vite

From Old French viste, of disputed origin:.

• According to Littré, from Italian visto (“seen”), from Vulgar Latin *visitus, from Latin vidēre. The adverb corresponds with à vue (“rapidly, without notice”); compare Italian avvisto (“noticed, adroit”).^[1]
• Derived from an onomatopoeia expressing rapid movement.^[2]
• From Latin vegetus (“lively, animated”).

• IPA^(key): /vit/

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• Homophone: vîtes

vite

1. quickly

vite (plural vites)

1. (obsolete or informal) quick; fast

• “vite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

From Latin vīta.

vite f (plural vitis)

1. life

• muart

• vivi
• vîv

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.te/
• Rhymes: -ite
• Hyphenation: vì‧te

From Latin vītis (“vine”), with an analogous change in meaning to "screw."

vite f (plural viti)

1. screw

   collegarlo al corpo con una vite a filettatura

   attach it to the body with a threaded screw

• → Ottoman Turkish: ویده
  • Turkish: vida

From Latin vītem

vite f (plural viti)

1. vine
   • c. 1500, Leonardo da Vinci, “La vite e l'albero vecchio”, in Favole:

     La vite, invecchiata sopra l’albero vecchio, cadde insieme con la ruina d’esso albero, e fu per la trista compagnia a mancare insieme con quello.

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vite f

1. plural of vita

• vitale
• vitalità

• veti

vīte

1. ablative singular of vītis

Borrowed from Latin vīta.

vite f

1. life
2. lifestyle, more
3. life story

• “vite”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “vite”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

vite

1. plural of vita

From Old French viste, of disputed origin; see vite.

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vite m or f

1. fast

vite

1. quickly, soon

• vide (non-standard since 1907)

From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see”).

• IPA^(key): /²ʋiːtɛ/, [²ʋiːt̪ə]

vite (imperative vit, present tense vet or veit, passive vites, simple past visste, past participle visst, present participle vitende)

1. to know (be certain or sure about (something); have knowledge of)

• allvitende
• viten

• “vite” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “vite” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Old Norse vita.

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɪːtə/, /²ʋɪtə/

vite m (definite singular viten, indefinite plural vitar, definite plural vitarne)

1. (pre-1917 or dialectal) alternative form of vete (“beacon”)

• vitestova

vite (present tense veit, past tense visste, past participle visst, passive infinitive vitast, present participle vitande, imperative vit)

1. alternative form of vita

vite

1. plural of vită

vite (Cyrillic spelling вите)

1. feminine plural passive past participle of viti

From Old Swedish vite (“penalty”), from Proto-Germanic *wītaną. Compare Icelandic víti and English wite (“penalty”).

vite n

1. a penalty (usually a kind of fine, for breaching regulations or failing to fulfill an obligation, included as a clause in an agreement or the like)

   utdöma vite

   impose a (monetary) penalty

2. (in "vid vite") under penalty (having to pay a fine or the like if failing to do something)

   att åläggas att göra något vid vite av 20 000 kronor

   to be ordered to do something under penalty of a fine of 20,000 kronor

• vitesförbud
• vitesföreläggande

• blodvite
• böter (“fine”)
• tillvita

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vite

1. definite natural masculine singular of vit

• “vite”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “vite”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “vite”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)