Vie

Part of Speech

noun

Difficulty Level

Translations

🇩🇪 Lebenszustand , 🇪🇸 estado de vida , 🇮🇹 stato di esistenza , 🇵🇹 estado de vida , 🇨🇳 生命 , 🇯🇵 人生 , 🇰🇷 생명 , 🇸🇦 الحالة المعيشية , 🇮🇳 जीवन की अवस्था

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Etymology

The French noun **vie** comes directly from Latin *vita* “life, existence.” Latin *vita* is derived from the Proto‑Indo‑European root *weyd‑ “to live, to be.” In Old French the final Latin *‑a* was lost and the preceding vowel became nasalized, giving the modern *vie*.

Synonyms

existence durée de vie longévité cycle de vie mortalité vitalité

Antonyms

mort décès inexistence inanimé sans vie