vigilant
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French vigilant or its source, Latin vigilans, present participle of vigilare (“stay awake”), from vigil (“awake”). Doublet of vigilante, from Spanish. Displaced Old English wacor.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
vigilant (comparative more vigilant, superlative most vigilant)
- Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
- Be vigilant for signs of disease in your garden.
- (heraldry, rare) In vigilance.
- 1972, C. Pama, Heraldry of South African Families: Coats of Arms/ Crests/ Ancestry:
- von der LUTKE / Argent, a crane vigilant proper. AG. Carl von der Lutke. Arr. 1857 with the British German Crimea legion. Obtained a grant of land in the Eastern Province of the Cape Colony.
- 1997, Saint Thomas More, More to Cranevelt, Leuven University Press, →ISBN, page 23:
- [...] and sharing the same heraldry : argent, a crane, vigilant, or, […]
Synonyms[edit]
- (watchful): alert, aware, careful, circumspect, observant, on the qui vive, wakesome, wary, watchful
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Translations[edit]
watchful
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Central) [bi.ʒiˈlan]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [vi.ʒiˈlant]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [vi.d͡ʒiˈlant]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Latin vigilantem. First attested in 1696.[1]
Adjective[edit]
vigilant m or f (masculine and feminine plural vigilants)
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Noun[edit]
vigilant m or f by sense (plural vigilants)
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Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
vigilant
References[edit]
- ^ “vigilant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading[edit]
- “vigilant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “vigilant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “vigilant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin vigilantem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
vigilant (feminine vigilante, masculine plural vigilants, feminine plural vigilantes)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “vigilant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
vigilant (strong nominative masculine singular vigilanter, comparative vigilanter, superlative am vigilantesten)
- (dated) cunning, smart, clever
- (higher register) watchful, alert, wary (Austria)
- Synonyms: wachsam, aufmerksam
Declension[edit]
Positive forms of vigilant
Comparative forms of vigilant
Superlative forms of vigilant
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Further reading[edit]
- “vigilant” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “vigilant” in Duden online
- “vigilant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
vigilant
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