noun, feminine/vi/plural: vies
life, the state of organisms (organic beings) prior to death; life, period in which one is alive, between birth and death; biography, life; life, lifeforms; cost of living
“l’apparition de la vie sur Terre” — the appearance of life on Earth
Inherited from Old French vie, from older Old French viḍe, from Vulgar Latin vītam, from the accusative of Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā.