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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English lyven, libben, from Old English lifian, libban (“to live; be alive”), from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian líeuwje (“to live”), West Frisian libje (“to live”), Dutch leven (“to live”), German Low German leven, lęven (“to live”), German leben (“to live”), Swedish leva (“to live”), Icelandic lifa (“to live”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (liban, “to live”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: lĭv, IPA(key): /lɪv/
  • Rhymes: -ɪv
  • Hyphenation: live

Verb

live (third-person singular simple present lives, present participle living, simple past and past participle lived)

  1. (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
  2. (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
    1. (intransitive, informal) (of an object) to have its proper place; to normally be stored.
  3. (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
  4. (intransitive) To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.
  5. (intransitive, hyperbolic) To cope.
  6. (intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.
  7. (transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
  8. (transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
  9. (transitive, obsolete) To live as; to live being.
  10. (intransitive) To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).
  11. (intransitive, followed by on, upon, or by) To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
  12. (intransitive, informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.
Usage notes

Throughout Late Middle English and Early Modern English in Midlands and Northern dialects, the present participle form livand co-occurs with the form living.

Synonyms
  • (to have permanent residence somewhere): dwell; See also Thesaurus:reside
  • (to survive): go on, last, remain; See also Thesaurus:persist
Derived terms
Translations

See also

Etymology 2

An aphetic form of alive.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: līv; IPA(key): /laɪv/
  • Rhymes: -aɪv

Adjective

live (comparative more live, superlative most live)

  1. (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
  2. Being in existence; actual.
  3. Having active properties; being energized.
  4. Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.
    1. (programming) Of an object or value: that may potentially be used in the future execution of a program.
      Antonym: dead
  5. Taken from a living animal.
  6. (engineering) Imparting power; having motion.
  7. (sports) Still in active play.
  8. (card games) Of a card: not yet dealt or played.
  9. (broadcasting) Being broadcast ("on the air"), as it happens.
  10. (of a performance or speech) In person.
  11. (entertainment, performing) Recorded from a performance in front of an audience.
  12. Able to fire or explode (of firearms or explosives).
  13. Of an environment where sound is recorded: having noticeable reverberation.
  14. (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.
  15. (poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
  16. (film) Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
  17. Being in a state of ignition; burning.
  18. (obsolete) Vivid; bright.
  19. (slang)
    1. (dated) Energetic, attentive, active.
    2. Outstanding, top-notch, exhilarating.
  20. (linguistics) Of a syllable in languages such as Thai and Burmese: resonating, not ending abruptly.
    Antonym: dead
Usage notes
  • Live in the sense of "having life" is used only attributively (before a noun), as in "live animals". Predicatively (after the noun), alive is used, as in "be alive". Living may be used either attributively or predicatively.
Synonyms
  • (having life): living, alive; see also Thesaurus:alive
  • (being in existence): real
  • (electrically charged): hot
  • (in person): in person, in the flesh
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “having life”): dead
  • (antonym(s) of “capable of causing harm”): blank, dummy
  • (antonym(s) of “electrically charged”): neutral, dead
  • (antonym(s) of “as it happens”): recorded, prerecorded
  • (antonym(s) of “in person”): broadcast
  • (antonym(s) of “featuring humans”): animated
Derived terms
Translations

Adverb

live (comparative more live, superlative most live)

  2. Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
  4. Of making a performance or speech, in person.
Translations

Further reading

  • “live”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “live”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Levi, Viel, evil, veil, vile, vlei

Chinese

Etymology

From English live, possibly via Japanese ライブ (raibu).

Pronunciation

  • (Hong Kong Cantonese) IPA(key): /laːi̯f⁵⁵/

Verb

live

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Taiwanese Mandarin) to broadcast live; to stream
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) to reach the end (i.e. the newest posts) on a forum thread

Noun

live

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Taiwanese Mandarin) live performance; concert　(Classifier: 場／场 m c)
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) livestream (Classifier: 條／条 c)

Derived terms

Danish

Etymology 1

Verbal form of the noun liv (“life”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liːvə/, [ˈliːʊ̯ə], [ˈliːʊ]

Verb

live (imperative liv, infinitive at live, present tense liver, past tense livede, perfect tense har livet)

  1. enliven
Usage notes

Used with op (“up”): live op

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English live First attested in 1965.

