QUI VIVE


Meaning of QUI VIVE in English

Pronunciation: k ē - ' v ē v

Function: noun

Etymology: French qui-vive, from qui vive? longitude live who?, challenge of a French sentry

Date: 1726

: ALERT , LOOKOUT ― used in the phrase on the qui vive

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