vivre
Bourguignon
Etymology 1
From Old French vouivre, Latin vipera.
Noun
vivre m (plural vivres)
- a mythical creature similar to a wyvern living in different parts of Burgundy (especially in Tonnerre)
- any type of snake
Alternative forms
- vouivre
- guivre
Etymology 2
From Old French vivre, from Latin vivere, present active infinitive of vivo.
Verb
vivre
- to live
- joie de vivre
- joy of living
Conjugation
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 | je (j') / i* | tu (t') | ai (el), ale | je (j') / i* | vos | ai (el), ales | ||
| present | vis | vis | vit | vivons | vivez | vivant | ||
| imperfect | vivoos | vivoos | vivoot | viveins | viveins | viveint | ||
| preterite | vicquis | vicquis | vicquit | vicquirens | vicquires | vicquirent | ||
| future | vivré | vivrés | vivré | vivrons | vivrez | vivront | ||
| conditional | vivroos | vivroos | vivroot | vivreins | vivreins | vivreint | ||
| subjunctive | que je (j') / qu'i* | que tu (t') | qu'ai (el), qu'ale | que je (j') / 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 | — | je (j') / i* | vos | — | ||
| present | vis | vivons | vivez | |||||
| * je is found in Central and Eastern Burgundy, i is found in the Morvan and partially throughout the whole region | ||||||||
Related terms
- vivant
- vivifiai
French
Etymology
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”). Forms in véc- originate from Latin irregular perfect stem vīx- (vīxī, vīxistī, ...) undergoing metathesis and shortening to *vĭsc-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vivʁ/
- Rhymes: -ivʁ
audio (file)
Verb
vivre
- to live
- Antonym: mourir
- vivre comme un roi ― live like a king
- to experience
Conjugation
Conjugation of vivre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | vivre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | vivant /vi.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | vécu /ve.ky/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (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 historic2 | 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 | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | vive /viv/ | vives /viv/ | vive /viv/ | vivions /vi.vjɔ̃/ | viviez /vi.vje/ | vivent /viv/ |
| imperfect2 | vécusse /ve.kys/ | vécusses /ve.kys/ | vécût /ve.ky/ | vécussions /ve.ky.sjɔ̃/ | vécussiez /ve.ky.sje/ | vécussent /ve.kys/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | vis /vi/ | — | vivons /vi.vɔ̃/ | vivez /vi.ve/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- âme qui vive
- art de vivre
- faire bon vivre
- ils vécurent heureux et eurent beaucoup d'enfants
- joie de vivre
- l'espoir fait vivre
- on ne vit qu'une fois
- pour vivre heureux, vivons cachés
- qui vit par l'épée périra par l'épée
- qui vivra verra
- sentir le vécu
- sur le qui-vive
- vivre au-dessus de ses moyens
- vivre aux crochets de
- vivre avec son temps
- vivre d'amour et d'eau fraiche
- vivre dans une grotte
- vivre en grand seigneur
- vivre sa vie
Related terms
- vif
- vivace
- vivement
- vivifier
- vivisection
Further reading
- “vivre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French vivre, from Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō.
Verb
vivre
- to live
Descendants
- French: vivre
Norman
Etymology
From Old French vivre, from Latin vīvō, vīvere, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live, be alive”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Verb
vivre
- (Jersey) to live
Old French
Etymology
From Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō.
Verb
vivre
- to live
Conjugation
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 | — | ||
Antonyms
- morir
Descendants
- Bourguignon: vivre
- Middle French: vivre
- French: vivre
- Norman: vivre (Jersey)