vivacité
French, noun\vi.va.si.te\
vivacité is spelled V-I-V-A-C-I-T-É (8 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written French, the 21,568th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vivacité is a French feminine noun meaning “vivacity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractère de ce qui est vif ; animation, activité, promptitude à agir, à se mouvoir”.
What does vivacité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevivacity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caractère de ce qui est vif ; animation, activité, promptitude à agir, à se mouvoir. 2. Manière de sentir prompte et animée. 3. Vivacité de caractère, disposition à s’irriter, à s’emporter facilement. 4. , Emportements légers et passagers.
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 vivacité
- vivacités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vivacité?
- \vi.va.si.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vivacité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vivacité in French?
vivacité appears 1.9 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).