víveres

See also: viveres

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti

Proto-Italic *gʷīwō

Latin vivō

Old French vivre

Middle French vivre

French vivrenom.

French vivresbor.

Portuguese víveres

Borrowed from French vivres.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ve.ɾis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ve.ɾis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ve.ɾiʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ve.ɾes/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.vɨ.ɾɨʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.vɨ.ɾɨʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.bɨ.ɾɨʃ/ [ˈbi.βɨ.ɾɨʃ]

• Hyphenation: ví‧ve‧res

Noun

víveres m pl (plural only)

1. food supplies, provisions

Further reading

• “víveres”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti

Proto-Italic *gʷīwō

Latin vivō

Old French vivre

Middle French vivre

French vivrenom.

French vivresbor.

Spanish víveres

Borrowed from French vivres, a nominalization of vivre (“to live”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbibeɾes/ [ˈbi.β̞e.ɾes]
• Rhymes: -ibeɾes
• Syllabification: ví‧ve‧res

Noun

víveres m pl (plural only)

1. army food rations
2. food, groceries
3. (Dominican Republic) starchy foods including roots and plantains

Further reading

• “víveres”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025