vécu

Inherited from Middle French and Old French vescu, derived from the preterite vesqui, itself from a metathesis of Latin vixi, likely influenced by nasqui (“I was born”). See the same development in Occitan and Catalan viscut. Compare also Italian vissuto.

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vécu (feminine vécue, masculine plural vécus, feminine plural vécues)

1. past participle of vivre

vécu (feminine vécue, masculine plural vécus, feminine plural vécues)

1. that which is part of a lived experience, real, true

   Il y avait un film qui passait à la télévision: une histoire vécue. ― There was a movie on TV: a true story.

vécu m (plural vécus)

1. experience (what one experiences)
2. inner life

• “vécu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.