diligent

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English diligent, from Old French diligent, from Latin diligens (“careful, attentive, diligent”), present participle of diligere (“to love, esteem much, literally to choose, select”), from di-, dis- (“apart”) + legere (“to choose”); see elect and select.

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪlɪdʒənt/

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AdjectiveEdit

diligent (comparative more diligent, superlative most diligent)

1. Performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.

   Scientists are very diligent in their work.

Alternative formsEdit

• deligent (archaic)

SynonymsEdit

• See also Thesaurus:industrious

Derived termsEdit

• diligently

Related termsEdit

• diligence

TranslationsEdit

hard-working and focused

• Arabic: مُجْتَهِد‎‎ (ar) (mujtahid)
• Armenian: աշխատասեր (hy) (ašxataser)
• Bashkir: тырыш (tïrïš), егәрле (yegärle), эшсән (ešsän)
• Bulgarian: прилежен (bg) (priležen), усърден (bg) (usǎrden), старателен (bg) (staratelen)
• Catalan: diligent
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 刻苦 (zh) (kèkǔ), 耐勞 (zh), 耐劳 (zh) (nàiláo), 努力 (zh) (nǔlì), 勤奮 (zh), 勤奋 (zh) (qínfèn), 勤勞 (zh), 勤劳 (zh) (qínláo), 勤勉 (zh) (qínmiǎn)

• Czech: pilný m
• Danish: flittig, ihærdig, arbejdsom
• Dutch: ijverig (nl), vlijtig (nl), toegewijd (nl)
• Esperanto: diligenta (eo)
• Faroese: íðin, dúgligur, arbeiðssamur
• Finnish: tunnollinen (fi), huolellinen (fi)
• French: industrieux (fr), diligent (fr)
• Georgian: შრომისმოყვარე (šromismoq̇vare), ბეჯითი (beǯiti)
• German: fleißig (de), arbeitsam (de), eifrig (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: σπουδαῖος (spoudaîos)

• Hebrew: חָרוּץ‎‎ (he)
• Hindi: मेहनती (hi) (mehnatī)
• Hungarian: szorgalmas (hu), igyekvő (hu)
• Ido: diligenta (io)
• Indonesian: rajin (id)
• Interlingua: diligente

• Italian: diligente (it)
• Japanese: 勤勉 (ja) (きんべん, kinben)
• Khmer: លំអោត (lum’aot), ស្រវាស្រទេញ (km) (srɑvaa sraa tīɲ), ឱហាត (km) (aohaat)
• Latvian: centīgs, cītīgs, uzcītīgs
• Maori: urupū
• Mongolian: хичээнгүй (mn) (hičeengüj)
• Norwegian: flittig, iherdig (no)

  Bokmål: arbeidsom (no)

  Nynorsk: arbeidsam

• Polish: pilny (pl) m
• Portuguese: diligente (pt)
• Romanian: harnic (ro), diligent (ro)
• Russian: приле́жный (ru) (priléžnyj), усе́рдный (ru) (usérdnyj), трудолюби́вый (ru) (trudoljubívyj), работя́щий (ru) (rabotjáščij), стара́тельный (ru) (starátelʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: dèanadach
• Slovak: pilný, usilovný, pracovitý
• Spanish: diligente (es)
• Swedish: flitig (sv), ihärdig (sv), arbetsam (sv)
• Thai: ขยัน (th) (kà-yǎn)
• Urdu: میہنتی‎‎ (mehnatī)
• Vietnamese: cố gắng (vi)
• Welsh: diwyd (cy)

Further readingEdit

• diligent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• diligent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin diligens.

PronunciationEdit

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /di.liˈʒent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /di.liˈʒen/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /di.liˈd͡ʒent/

AdjectiveEdit

diligent (masculine and feminine plural diligents)

1. diligent (performing with intense concentration)

Derived termsEdit

• diligentment

Related termsEdit

• diligència

Further readingEdit

• “diligent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin diligens.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /di.li.ʒɑ̃/

AdjectiveEdit

diligent (feminine singular diligente, masculine plural diligents, feminine plural diligentes)

1. diligent (performing with intense concentration)

Derived termsEdit

• diligemment

Related termsEdit

• diligence

Further readingEdit

• “diligent” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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LatinEdit

VerbEdit

dīligent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of dīligō