alive

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• /əˈlaɪv/
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From Middle English alyve, alive, alife, olive, olife, on live, on life, from Old English on līfe (“alive”, literally “in life" or "in (the) body”), from on (“on, in”) + līfe, dative singular of līf (“life”). In this sense, replaced Old English cwic (whence English quick). Equivalent to a- + life. Compare Dutch in leven (“alive”, literally “in life”), German am Leben (“alive”, literally “at life" or "at living”).

220 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aghwan: 𐕘𐕒𐕡𐔺 (ġuy) — having life
• Albanian: gjall — having life
• Albanian: jeto — having life
• Arabic: حَيّ (ḥayy) — having life
• Arabic: عايش (ʕāyeš) — having life
• Arabic: حي (ḥai) — having life
• Arabic: حَي (ḥayy) — having life
• Arabic: عايش (ʕāyiš) — having life
• Armenian: կենդանի (kendani) — having life
• Armenian: ողջ (oġǰ) — having life
• Armenian: սաղ (saġ) — having life
• Aromanian: yiu — having life
• Aromanian: ghiu — having life
• Aromanian: viu — having life
• Asturian: vivu — having life
• Azerbaijani: canlı — having life
• Azerbaijani: diri — having life
• Bashkir: тере (tere) — having life
• Bashkir: иҫән (iśən) — having life
• Basque: bizirik — having life
• Belarusian: жывы́ (žyvý) — having life
• Bengali: জীবন্ত (jibonto) — having life
• Bengali: জিন্দা (jinda) — having life
• Central Bikol: buhay — having life
• Bulgarian: жив (živ) — having life
• Catalan: viu — having life
• Catalan: vivent — having life
• Chickasaw: okchá̠a — having life
• Chinese Mandarin: 活著 /活着 (huó zhe) — having life
• Maore Comorian: hayi — having life
• Maore Comorian: na mo — having life
• Ngazidja Comorian: na muo — having life
• Ngazidja Comorian: na moo — having life
• Ngazidja Comorian: hai — having life
• Cornish: byw — having life
• Czech: živý — having life
• Dutch: levend — having life
• Esperanto: viva — having life
• Estonian: elus — having life
• Finnish: elävä — having life
• Finnish: hengissä oleva — having life
• Finnish: elossa oleva — having life
• French: en vie — having life
• French: vivant — having life
• Friulian: vîf — having life
• Friulian: vîv — having life
• Galician: vivo — having life
• Georgian: ცოცხალი (cocxali) — having life
• German: lebendig — having life
• Greek: ζωντανός (zontanós) — having life
• Ancient Greek: ζωός (zōós) — having life
• Haitian Creole: vivan — having life
• Hebrew: חַי — having life
• Hindi: जीवित (jīvit) — having life
• Hindi: सजीव (sajīv) — having life
• Hindi: ज़िंदा (zindā) — having life
• Hindi: जीता (jītā) — having life
• Hindi: जीवंत (jīvant) — having life
• White Hmong: ciaj — having life
• Hungarian: életben lévő — having life
• Hungarian: élő — having life
• Hungarian: eleven — having life
• Icelandic: lifandi — having life
• Icelandic: á lífi — having life
• Ido: vivanta — having life
• Indonesian: hidup — having life
• Irish: beo — having life
• Italian: vivo — having life
• Japanese: 生きている (ikiteiru) — having life
• Kabuverdianu: bibu — having life
• Kabuverdianu: vive — having life
• Kaurna: purruna — having life
• Khmer: នៅរស់ (nɨwrŭəh) — having life
• Konkani: जितें (jitẽ) — having life
• Korean: 살아있는 (sarainneun) — having life
• Central Kurdish: زندو (zindu) — having life
• Northern Kurdish: zindî — having life
• Northern Kurdish: jîndar — having life
• Northern Kurdish: candar — having life
• Latgalian: dzeivs — having life
• Latin: vīvus — having life
• Latvian: dzīvs — having life
• Lithuanian: gyvas — having life
• Lutuv: hring — having life
• Luxembourgish: lieweg — having life
• Macedonian: жив (živ) — having life
• Malayalam: ജീവനുള്ള (jīvanuḷḷa) — having life
• Manx: bio — having life
• Māori: kaiao — having life
• Marathi: जिवंत (jivanta) — having life
• Marathi: सजीव (sajīv) — having life
• Megleno-Romanian: ghiu — having life
• Megleno-Romanian: viu — having life
• Middle English: alyve — having life
• Middle English: quik — having life
• Navajo: hiná — having life
• Nepali: जिउँदो (jiũdo) — having life
• Nepali: जीवित (jīvit) — having life
• Ngarrindjeri: markuldi — having life
• Norwegian: i live — having life
• Norwegian: levende — having life
• Nukunu: purru — having life
• Occitan: viu — having life
• Occitan: vivent — having life
• Old Church Slavonic: живъ (živŭ) — having life
• Old English: cwic — having life
• Old English: on līfe — having life
• Pashto: ژوندى (žwanday) — having life
• Persian: زنده (zende) — having life
• Pitjantjatjara: wanka — having life
• Polish: żywy — having life
• Polish: żywcem — having life
• Portuguese: vivo — having life
• Rapa Nui: aringa — having life
• Romanian: viu — having life
• Romansh: viv — having life
• Romansh: veiv — having life
