life

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
2. The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
3. The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc.
4. Lifeforms, generally or collectively.
5. A living individual; the fact of a particular individual being alive. (Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.)
6. Existence.
7. Existence.
8. (informal) Existence.
9. Existence.
10. Existence.
11. A period of time during which something has existence.
12. A period of time during which something has existence.
13. A period of time during which something has existence.
14. A period of time during which something has existence.
15. A period of time during which something has existence.
16. (colloquial) A period of time during which something has existence.
17. Animation; spirit; vivacity.
18. Animation; spirit; vivacity.
19. A biography.
20. Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it.
21. An opportunity for existence.
22. An opportunity for existence.
23. An opportunity for existence.
24. An opportunity for existence.
25. The life insurance industry.
26. A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).

Verb

To replace components whose operational lifetime has expired.

Intj

Synonym of God's life (an oath)

Concepts

vie

existence

durée

vivre

la vie

esprit

santé

vigueur

vivacité

âme

vivant

durée de vie

date d’échéance

délai de remboursement

échéance

entrain

force

durabilité

match nul

animation

coeur

le monde

mode de vie

spiritueux

biographie

condamnation à perpétuité

faune

viager

jours

tenir séance

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/laɪf/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English lyf, from Old English līf, from Proto-West Germanic *līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą (“life, body”), from *lībaną (“to remain, stay, be left”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, glue”). Cognate with Scots life, leif (“life”), North Frisian liff (“life, limb, person, livelihood”), West Frisian liif (“belly, abdomen”), Dutch lijf (“body”), Low German lif (“body; life, life-force; waist”), German Leib (“body; womb”) and Leben (“life”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish liv (“life; waist”), Icelandic líf (“life”). Related to belive.

Phrases

I never saw this thing before in my life .

Je n'ai jamais vu cette chose auparavant dans ma vie.

His painting went well , and life went well enough .

Sa peinture s'est bien passée et la vie s'est assez bien déroulée.

These two main fairs are the Bank Holidays of rural life .

Ces deux principales foires sont les jours fériés de la vie rurale.

She spent the rest of her life as Dowager Queen in Bohemia .

Elle a passé le reste de sa vie en tant que reine douairière en Bohême.

The later years of Amos's life were spent mostly in furthering various philanthropic enterprises .

Les dernières années de la vie d'Amos ont été consacrées principalement à la promotion de diverses entreprises philanthropiques.