Meaning

3 senses
  1. Lively and animated; full of life and energy.

    lebhaft

    живо́йživój, оживлённыйoživljónnyj, жизнерадостныйžizneradostnyj

    vigorous and animated

  2. (rare)Difficult to kill.

    langlebig

    живучийživučij

  3. (obsolete)Long-lived.

    langlebig

    многоле́тнийmnogolétnij

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Mary is vivacious.

    deMaria ist lebhaft. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Mary was very vivacious and easy to talk to.

    ruМэри была очень жизнерадостной и лёгкой в общении. — odexed

  3. She was a bright, vivacious, dark-eyed lady, more French than English in her type.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
lively and animated:
long-lived:
difficult to kill:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
lively and animated:
long-lived:

Origin

From Latin vīvāx (“lively, vigorous”) + -acious, from vīvere (“to live”).

From Latin vīvāx (“lively, vigorous”) + -acious, from vīvere (“to live”).

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Forms

more vivacious, most vivacious
Comparativemore vivacious Lesson
Superlativemost vivacious Lesson

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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