- vi|va
- vi|va1 «VEE vuh», interjection, noun, plural -vas.–interj.(long) live (the person or thing named).–n.a shout of applause or good will.╂[< Italian viva may he live < vivere to live < Latin vīvere. See related etym. at vivat (Cf. ↑vivat), vive. (Cf. ↑vive)]–n.an oral examination; viva voce: Immediately he began to put me through a moderately stiff viva (C. P. Snow).–v.t.to subject to an oral examination.╂[short for viva voce]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.