Adverb

live

  1. live (as it happens)
Synonyms
  • direkte

Esperanto

Etymology

From liva +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlive]
  • Rhymes: -ive
  • Hyphenation: li‧ve

Adverb

live (lative liven)

  1. (neologism) on the left
    Synonym: maldekstre
    Antonym: dekstre

Finnish

Etymology 1

lipeä +‎ -e

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliʋeˣ/, [ˈliʋe̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -iʋe
  • Hyphenation(key): li‧ve

Noun

live (dialectal)

  1. lye
Declension
Synonyms
  • lipeä
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “1. live”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[5] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

From English live.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliʋe/, [ˈliʋe̞]
  • Rhymes: -iʋe
  • Hyphenation(key): li‧ve

Noun

live

  1. (in compounds) live
Usage notes
  • Chiefly used as modifier in compound terms:
    live-esitys ― live performance
  • Almost always used in the essive singular when used independently:
Declension
Synonyms
  • elävä
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “2. live”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[6] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Anagrams

  • Elvi, Veli, ilve, veli

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

live

  1. recorded at a concert as opposed to in a studio
  2. in real time
  3. (Quebec, Eastern Ontario) now, at this moment.

Synonyms

  • en direct

Noun

live m (plural live or lives)

  1. live stream, a video broadcast in real time, a Q&A (even written) in real time
    Synonym: direct
    comment faire un live sur YouTube ― how to do a livestream on YouTube
    Le Monde a fait un live pendant le confinement. - Le Monde did a live Q&A during the lockdown.

Derived terms

  • album live

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English live.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laɪ̯f/

Adverb

live

  1. (broadcast, event) live (as it happens, in real time, directly)
    Synonyms: direkt, in Echtzeit

Usage notes

  • There is no adjective corresponding to live, but it can form compounds (see below).

Derived terms

  • Livekonzert, Live-Konzert
  • Liveschaltung, Live-Schaltung
  • Livesendung, Live-Sendung
  • Liveübertragung, Live-Übertragung

Further reading

  • “live” in Duden online
  • “live” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English live, originally as an adjective.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlajv/
  • Rhymes: -ajv

Adjective

live (invariable)

  1. performed or recorded live
    Synonym: dal vivo

Noun

live m (invariable)

  1. live broadcast; live reporting

References

Anagrams

  • Levi, levi, veli, vile

Latin

Verb

līvē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of līveō

Middle English

Verb

live

  1. Alternative form of lyven

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²liːʋə/

Noun

live n

  1. dative singular of liv
Usage notes
  • Used only in the fixed expressions i live and til live.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English live.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑɪ̯ʋ/

Adjective

live (singular and plural live)

  1. live (some technical senses)
    1. (broadcasting) on air
    2. (of a performance or speech) in person
    3. (entertainment, performing) recorded in front of a live audience

Etymology 3

From Old Norse hlífa, from Proto-Germanic *hlībijaną. The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²liːʋə/

Verb

live (present tense liver, past tense livde, past participle livt/livd, passive infinitive livast, present participle livande, imperative liv)

  1. (transitive) to shelter, protect, especially from the weather and elements
Alternative forms
  • liva (a-infinitive)
Related terms
  • livd f

Noun

live n (definite singular livet, uncountable)

  1. (rare) shelter, cover, protection, especially from the elements
    Synonyms: le, livd, ly

Etymology 4

Of the noun liv n (“life”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²liːʋə/

Verb

live (present tense livar, past tense liva, past participle liva, passive infinitive livast, present participle livande, imperative live/liv)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to liven
Alternative forms
  • liva (a-infinitive)
Derived terms
  • live opp

References

  • “live” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • elvi, evli, leiv, Levi, veil

Picard

Etymology

From Latin liber.

Noun

live m (plural lives)

  1. book

Polish

Alternative forms

  • lajw

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English live.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlajf/
  • Rhymes: -ajf
  • Syllabification: live

Adjective

live (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (broadcasting, colloquial, postpositive) live (seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens)
  2. (colloquial, music, postpositive) live (made during a performance in front of an audience, and not, as usual, in a recording studio)

Adverb

live (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial, postpositive) live (as it happens)
    Synonym: na żywo
    Antonym: z puszki

Noun

live m inan

  1. (broadcasting, colloquial) live transmission
  2. (colloquial, music) live recording (recording made during a performance in front of an audience, and not, as usual, in a recording studio)

Declension

Further reading

  • live in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • live in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English live.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aivi

Noun

live m or f (plural lives)

  1. video stream (either a live stream or a recording of a past live stream)
    Synonym: direto

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English live.

Adjective

live m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. live

Declension

Adverb

live

  1. live

Swazi

Noun

líve class 5 (plural émáve class 6)

  1. country

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English lyven, from Old English libban, from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɪv/

Verb

live (present participle liveen)

  1. to live

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 104

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