vite

See also: VITE, Vite, vîte, víte, and vitæ

French

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”).
• Derived from an onomatopoeia expressing rapid movement.
• From Latin vegetus (“lively, animated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vit/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: vîtes

Adverb

vite

1. quickly

Adjective

vite (plural vites)

1. (obsolete or informal) quick; fast

Derived terms

• à la va-vite
• aller plus vite que la musique
• aller vite en besogne
• au plus vite
• et plus vite que ça
• vite fait
• vitesse

 

Further reading

• “vite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin vīta.

Noun

vite f (plural vitis)

1. life

Antonyms

• muart

Related terms

• vivi
• vîv

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.te/
• Rhymes: -ite
• Hyphenation: vì‧te

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

vite f (plural viti)

1. screw

   collegarlo al corpo con una vite a filettatura

   attach it to the body with a threaded screw

Derived terms

Derived terms

• avvitare
• giro di vite
• svitare
• cacciavite
• vite di Archimede
• viteria

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: ویده
  • Turkish: vida

Etymology 2

From Latin vītem

Noun

vite f (plural viti)

1. vine
   • c. 1500, Leonardo da Vinci, “La vite e l'albero vecchio”, in Favole:

     La vite, invecchiata sopra l’albero vecchio, cadde insieme con la ruina d’esso albero, e fu per la trista compagnia a mancare insieme con quello.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• vitame
• viticchio
• viticcio
• viticolo
• viticoltore / viticultore
• viticoltura / viticultura
• vitifero
• vitigno
• vitivinicolo
• vitivinicoltore
• vitivinicoltura

Etymology 3

Noun

vite f

1. plural of vita

Derived terms

• vitale
• vitalità

Anagrams

• veti

Latin

Noun

vīte

1. ablative singular of vītis

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vīta.

Noun

vite f

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “vite”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vite”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Neapolitan

Noun

vite

1. plural of vita

Norman

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

vite m or f

1. fast

Adverb

vite

1. quickly, soon

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• vide (non-standard since 1907)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋiːtɛ/, [²ʋiːt̪ə]

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)

Derived terms

• allvitende
• viten

References

• “vite” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “vite” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse viti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɪːtə/, /²ʋɪtə/

Noun

vite m (definite singular viten, indefinite plural vitar, definite plural vitarne)

1. (pre-1917 or dialectal) alternative form of vete (“beacon”)

Derived terms

• vitestova

Etymology 2

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of vita

Romanian

Noun

vite

1. plural of vită

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

vite (Cyrillic spelling вите)

1. feminine plural passive past participle of viti

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish vite (“penalty”), from Proto-Germanic *wītaną. Compare Icelandic víti and English wite (“penalty”).

Noun

vite n

1. a penalty (usually a kind of fine, for breaching regulations or failing to fulfill an obligation, included as a clause in an agreement or the like)

   utdöma vite

   impose a (monetary) penalty

2. (in "vid vite") under penalty (having to pay a fine or the like if failing to do something)

   att åläggas att göra något vid vite av 20 000 kronor

   to be ordered to do something under penalty of a fine of 20,000 kronor

Declension

Declension of vite
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vite	vitet	viten	vitena
Genitive	vites	vitets	vitens	vitenas

Derived terms

• vitesförbud
• vitesföreläggande

See also

• blodvite
• böter (“fine”)
• tillvita

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

vite

1. definite natural masculine singular of vit

References

• vite in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vite in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vite in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)