vivre

Bourguignon

Etymology 1

From Old French vouivre, Latin vipera.

Noun

vivre m (plural vivres)

  1. a mythical creature similar to a wyvern living in different parts of Burgundy (especially in Tonnerre)
  2. any type of snake
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From Old French vivre, from Latin vivere, present active infinitive of vivo.

Verb

vivre

  1. to live
    El aivoot vicu queiques tamps ài Dijon.
    He had lived few times in Dijon.
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 vicquirens 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

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”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vivʁ/
  • Rhymes: -ivʁ
  • audio(file)

Verb

vivre

  1. to live
  2. to experience

Conjugation
Conjugation of vivre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle vivant
/vi.vɑ̃/
past participle vécu
/ve.ky/
infinitive
simple vivre
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple vivant
/vi.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 – tu – nous vous –
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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Antonyms

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French vivre, from Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō.

Verb

vivre

  1. to live

Descendants

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

  1. (Jersey) to live

Old French

Etymology

From Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō.

Verb

vivre

  1. 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

Descendants
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