adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/vaɪˈveɪ.ʃəs/
/vəˈveɪ.ʃəs/
/vɪˈveɪ.ʃəs/
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rhymes with -eɪʃəs
CMU ARPABET:V AH0 V EY1 SH AH0 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Lively and animated; full of life and energy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Long-lived.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Difficult to kill.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
vigorous and animated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a vibrant group that challenged the system
a charming and vivacious hostess
a vivacious folk dance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vibrant
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin vīvāx (“lively, vigorous”) + -acious, from vīvere (“to live”).
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
жив
(živ)
— lively and animated
Bulgarian:
оживен
(oživen)
— lively and animated
Catalan:
vivaç
— lively and animated
Chinese Mandarin:
活潑 /活泼
(huópo)
— lively and animated
Chinese Mandarin:
精神
(jīngshen)
— lively and animated
Czech:
čilý
— lively and animated
Czech:
čiperný
— lively and animated
Czech:
živý
— lively and animated
Dutch:
levendig
— lively and animated
Finnish:
eloisa
— lively and animated
Finnish:
pirteä
— lively and animated
French:
vivace
— lively and animated
Galician:
vivaz
— lively and animated
Georgian:
ცოცხალი
(cocxali)
— lively and animated
Georgian:
ცხოველი
(cxoveli)
— lively and animated
Georgian:
სიცოცხლისმოყვარული
(sicocxlismoq̇varuli)
— lively and animated
Georgian:
მხიარული
(mxiaruli)
— lively and animated
German:
lebhaft
— lively and animated
Irish:
móraigeanta
— lively and animated
Italian:
vivace
— lively and animated
Latin:
vīvāx
— lively and animated
Latvian:
spirgts
— lively and animated
Latvian:
žirgts
— lively and animated
Latvian:
možs
— lively and animated
Latvian:
mundrs
— lively and animated
Macedonian:
жив
(živ)
— lively and animated
Macedonian:
ве́сел
(vésel)
— lively and animated
Macedonian:
по́движен
(pódvižen)
— lively and animated
Māori:
ngangahau
— lively and animated
Persian:
سرزنده
(sarzende)
— lively and animated
Portuguese:
vivaz
— lively and animated
Russian:
живо́й
(živój)
— lively and animated
Russian:
оживлённый
(oživljónnyj)
— lively and animated
Russian:
жизнерадостный
(žizneradostnyj)
— lively and animated
Serbo-Croatian:
živahan
— lively and animated
Spanish:
vivaz
— lively and animated
Swedish:
livfull
— lively and animated
Swedish:
livlig
— lively and animated
Turkish:
hayat dolu
— lively and animated
Ottoman Turkish:
دینج
(dinc)
— lively and animated