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vivre

to live

verb VEE-vruh Common

Usage Note

Vivre covers being alive and the way one lives, feeding the warm cheer Vive la France and the noun la vie. The phrase savoir-vivre names good manners and the art of living well, a quality the French prize, while vivre sa vie means to live life on one's own terms.

Examples

"Ils vivent à Paris."

Natural Translation

They live in Paris.

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