vivat
See also: Vivat and vivát
English
Etymology
From Latin vīvat (literally “may s/he live”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈviːvæt/, /ˈvaɪvæt/
Interjection
vivat
- A cry wishing someone long life and prosperity.
- 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, OCLC 1026761782, (please specify the book or page number):
- The King swears; and now be the welkin split with vivats[.]
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 338:
- The magistrates were mobbed by vivat-yelling crowds, some 10,000 of whom made their way to the Bastille where they clamoured for Rohan's release.
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Noun
vivat (plural vivats)
- An utterance of the interjection vivat.
French
Pronunciation
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Noun
vivat m (plural vivats)
- (chiefly in the plural) cheer
Further reading
- “vivat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
vīvat
- third-person singular present active subjunctive of vīvō; long live
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin vivat or French vivat.
Interjection
vivat
- vivat