different between revive vs vive

English

Etymology

From Middle English reviven, revyven, from Old French revivre and Latin rev?v?, from re- + v?v? (“live”, verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???va?v/
• Rhymes: -a?v

Verb

revive (third-person singular simple present revives, present participle reviving, simple past and past participle revived)

1. (intransitive) To return to life; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
2. (transitive) To return to life; to cause to recover life or strength; to cause to live anew, or to prevent from dying.

3. (transitive, intransitive) To recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression.
4. (transitive, figuratively) To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate; to make lively again.
5. (transitive) To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.
6. (transitive) To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.

7. (intransitive) To recover its natural or metallic state (e.g. a metal)
8. (transitive) To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state

Synonyms

• rediscover
• resurrect
• renew

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Verb

rev?ve

1. second-person singular present active imperative of rev?v?

Spanish

Verb

revive

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of revivir.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of revivir.

English

Etymology

From Latin vivus. Compare French vif. See vivid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va?v/

Adjective

vive (comparative more vive, superlative most vive)

1. (obsolete) lively, animated; forcible
   • 1890, Samuel Harvey Reynolds, Introduction The Essays of Francis Bacon

     the French King, when by a vive and forcible persuasion he moved him to a war upon Flanders

Esperanto

Etymology

From vivi +? -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vive/
• Hyphenation: vi?ve
• Rhymes: -ive

Adverb

vive

1. In a lively manner.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viv/
• Homophone: vives

Adjective

vive f sg

1. feminine singular of vif

Verb

vive

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of vivre
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of vivre
3. first-person singular imperative of vivre

4. first-person plural imperative of vivre

5. second-person singular imperative of vivre

6. second-person plural imperative of vivre

7. third-person singular imperative of vivre

8. third-person plural imperative of vivre

Usage notes

When used as a general exclamation of honor, as in “Vive la France!” it is usually translated by “long live” in English. Cognate to Spanish (and Italian and Portuguese) viva, of identical usage. Note that in modern French "vivent" is no longer used for the third person plural imperative; e.g. Vive les vacances (Yay for vacations)

Antonyms

• à bas

Derived terms

• vive la différence

Noun

vive f (plural vives)

1. any of certain kind of fish, especially the sand tilefish (Malacanthus plumieri) or the Guinean weever (Trachinus armatus) From FishBase

Derived terms

Further reading

• “vive” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Verb

vive

1. inflection of vivir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Hungarian

Noun

vive

1. Misspelling of víve.

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ive

Verb

vive

1. third-person singular present indicative of vivere

Adjective

vive

1. feminine plural of vivo

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese vivo.

Alternative forms

• bibu (Sotavento)

Adjective

vive

1. (Barlavento) alive, living

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, ?ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Latin

Verb

v?ve

1. second-person singular present active imperative of v?v?

Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French vivre (“to live”), compare Haitian Creole viv.

Verb

vive

1. to live

References

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vive/

Verb

vive

1. to live

Derived terms

• arvive

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?vi.v?/

Verb

vive

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of viver
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of viver

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bibe/, [?bi.??e]

Verb

vive

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of vivir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of vivir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of vivir.