie (Guernésiais)
- Walloon: veye, vèie
Picard
Etymology
From Latin vita.
Noun
vie f (plural vies)
- life
Romanian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin vīnea.
Noun
vie f (plural vii)
- vineyard
- vine
- Synonym: viță
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Forms of the adjective viu.
Adjective
vie
- nominative/accusative feminine singular of viu
Alternative forms
Etymology 3
Inherited from Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō, from Proto-Italic *gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live, be alive”).
Pronunciation
Verb
a vie (third-person singular present vie, past participle vis) 3rd conj.
- (rare, dated) to have life; to live, exist
- (of intangibles, such as emotions and beliefs) to endure
Conjugation
Synonyms
- dura
- exista
- fi
- trăi
- viețui
Derived terms
Related terms
References
MDA2 via *vie in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Slovak
Verb
vie
- third-person singular present of vedieť
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