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
Adjective
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
- (watchful): alert, aware, careful, circumspect, observant, on the qui vive, wakesome, wary, watchful
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Translations
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [bi.ʒiˈlan]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [vi.ʒiˈlant]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [vi.d͡ʒiˈlant]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin vigilantem. First attested in 1696.[1]
Adjective
vigilant m or f (masculine and feminine plural vigilants)
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Noun
vigilant m or f by sense (plural vigilants)
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Etymology 2
Verb
vigilant
References
- ^ “vigilant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading
- “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
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vigilantem.
Pronunciation
Adjective
vigilant (feminine vigilante, masculine plural vigilants, feminine plural vigilantes)
Related terms
Further reading
- “vigilant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
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
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Further reading
- “vigilant” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “vigilant” in Duden online
- “vigilant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Latin
Verb
vigilant
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