evident
See also: évident
English
Etymology
From Middle English [Term?], from Old French [Term?], from Latin ēvidēns (“visible, apparent, clear, plain”) (compare Late Latin ēvideor (“to appear plainly”)), from ē (“out”) + videō (“see”), present participle vidēns, deponent videor (“to appear, seem”). Displaced native Old English sweotol.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛv.ɪ.dənt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛv.ə.dənt/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: ev‧i‧dent
Adjective
evident (comparative more evident, superlative most evident)
- Obviously true by simple observation.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:obvious
- It was evident she was angry, after she slammed the door.
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 26, in The Dust of Conflict:
- Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them.
Derived terms
- evidently
- inevident
- self-evident
- tamper-evident
Related terms
- evidence
- evidential
Translations
obviously true
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Further reading
- evident in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- evident in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin ēvidēns.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ə.viˈdent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ə.biˈden/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /e.viˈdent/
Adjective
evident (masculine and feminine plural evidents)
- obvious; evident
Derived terms
- evidentment
Related terms
- evidència
Further reading
- “evident” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ēvidēns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [eviˈdɛnt]
- Hyphenation: evi‧dent
Audio (file) Audio (Austria) (file)
Adjective
evident (strong nominative masculine singular evidenter, comparative evidenter, superlative am evidentesten)
- evident
Declension
Positive forms of evident
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist evident | sie ist evident | es ist evident | sie sind evident | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | evidenter | evidente | evidentes | evidente |
| genitive | evidenten | evidenter | evidenten | evidenter | |
| dative | evidentem | evidenter | evidentem | evidenten | |
| accusative | evidenten | evidente | evidentes | evidente | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der evidente | die evidente | das evidente | die evidenten |
| genitive | des evidenten | der evidenten | des evidenten | der evidenten | |
| dative | dem evidenten | der evidenten | dem evidenten | den evidenten | |
| accusative | den evidenten | die evidente | das evidente | die evidenten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein evidenter | eine evidente | ein evidentes | (keine) evidenten |
| genitive | eines evidenten | einer evidenten | eines evidenten | (keiner) evidenten | |
| dative | einem evidenten | einer evidenten | einem evidenten | (keinen) evidenten | |
| accusative | einen evidenten | eine evidente | ein evidentes | (keine) evidenten | |
Comparative forms of evident
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist evidenter | sie ist evidenter | es ist evidenter | sie sind evidenter | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | evidenterer | evidentere | evidenteres | evidentere |
| genitive | evidenteren | evidenterer | evidenteren | evidenterer | |
| dative | evidenterem | evidenterer | evidenterem | evidenteren | |
| accusative | evidenteren | evidentere | evidenteres | evidentere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der evidentere | die evidentere | das evidentere | die evidenteren |
| genitive | des evidenteren | der evidenteren | des evidenteren | der evidenteren | |
| dative | dem evidenteren | der evidenteren | dem evidenteren | den evidenteren | |
| accusative | den evidenteren | die evidentere | das evidentere | die evidenteren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein evidenterer | eine evidentere | ein evidenteres | (keine) evidenteren |
| genitive | eines evidenteren | einer evidenteren | eines evidenteren | (keiner) evidenteren | |
| dative | einem evidenteren | einer evidenteren | einem evidenteren | (keinen) evidenteren | |
| accusative | einen evidenteren | eine evidentere | ein evidenteres | (keine) evidenteren | |
Superlative forms of evident
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist am evidentesten | sie ist am evidentesten | es ist am evidentesten | sie sind am evidentesten | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | evidentester | evidenteste | evidentestes | evidenteste |
| genitive | evidentesten | evidentester | evidentesten | evidentester | |
| dative | evidentestem | evidentester | evidentestem | evidentesten | |
| accusative | evidentesten | evidenteste | evidentestes | evidenteste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der evidenteste | die evidenteste | das evidenteste | die evidentesten |
| genitive | des evidentesten | der evidentesten | des evidentesten | der evidentesten | |
| dative | dem evidentesten | der evidentesten | dem evidentesten | den evidentesten | |
| accusative | den evidentesten | die evidenteste | das evidenteste | die evidentesten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein evidentester | eine evidenteste | ein evidentestes | (keine) evidentesten |
| genitive | eines evidentesten | einer evidentesten | eines evidentesten | (keiner) evidentesten | |
| dative | einem evidentesten | einer evidentesten | einem evidentesten | (keinen) evidentesten | |
| accusative | einen evidentesten | eine evidenteste | ein evidentestes | (keine) evidentesten | |
Further reading
- “evident” in Duden online
- “evident” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Middle French
Adjective
evident m (feminine singular evidente, masculine plural evidents, feminine plural evidentes)
- obvious; evident
Descendants
- French: évident
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin ēvidēns.
Pronunciation
Audio (Béarn) (file)
Adjective
evident m (feminine singular evidenta, masculine plural evidents, feminine plural evidentas)
- evident
Derived terms
- evidentament
Related terms
- evidéncia
Romanian
Etymology
From French évident, from Latin evidens.
Adjective
evident m or n (feminine singular evidentă, masculine plural evidenți, feminine and neuter plural evidente)
- obvious
Declension
Declension of evident
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | evident | evidentă | evidenți | evidente | ||
| definite | evidentul | evidenta | evidenții | evidentele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | evident | evidente | evidenți | evidente | ||
| definite | evidentului | evidentei | evidenților | evidentelor | |||