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vivre

/vivʁ/

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verb/vivʁ/

to live; to experience

vivre comme un roilive like a king

Antonyms: mourir

Inherited from Middle French vivre, from Old French vivre, from Latin vīvere, from Proto-Italic *gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live, be alive”). Forms in véc- originate from Latin irregular perfect stem vīx- (vīxī, vīxistī, ...) undergoing metathesis and shortening to *vĭsc-.