vives
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vives
1515–25; earlier avives < Middle French < Spanish adibas < Arabic al-dhi’bah literally, the she-wolf
Example Sentences
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“Si vives en el Valle, y realmente en el área metropolitana de Los Ángeles, sabes que hay tantos latinos, negros y de ascendencia asiática”, dijo.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2021
The visit was a useful introduction for Wilson to the Gaullist most likely to succeed De Gaulle�if Gaullism sur vives its progenitor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since no new books are published in France of which the Nazis disapprove, the U.S. is the chief soil on which the French language sur vives as a free medium of expression.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bands, playing national anthems and patriotic airs, French "vives" and Czech "nazdars" rent the air.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Je n'en sais rien—ne vous laissez pas aller a de vives impressions—voila tout."
From The Professor by Brontë, Charlotte
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