vivant

English

Etymology

French vivant (“living”).

Noun

vivant

  1. (card games) In mort, bridge, and similar games, the partner of dummy.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for vivant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Etymology

Present participle of vivre, probably a calque of Latin vīvēns, vīventem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vi.vɑ̃/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Adjective

vivant (feminine singular vivante, masculine plural vivants, feminine plural vivantes)

  1. alive; living
    Je croyais qu'il était mort, mais il est encore vivant.
    I thought he was dead, but he is still alive.

Verb

vivant

  1. present participle of vivre

Noun

vivant m (plural vivants, feminine vivante)

  1. a living person

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Verb

vīvant

  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of vīvō

Old French

Etymology

Present participle of vivre, probably a calque of Latin vīvēns, vīventem.

Adjective

vivant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vivant or vivante)

  1. living; alive

Declension

Verb

vivant

  1. present participle of vivre

Descendants

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