vivid

Phrases
Signification (Anglais)

Fréquence

C2
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈvɪvɪd/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin vividus (“animated, spirited”), from vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”), Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”). The noun sense (a type of marker pen) was genericized from Bic's Vivid Marker brand.

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