vivace

English

Etymology

From Italian.

Adverb

vivace

1. (music) At a brisk, lively tempo.

Adjective

vivace

1. (music) Played, or to be played, at a brisk, lively tempo.

Noun

vivace (plural vivaces)

1. (music) A piece to be played at a brisk, lively tempo.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vīvācem (“lively, vigorous”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.vas/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: vivaces

Adjective

vivace (plural vivaces)

1. Full of life or vitality; vivacious
2. long-lived, enduring

   Synonym: pérenne

3. (botany) perennial (that can live several years)

   Synonym: pérenne

   Antonyms: annuel, bisannuel

4. (botany) cold hardy (that can withstand frost)

   Synonym: rustique

Derived terms

• mercuriale vivace
• plante vivace
• pois vivace
• vivacement

 

Related terms

• vivacité

 

Further reading

• “vivace” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, 4th Edition (1762).
• “vivace” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
• “vivace” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “vivace” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “vivace” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
• “vivace”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vīvācem (“lively, vigorous”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viˈva.t͡ʃe/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -atʃe
• Hyphenation: vi‧và‧ce

Adjective

vivace (plural vivaci, superlative vivacissimo)

1. lively, vital, bright
2. keen, hardheaded
3. brisk
4. vivid

Related terms

• vivacemente
• vivacità
• vivacizzare
• vivere

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vivace or French vivace.

Adjective

vivace m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. vivacious

Declension

invariable		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	vivace		vivace		vivace	vivace
	definite	—		—		—	—
genitive/ dative	indefinite	vivace		vivace		vivace	vivace
	definite	—		—		—	—