"vita" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vitae [plural], vitas [plural], vitæ [archaic, plural]
Etymology: From Latin vīta (“life”). Doublet of quick and jiva. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|vīta||life}} Latin vīta (“life”), {{doublet|en|quick|jiva}} Doublet of quick and jiva Head templates: {{en-noun|vitae|s|vitæ|pl3qual=archaic}} vita (plural vitae or vitas or (archaic) vitæ)
  1. A hagiography; a biography of a saint.
    Sense id: en-vita-en-noun-BybXW8PE
  2. A curriculum vitae.
    Sense id: en-vita-en-noun-OP6lytyf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 12 88 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: la dolce vita

Inflected forms

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