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单词 vigilant
释义

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

  • (watchful): alert, aware, careful, circumspect, observant, on the qui vive, wakesome, wary, watchful

Derived terms

  • pharmacovigilant
  • vigilantly
  • vigil
  • vigilance
  • vigilante

Translations


Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /vi.ʒiˈlant/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /bi.ʒiˈlan/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /vi.d͡ʒiˈlant/

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

vigilant (masculine and feminine plural vigilants)

  1. vigilant
Derived terms
  • vigilantment
  • vigilància
  • vigilar

Noun

vigilant m or f (plural vigilants)

  1. guard, watchman
Derived terms
  • vigilant nocturn

Verb

vigilant

  1. present participle of vigilar

References

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

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 vigilāns, vigilāntem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vi.ʒi.lɑ̃/
  • (file)

Adjective

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

  1. vigilant
  • vigiler

Further reading

  • vigilant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

  • Vigilant
  • Vigilanz
  • Vigilantismus
  • arrogant

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
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