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English

Etymology

Aphetic form of envy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Verb

vie (third-person singular simple present vies, present participle vying, simple past and past participle vied)

1. (intransitive) To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.

   • It is the tradition of a trading nation […] , that the younger sons […] may be placed in such a way of life as […] to vie with the best of their family.

2. (transitive, archaic) To rival (something), etc.
   • 1608, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra [1]

     But, if there be, or ever were, one such, / It's past the size of dreaming: nature wants stuff / To vie strange forms with fancy; yet, to imagine / An Antony, were nature's piece 'gainst fancy, / Condemning shadows quite.

3. (transitive) To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.
   • 1633, George Herbert, The Sacrifice

     And vying malice with my gentleness, / Pick quarrels with their only happiness.

4. To stake; to wager.

   • Out, thou camelion harlot! now thine eyes Vie tears with the hyæna

   • Template:RQ:Shakespeare Anthony
5. To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.

Synonyms

• battle
• compete
• oppose

Antonyms

• concede
• reconcile

Translations

Noun

vie (plural vies)

1. (obsolete) A contest.

Anagrams

• -ive, I've, VEI

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin vita.

Noun

vie f (plural vies)

1. life

Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ie?/, [??ie??]
• Rhymes: -ie
• Syllabification: vie

Verb

vie

1. Third-person singular indicative present form of viedä.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ie??/, [??ie??(?)]
• Rhymes: -ie
• Syllabification: vie

Verb

vie

1. Indicative present connegative form of viedä.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of viedä.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of viedä.

Anagrams

• vei

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi/
• Homophones: vies, vis, vit

Etymology 1

From Old French vie, from older Old French vi?e, from Vulgar Latin v?tam, from Latin v?ta, from Proto-Italic *g??t?.

Noun

vie f (countable and uncountable, plural vies)

1. life, the state of organisms (organic beings) prior to death
2. life, period in which one is alive, between birth and death
3. biography, life
4. life, lifeforms

5. cost of living

Derived terms

Descendants

• Antillean Creole: vi
• Guianese Creole: lavi
• Haitian Creole: lavi
• Louisiana Creole French: vi
• Seychellois Creole: lavi

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin via. Compare voie.

Noun

vie f (plural vies)

1. (Switzerland, Jura) way, path (road, railway, etc)

Related terms

• vionnet (Switzerland, rare)

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi?.e/

Noun

vie f

1. plural of via

Anagrams

• evi

Latin

Verb

vi?

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

Manx

Adjective

vie

1. Lenited form of mie.

Mutation

References

• Mark Abley, Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages (2003)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse vígja, from Proto-Germanic *w?hijan?.

Verb

vie (imperative vi, present tense vier, simple past vigde or vidde or via or viet, past participle vigd or vidd or via or viet)

1. dedicate something to someone or towards a cause
2. wed two persons into marriage

Derived terms

• innvie
• vielse
• vievann

References

• “vie” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vie (present tense vier, past tense vigde, supine vigd or vigt, past participle vigd, present participle viande, imperative vi)

1. alternative form of via

Old French

Etymology

From Latin v?ta.

Noun

vie f (oblique plural vies, nominative singular vie, nominative plural vies)

1. life

Descendants

• Middle French: vie
  • French: vie
    • Antillean Creole: vi
    • Guianese Creole: lavi
    • Haitian Creole: lavi
    • Louisiana Creole French: vi
    • Seychellois Creole: lavi
  • Norman: vie (Guernésiais)
• Walloon: veye, vèie

Picard

Etymology

From Latin vita.

Noun

vie f (plural vies)

1. life

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi.e/

Etymology 1

From Latin v?nea.

Noun

vie f (plural vii)

1. vineyard
2. vine

Declension

Synonyms

• (vine): vi??

Derived terms

• vi?? de vie

Related terms

• vier

Etymology 2

Forms of the adjective viu.

Adjective

vie

1. nominative feminine singular of viu
2. accusative feminine singular of viu

Slovak

Verb

vie

1. third-person singular present of vedie?

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?m/
• Rhymes: -e?m

Etymology 1

From Middle English amen, aimen, eimen (“to guess at, to estimate, to aim”), borrowed from Old French esmer, aesmer, asmer, from Latin ad- plus aestimare (“to estimate”), the compound perhaps being originally formed in Medieval Latin (adaestimare), perhaps in Old French.

Noun

aim (plural aims)

1. The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, such as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.

2. The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
3. Intention or goal

   Synonyms: purpose, design, scheme

   • 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism

     There is no doubt at all that this is the future of machinery, and just as trees grow while the country gentleman is asleep, so while Humanity will be amusing itself, or enjoying cultivated leisure which, and not labour, is the aim of man - or making beautiful things, or reading beautiful things, or simply contemplating the world with admiration and delight, machinery will be doing all the necessary and unpleasant work.
4. The ability of someone to aim straight; one's faculty for being able to hit a physical target

5. (obsolete) Conjecture; guess.

Synonyms

• (intention): aspiration, design, end, ettle, intention, mint, object, purpose, scheme, scope, tendency; See also Thesaurus:goal or Thesaurus:intention

Derived terms

• aimless
• take aim

Translations

Verb

aim (third-person singular simple present aims, present participle aiming, simple past and past participle aimed)

1. (intransitive) To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it

2. (intransitive) To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive
3. (transitive) To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object

4. (transitive) To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group

5. (intransitive, obsolete) To guess or conjecture.

Usage notes

• Sense 2. This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Derived terms

• aim at
• ready, aim, fire!

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

aim

1. Initialism of America Online. AIM; AOL Instant Messenger.

Further reading

• aim in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• aim in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• AMI, I am, I'm a, I'm a', I'm'a, I'm-a, I'ma, IAM, Ima, Ima', MAI, MIA, Mai, Mia, i'm'a, i'ma, ima, mai, mia

Estonian

Etymology

Of Finnic origin. Cognate to Finnish aimottaa.

Noun

aim (genitive aimu, partitive aimu)

1. sense, idea of something, feeling

   Pole aimugi.

   I have no idea.

Declension