vivant

vivant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French vivant (“living”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪˈvænt/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

vivant

1. (card games, obsolete) In mort, bridge, and similar games, the partner of dummy.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for vivant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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French

Etymology

Present participle of vivre, probably a calque of Latin vīvēns, vīventem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.vɑ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Adjective

vivant (feminine vivante, masculine plural vivants, feminine plural vivantes)

1. alive; living

   Je croyais qu'il était mort, mais il est encore vivant.

   I thought he was dead, but he is still alive.

Participle

vivant

1. present participle of vivre

Noun

vivant m (plural vivants, feminine vivante)

1. a living person
2. a lifetime
3. all living things

Derived terms

• bon vivant
• du vivant de
• fossile vivant
• langue vivante
• tableau vivant

Further reading

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

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Latin

Verb

vīvant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of vīvō

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Middle French

Verb

vivant (feminine singular vivante, masculine plural vivans, feminine plural vivantes)

1. present participle of vivre
2. (may be preceded by en, invariable) gerund of vivre

Adjective

vivant m (feminine singular vivante, masculine plural vivans, feminine plural vivantes)

1. alive

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Old French

Etymology

Present participle of vivre, probably a calque of Latin vīvēns, vīventem.

Adjective

vivant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vivant or vivante)

1. living; alive

Declension

Declension of vivant

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	vivanz	vivant or vivante(rare)	vivant
	Oblique	vivant			vivant or vivante(rare)	vivant
Plural	Subject	vivant	vivanz or vivantes(rare)		vivant
	Oblique	vivanz			vivanz or vivantes(rare)	vivant

Verb

vivant

1. present participle of vivre

Descendants

• French: vivant

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Romanian

Etymology

From French vivant.

Adjective

vivant m or n (feminine singular vivantă, masculine plural vivanți, feminine and neuter plural vivante)

1. lively

Declension

Declension of vivant

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	vivant		vivantă	vivanți	vivante
	definite	vivantul		vivanta	vivanții	vivantele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	vivant		vivante	vivanți	vivante
	definite	vivantului		vivantei	vivanților	vivantelor