vivipare
French, adjective/vi.vi.paʁ/
vivipare is a French adjective meaning “viviparous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui donne naissance à des petits vivants, par gestation dans l’utérus de la femelle”.
What does vivipare mean in English?
adjective
- 1
viviparous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui donne naissance à des petits vivants, par gestation dans l’utérus de la femelle, 2. Ovovivipare.
noun: 1. Animal dont les petits viennent au monde vivants.
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 vivipare
- vivipares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vivipare?
- /vi.vi.paʁ/
- \vi.vi.paʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vivipare
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vivipare in French?
vivipare appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).