vif

From Middle French vif, from Old French vif, from Latin vīvus (“alive, living”), from Proto-Italic *gʷīwos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”).

• IPA^(key): /vif/

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vif (feminine singular vive, masculine plural vifs, feminine plural vives)

1. lively, brisk
2. vivid, bright
3. keen, sharp
4. (words) poignant, cutting, sharp
5. (edges) sharp, jagged
6. (medicine) acute, intense, strong
7. (feelings, emotions) great, deep

• In the sense "great, deep", the adjective is placed before the noun, e.g. vif plaisir ("great pleasure"), vive tristesse ("deep sadness"). In all other senses it comes after the noun. e.g. vent vif ("keen wind"), musique vive ("lively music").

• violent
• vivant

• vivement
• vivre

vif m (plural vifs)

1. living person

• avoir les nerfs à vif
• entrer dans le vif du sujet
• piquer au vif

• “vif” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Old French vif, from Latin vīvus (“alive, living”).

vif m (feminine singular vifve, masculine plural vifs, feminine plural vifes)

1. alive

From Old French vif, from Latin vīvus (“alive, living”).

vif m

1. (Jersey) alive, quick

• vivement

From Latin vīvus (“alive, living”)

vif m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vive)

1. alive

• Middle French: vif
  • French: vif
• Norman: vif

vif

1. rapidity
2. speed