vigilant

English

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪd͡ʒɪlənt/
  • Hyphenation: vi‧gi‧lant
  • (file)

Adjective

vigilant (comparative more vigilant, superlative most vigilant)

  1. Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
    Be vigilant for signs of disease in your garden.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin vigilāns, vigilāntem, attested from 1696.[1]

Adjective

vigilant (masculine and feminine plural vigilants)

  1. vigilant
Derived terms

Noun

vigilant m or f (plural vigilants)

  1. guard, watchman
Derived terms

Verb

vigilant

  1. present participle of vigilar

References

  1. vigilant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

Further reading

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigilāns, vigilāntem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vi.ʒi.lɑ̃/
  • (file)

Adjective

vigilant (feminine vigilante, masculine plural vigilants, feminine plural vigilantes)

  1. vigilant

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [viɡiˈlant]
  • Hyphenation: vi‧gi‧lant
  • (file)

Adjective

vigilant (strong nominative masculine singular vigilanter, comparative vigilanter, superlative am vigilantesten)

  1. (dated) cunning, smart, clever
    Synonyms: clever, findig, gewieft, pfiffig, gerissen
  2. (higher register) watchful, alert, wary (Austria)
    Synonyms: wachsam, aufmerksam

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • vigilant” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • vigilant” in Duden online
  • vigilant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Verb

vigilant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of vigilō
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.