viu

viu

1. Alternative form of yiu

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbiw]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈviw]
• Rhymes: -iw

Inherited from Latin vīvus, from Proto-Italic *gʷīwos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós.

viu (feminine viva, masculine plural vius, feminine plural vives)

1. living, alive
2. (figurative) lively, vivid

• tanca viva

viu m (plural vius)

1. living person

   els vius i els morts ― the quick and the dead

2. quick (raw flesh)
3. (figurative) quick (sensitive part)
4. (figurative) crux, core, gist

   Synonyms: quid, nus

viu

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of veure
2. inflection of viure:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “viu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

viu

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ver

viu

1. Alternative form of ghiu

From Old French viel < Latin vetulus.

viu m (feminine singular viule, masculine plural vius, feminine plural viules)

1. old

• viéz (rarer)

• vio (obsolete)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Galician viu and Spanish vio.

• Homophone: vil (Brazil)
• Rhymes: -iw
• Hyphenation: viu

viu

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ver

viu

1. (Brazil) used at the beginning or end of a sentence, especially imperative ones, as filler

   Viu, venha aqui quando puder.

   So, come here when you can.

   Não faça isso, viu.

   Don’t do that, OK?

Inherited from Latin vīvus, from Proto-Italic *gʷīwos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós.

• IPA^(key): /viw/

viu m or n (feminine singular vie, plural vii)

1. alive

   Antonym: mort

   mâncat de viu ― eaten alive

• vietate
• vioi

• învia
• înviora
• viață
• via

• trăi