• Russian: живо́й (živój) — having life
• Russian: в живы́х (v živýx) — having life
• Sanskrit: जीव (jīva) — having life
• Sanskrit: जीवित (jīvitá) — having life
• Sanskrit: आयु (āyu) — having life
• Sardinian: bibu — having life
• Sardinian: biu — having life
• Sardinian: bivu — having life
• Sardinian: viu — having life
• Scottish Gaelic: beò — having life
• Serbo-Croatian: жив — having life
• Serbo-Croatian: živ — having life
• Sherpa: གསོན་པུ (gson pu) — having life
• Sicilian: vivu — having life
• Slovak: živý — having life
• Slovene: živ — having life
• Lower Sorbian: žywy — having life
• Spanish: vivo — having life
• Sudovian: gīvas — having life
• Swahili: hai — having life
• Swedish: levande — having life
• Tagalog: buhay — having life
• Tajik: зинда (zinda) — having life
• Tamil: உயிருடன் (uyiruṭaṉ) — having life
• Tamil: உயிரோடு (uyirōṭu) — having life
• Thai: มีชีวิต (mii-chii-wít) — having life
• Thai: เป็น (bpen) — having life
• Tibetan: གསོན་པོ (gson po) — having life
• Tocharian B: śāmane — having life
• Turkish: sağ — having life
• Turkish: diri — having life
• Turkish: canlı — having life
• Turkish: hayatta — having life
• Udi: гъуй (ɣuj) — having life
• Ukrainian: живи́й (žyvýj) — having life
• Urdu: زندہ (zindā) — having life
• Urdu: جیتا (jītā) — having life
• Vietnamese: sống — having life
• Waray-Waray: buhi — having life
• Welsh: byw — having life
• Yaghnobi: зинда (zinda) — having life
• Yucatec Maya: kuxaʼan — having life
• Zhuang: lix — having life
• Bulgarian: оживе́н (oživén) — in a state of action
• Bulgarian: енергичен (energičen) — in a state of action
• Dutch: levendig — in a state of action
• Finnish: elävä — in a state of action
• Finnish: toimiva — in a state of action
• German: lebendig — in a state of action
• Hindi: सजीव (sajīv) — in a state of action
• Hindi: सक्रिय (sakriya) — in a state of action
• Ido: vivanta — in a state of action
• Irish: beo — in a state of action
• Italian: attivo — in a state of action
• Italian: animato — in a state of action
• Central Kurdish: زندوی (zinduy) — in a state of action
• Malayalam: സജീവം (sajīvaṁ) — in a state of action
• Manx: bio — in a state of action
• Marathi: सक्रिय (sakriy) — in a state of action
• Middle English: alyve — in a state of action
• Middle English: quik — in a state of action
• Portuguese: vivo — in a state of action
• Scottish Gaelic: beò — in a state of action
• Bulgarian: гъмжащ (gǎmžašt) — exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings
• Finnish: elävä — exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings
• Finnish: kiireinen — exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings
• German: lebendig — exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings
• Hindi: क्रियाशील (kriyāśīl) — exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings
• Ido: vivanta — exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings
• Irish: beo — exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings
• Italian: attivo — exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings
• Kabuverdianu: bibu — exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings
• Kabuverdianu: vive — exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings
• Manx: bio — exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings
• Marathi: क्रियाशिल (kriyāśil) — exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings
• Portuguese: vivo — exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings
• Scottish Gaelic: beò — exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings
• Albanian: i gjall — sprightly, lively, brisk
• Finnish: eloisa — sprightly, lively, brisk
• Finnish: vilkas — sprightly, lively, brisk
• Finnish: pirteä — sprightly, lively, brisk
• Finnish: reipas — sprightly, lively, brisk
• Finnish: eläväinen — sprightly, lively, brisk
• Hindi: सक्रिय (sakriya) — sprightly, lively, brisk
• Hungarian: élénk — sprightly, lively, brisk
• Hungarian: eleven — sprightly, lively, brisk
• Ido: vivanta — sprightly, lively, brisk
• Manx: bio — sprightly, lively, brisk
• Marathi: सक्रिय (sakriy) — sprightly, lively, brisk
• Portuguese: vivo — sprightly, lively, brisk
• Scottish Gaelic: beò — sprightly, lively, brisk
• Slovene: živahen — sprightly, lively, brisk
• Tamil: கலகலப்பான (kalakalappāṉa) — sprightly, lively, brisk
• Turkish: yaşam dolu — sprightly, lively, brisk
• Turkish: diri — sprightly, lively, brisk
• Turkish: canlı — sprightly, lively, brisk
• Bulgarian: чувствителен (čuvstvitelen) — having susceptibility
• Finnish: herkkä — having susceptibility
• Finnish: altis — having susceptibility
• Albanian: jetesa — of all living
• Finnish: kaikista — of all living
• Finnish: päällä maan — of all living
• Finnish: ikinä — of all living