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vital

See also: Vital and vítal

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Etymology

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From Middle English vital, from Old French vital, from Latin vītālis (“of life, life-giving”), from vīta (“life”), from vīvō (“I live”). Doublet of jiva and quick.

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  • enPR: vī'təl, IPA(key): /ˈvaɪtəl/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪtəl

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vital (comparative more vital, superlative most vital)

  1. Relating to, or characteristic of life.
    Synonym: lifely
    vital energies; vital functions; vital actions
  2. Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
    The brain is a vital organ.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 12:
      And doen the heavens afford him vitall food?
    • 1925, Seba Eldridge, The Organization of Life, page 164:
      We have argued that organizatory agents are operative in all vital processes, processes that overstep the limits of the physicochemical; […]
    • 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
      Challenger breathed two or three times with enormous gulps, his lungs roaring as he drew in the vital gas.
  3. Invigorating or life-giving.
  4. Necessary to continued existence.
    The transition to farming was vital for the creation of civilisation.
  5. Relating to the recording of life events.
    Birth, marriage and death certificates are vital records.
  6. Very important.
    Synonyms: crucial, necessary, significant; see also Thesaurus:important
    It is vital that you don't forget to do your homework.
    • 2012 December 14, Simon Jenkins, “We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys”, in The Guardian Weekly‎[1], volume 188, number 2, page 23:
      David Cameron insists that his latest communications data bill is “vital to counter terrorism”. Yet terror is mayhem. It is no threat to freedom. That threat is from counter-terror, from ministers capitulating to securocrats.
    • 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 105:
      Vocabulary is a vital component of educational success in both first and second language contexts.
    • 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:
      Typically for the 'get-on-with-it' era, the railway and military worked like demons to restore the vital rail link. The crater was rapidly filled in and the earth tamped solid, the wreckage was removed by breakdown trains, new rails and sleepers were rushed forward by willing hands, and US Army bulldozers piled in. By 2020 on the same day, both tracks were open for traffic again where there had been a gaping pit just hours before.
  7. Containing life; living.
    Synonyms: extant, live, kicking; see also Thesaurus:alive
  8. Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.

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containing life — see living

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin vitālis.

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vital m or f (masculine and feminine plural vitals)

  1. vital
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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French vital, from Latin vītālis (“of life, life-giving”).

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vital (feminine vitale, masculine plural vitaux, feminine plural vitales)

  1. vital

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Galician

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin vītālis (“of life, life-giving”).

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vital m or f (plural vitais)

  1. vital (relating to, or characteristic of life)
  2. vital, important, necessary
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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin vītālis.

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vital (strong nominative masculine singular vitaler, comparative vitaler, superlative am vitalsten)

  1. lively; hale; vigorous
    Synonyms: lebhaft, markig, rüstig, voller Leben
  2. (rather rare, formal) vital (necessary to, or characteristic of life)
    Synonyms: lebenswichtig, Lebens-

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Positive forms of vital
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist vital sie ist vital es ist vital sie sind vital
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative vitaler vitale vitales vitale
genitive vitalen vitaler vitalen vitaler
dative vitalem vitaler vitalem vitalen
accusative vitalen vitale vitales vitale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der vitale die vitale das vitale die vitalen
genitive des vitalen der vitalen des vitalen der vitalen
dative dem vitalen der vitalen dem vitalen den vitalen
accusative den vitalen die vitale das vitale die vitalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein vitaler eine vitale ein vitales (keine) vitalen
genitive eines vitalen einer vitalen eines vitalen (keiner) vitalen
dative einem vitalen einer vitalen einem vitalen (keinen) vitalen
accusative einen vitalen eine vitale ein vitales (keine) vitalen
Comparative forms of vital
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist vitaler sie ist vitaler es ist vitaler sie sind vitaler
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative vitalerer vitalere vitaleres vitalere
genitive vitaleren vitalerer vitaleren vitalerer
dative vitalerem vitalerer vitalerem vitaleren
accusative vitaleren vitalere vitaleres vitalere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der vitalere die vitalere das vitalere die vitaleren
genitive des vitaleren der vitaleren des vitaleren der vitaleren
dative dem vitaleren der vitaleren dem vitaleren den vitaleren
accusative den vitaleren die vitalere das vitalere die vitaleren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein vitalerer eine vitalere ein vitaleres (keine) vitaleren
genitive eines vitaleren einer vitaleren eines vitaleren (keiner) vitaleren
dative einem vitaleren einer vitaleren einem vitaleren (keinen) vitaleren
accusative einen vitaleren eine vitalere ein vitaleres (keine) vitaleren
Superlative forms of vital
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am vitalsten sie ist am vitalsten es ist am vitalsten sie sind am vitalsten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative vitalster vitalste vitalstes vitalste
genitive vitalsten vitalster vitalsten vitalster
dative vitalstem vitalster vitalstem vitalsten
accusative vitalsten vitalste vitalstes vitalste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der vitalste die vitalste das vitalste die vitalsten
genitive des vitalsten der vitalsten des vitalsten der vitalsten
dative dem vitalsten der vitalsten dem vitalsten den vitalsten
accusative den vitalsten die vitalste das vitalste die vitalsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein vitalster eine vitalste ein vitalstes (keine) vitalsten
genitive eines vitalsten einer vitalsten eines vitalsten (keiner) vitalsten
dative einem vitalsten einer vitalsten einem vitalsten (keinen) vitalsten
accusative einen vitalsten eine vitalste ein vitalstes (keine) vitalsten

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch vitaal, from Middle French vital, from Latin vītālis.

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vital

  1. vital:
    1. very important.
    2. (medicine) necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.

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vital (not comparable)

  1. vital
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Borrowed from Latin vitalis.

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vital (neuter singular vitalt, definite singular and plural vitale)

  1. vital

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Borrowed from Latin vitalis.

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vital (neuter singular vitalt, definite singular and plural vitale)

  1. vital

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin vītālis.

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: vi‧tal

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vital m or f (plural vitais)

  1. vital (relating to, or characteristic of life)
  2. vital (necessary to the continuation of life)
  3. vital (very important)
    Synonyms: crucial, fundamental, essencial
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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French vital, from Latin vitalis.

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vital m or n (feminine singular vitală, masculine plural vitali, feminine and neuter plural vitale)

  1. vital

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Declension of vital
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite vital vitală vitali vitale
definite vitalul vitala vitalii vitalele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite vital vitale vitali vitale
definite vitalului vitalei vitalilor vitalelor
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin vitālis.

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vital m or f (masculine and feminine plural vitales)

  1. vital

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