Meanings
verb
- Used in the subjunctive mood: may he, she, they, or it live for a long time; may it prosper.
Long live the King!
Synonyms: viva
Synonyms & antonyms
verbUsed in the subjunctive mood: may he, she, they, or it live for a long time; may it prosper.
Similar
Opposite
down withdeath to
Translations
Arabic يَحْيَا, تَحيا
- يَحْيَا (yaḥyā)prosper
- تَحيا (taḥyā)prosper
- عَاشَ (ʕāša)prosper
- عاشَت (ʕāšat)prosper
Basque gora
- goraprosper
Bengali জিন্দাবাদ
- জিন্দাবাদ (zindabad)prosper
Bulgarian да живе́е
- да живе́е (da živée)prosper
Catalan visca, viva
- viscaprosper
- vivaprosper
Chinese Mandarin 萬歲 /万岁
- 萬歲 /万岁 (wànsuì)prosper
Czech ať žije
- ať žijeprosper
Danish længe leve
- længe leveprosper
Dutch lang leve, leve
- lang leveprosper
- leveprosper
Esperanto vivu!
- vivu!prosper
Estonian elagu
- elaguprosper
Finnish eläköön, kauan eläköön
- eläköönprosper
- kauan eläköönprosper
French vive, longue vie à
- viveprosper
- longue vie àprosper
German es lebe, hoch
- es lebeprosper
- hochprosper
- lang lebeprosper
Greek ζήτω, ζήτωσαν
- ζήτω (zíto)prosper
- ζήτωσαν (zítosan)prosper
Hebrew יְחִי, תחי
- יְחִי (y'khí)prosper
- תחיprosper
Hindi ... चिरंजीव, ज़िन्दाबाद
- ... चिरंजीव (... cirañjīv)prosper
- ज़िन्दाबाद (zindābād)prosper
- जय (jay)prosper
Hungarian vivát!, éljen!
- vivát!prosper
- éljen!prosper
Icelandic lengi lifi
- lengi lifiprosper
Indonesian hidup, dirgahayu
- hidupprosper
- dirgahayuprosper
Irish go maire
- go maireprosper
Italian viva, evviva
- vivaprosper
- evvivaprosper
Japanese ... 万歳
- ... 万歳 (banzai)prosper
Korean […]만세
- […]만세prosper
Latin vivat, vivant
- vivatprosper
- vivantprosper
Malay dirgahayu, panjang umur
- dirgahayuprosper
- panjang umurprosper
- daulatprosper
Polish niech żyje
- niech żyjeprosper
Portuguese viva, longa vida a
- vivaprosper
- longa vida aprosper
- vida longa aprosper
Romanian trăiască
- trăiascăprosper
Russian да здра́вствует, да здра́вствуют
- да здра́вствует (da zdrávstvujet)prosper
- да здра́вствуют (da zdrávstvujut)prosper
- вива́т (vivát)prosper
Slovak nech žije
- nech žijeprosper
Spanish ¡viva!, ¡que viva!
- ¡viva!prosper
- ¡que viva!prosper
- ¡vivan!prosper
- ¡que vivan!prosper
- larga vidaprosper
Swedish leve!, länge leve!
- leve!prosper
- länge leve!prosper
Tagalog mabuhay
- mabuhayprosper
Tamil வாழ்க
- வாழ்க (vāḻka)prosper
Thai ...จงเจริญ
- ...จงเจริญ (... jong-jà-rəən)prosper
Turkish ... çok yaşa!, yaşasın ...!
- ... çok yaşa!prosper
- yaşasın ...!prosper
- yaşaprosper
Ukrainian хай живе́
- хай живе́ (xaj žyvé)prosper
Urdu زِنْدَہ باد
- زِنْدَہ باد (zinda bād)prosper
Vietnamese ... vạn tuế, muôn năm
- ... vạn tuếprosper
- muôn nămprosper
Welsh hir oes i, ... am byth
- hir oes iprosper
- ... am bythprosper
Cite this entry
APA
long live. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long%20live
MLA
“long live.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long%20live. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “long live,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long%20live.
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