vive
French, noun/viv/
vive is spelled V-I-V-E (4 letters) and appears 38 times per million words in written French, the 2,172nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vive is a French feminine noun meaning “any of certain kind of fish, mostly in the family Trachinidae, but especially the sand tilefish (Malacanthus plumieri) or the Guinean…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of vif. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Type de poisson osseux marin de l’Atlantique, de la Méditerranée et de la mer Noire, qui possède une épine…”.
What does vive mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineany of certain kind of fish, mostly in the family Trachinidae, but especially the sand tilefish (Malacanthus plumieri) or the Guinean weever (Trachinus armatus) From FishBase
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of vif
verb
- 1
inflection of vivre
Vive moi!
- 2
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 3
first-person singular imperative
- 4
third-person singular imperative of vivre
Vive la France!
- 5
second-person singular imperative of vivre
Vive tu!
- 6
first-person plural imperative of vivre
Vive nous!
- 7
second-person plural imperative of vivre
Vive vous!
- 8
third-person plural imperative of vivre
Vive les femmes!
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Type de poisson osseux marin de l’Atlantique, de la Méditerranée et de la mer Noire, qui possède une épine dorsale venimeuse, et a la bouche inclinée vers le haut et les yeux situés au-dessus de la tête, de la famille des trachinidés, par exemple la grande vive.
interjection: 1. Exclamation en l’honneur de quelqu’un, ou d’une chose dont on se félicite de la présence.
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 vive
- vives plural
- vivent plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vive?
- /viv/
- \viv\
- [vivə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vive
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vive in French?
vive appears 38 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).