vivre
Bourguignon
Etymology 1
From Old French vouivre, Latin vipera.
Noun
vivre m (plural vivres)
Alternative forms
- vouivre
- guivre
Etymology 2
From Old French vivre, from Latin vivere, present active infinitive of vivo.
Conjugation
| 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)
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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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
- (to live): mourir
Related terms
Further reading
- “vivre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French vivre, from Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French vivre, from Latin vīvō, vīvere, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live, be alive”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Old French
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
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