vite
French
Etymology
From Old French viste, of disputed origin:
- According to Littré, from Italian visto (“seen”), from Vulgar Latin *visitus, from Latin vidēre. The adverb corresponds with à vue (“rapidly, without notice”); compare Italian avvisto (“noticed, adroit”).[1]
- Derived from an onomatopoeia expressing rapid movement.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vit/
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Derived terms
References
Further reading
- “vite” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Antonyms
Italian
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
From Latin vītis, vītem, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis (“that which twines or bends, branch, switch”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, wind, bend”).
Derived terms
Latin
Middle Dutch
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Neapolitan
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see”).
Verb
vite (imperative vit, present tense vet or veit, passive vites, simple past visste, past participle visst, present participle vitende)
- to know (be certain or sure about (something); have knowledge of)
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Romanian
Swedish
Declension
Declension of vite | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vite | vitet | viten | vitena |
Genitive | vites | vitets | vitens | vitenas |
See also
- blodsvite
- tillvita
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