Meaning

vivre

  1. to live
  2. to experience

Concepts

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ve.ky/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French and Old French vescu, derived from the preterite vesqui, itself from a metathesis of Latin vixi, likely influenced by nasqui (“I was born”). See the same development in Occitan and Catalan viscut. Compare also Italian vissuto.

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