vite

Etymology

From Old French viste, of disputed origin:

• According to Littré, from Italian visto (“seen”), from Vulgar Latin *visitus, from Latin vidēre. The adverb corresponds with à vue (“rapidly, without notice”); compare Italian avvisto (“noticed, adroit”).^[1]

• Derived from an onomatopoeia expressing rapid movement.^[2]

• From Latin vegetus (“lively, animated”).

• According to Nicot, from Latin versūtus (“adroit, dexterous”).^[3]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vit/

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Adverb

vite

1. quickly

Adjective

vite (plural vites)

1. (obsolete or informal) quick; fast

References

Further reading

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

Etymology

From Latin vīta.

Noun

vite f (plural vitis)

1. life

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

From Latin vītis, vītem, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis (“that which twines or bends, branch, switch”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, wind, bend”).

Etymology 3

Anagrams

• veti

Noun

vīte

1. ablative singular of vītis

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vīta.

Noun

vite f

1. life
2. lifestyle, more
3. life story

Further reading

• “vite”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “vite”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Noun

vite

1. plural of vita

Etymology

From Old French viste, of disputed origin; see vite.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

vite m, f

1. fast

Adverb

vite

1. quickly, soon

Etymology

From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see”).

Verb

vite (imperative vit, present tense vet or veit, passive vites, simple past visste, past participle visst, present participle vitende)

1. to know (be certain or sure about (something); have knowledge of)

References

• “vite” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Verb

vite (present tense veit, past tense visste, past participle visst, passive infinitive vitast, present participle vitande, imperative vit)

1. Alternative form of vita

Noun

vite

1. plural of vită

Adjective

vite

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of vit.

Noun

vite n

1. a (conditional) fine (to be paid if the offense is repeated)