vigilante

See also: Vigilante

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vigilante (“watchman, guard”), from Latin vigilans. Doublet of vigilant.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.ɪˈlæn.ti/, /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.ɪˈlɑːn.teɪ/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.əˈlæn.ti/

Noun

vigilante (plural vigilantes)

  1. A member of a vigilance committee. [from 19th c.]
  2. A person who acts outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vi.ʒi.lɑ̃t/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

vigilante

  1. feminine singular of vigilant

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigilantem.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vi.d͡ʒiˈlan.te/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: vi‧gi‧làn‧te

Participle

vigilante (plural vigilanti)

  1. present participle of vigilare

Adjective

vigilante (plural vigilanti)

  1. vigilant, watchful, alert
    Synonyms: vigile, attento

Noun

vigilante m or f by sense (plural vigilanti)

  1. security guard
  2. vigilante

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

vigilante

  1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of vigilāns

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vigilantem.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.te/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /vi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.t(ɨ)/, /vɨ.ʒiˈlɐ̃.t(ɨ)/

  • Hyphenation: vi‧gi‧lan‧te

Adjective

vigilante m or f (plural vigilantes)

  1. vigilant; watchful; observant (alert and paying close attention)

Derived terms

Noun

vigilante m or f by sense (plural vigilantes)

  1. a person whose job is to watch over something; a security guard
    Synonyms: segurança, vigia

Further reading
  • “vigilante” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigilans, vigilantem.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bixiˈlante/ [bi.xiˈlãn̪.t̪e]
  • Audio (Colombia)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: vi‧gi‧lan‧te

Adjective

vigilante (plural vigilantes)

  1. watchful, alert, wakeful

Derived terms

Noun

vigilante m or f (plural vigilantes)

  1. guard, watchman
    Synonym: guarda

Derived terms

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vigilante.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: vi‧gi‧lan‧te
  • IPA(key): /bid͡ʒiˈlante/, [bɪ.d͡ʒɪˈlan.tɛ]
  • Rhymes: -ante

Noun

vigilante

  1. vigilante
  2. a person suspected to be involved in extrajudicial killings in the drug war in the Philippines from 2016.
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