live
French, noun\liv\
live is spelled L-I-V-E (4 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written French, the 2,514th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Live is a French masculine noun meaning “live stream, a video broadcast in real time, a Q&A (even written) in real time” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue éteinte appartenant à la branche fennique de la famille des langues finno-ougriennes (principalement…”.
What does live mean in English?
adverb
- 1
live (as it happens, in real time, directly)
- 2
Quebecnow, at the moment.
noun
- 1
masculinelive stream, a video broadcast in real time, a Q&A (even written) in real time
comment faire un live sur YouTube
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Langue éteinte appartenant à la branche fennique de la famille des langues finno-ougriennes (principalement en Livonie).
noun: 1. Enregistrement en public, par opposition à l’enregistrement dans un studio. 2. Diffusion en direct, par opposition aux programmes préalablement enregistrés. 3. Support qui contient un système d’exploitation amorçable sans installation. 4. Maintenant, en ce moment.
noun: 1. Livonien.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of live
- lives plural
- Lives plural masculine feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce live?
- \liv\
- [ˈli.və]
- [lajv]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to live
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is live in French?
live appears 32 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).