vaivé
Appearance
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb-verb compound, composed of va (“to go”) + i (“and”) + ve (“to come”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vaivé m (plural vaivens)
- a back-and-forth movement, a rocking, swaying
- a change of fortune, a vicissitude
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “vaivé” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.