Meanings
interjection
- A cry wishing someone long life and prosperity.
The magistrates were mobbed by vivat-yelling crowds, some 10,000 of whom made their way to the Bastille where they clamoured for Rohan's release.
2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 338
nounvivat (plural vivats)
plural vivats
- An utterance of the interjection vivat.
The King swears; and now be the welkin split with vivats[.]
1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter XII, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book I (The Feast of Pikes), page 63
Origin
- Latinvīvat
- Englishvivat
From Latin vīvat (literally “may s/he live”).
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vivat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vivat.
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