evident
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
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evident (comparative more evident, superlative most evident)
- Obviously true by simple observation.
- It was evident she was angry, after she slammed the door.
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 26, in The Dust of Conflict[1]:
- 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.
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Further readingEdit
- “evident” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “evident” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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evident (masculine and feminine plural evidents)
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- “evident” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
GermanEdit
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evident (strong nominative masculine singular evidenter, comparative evidenter, superlative am evidentesten)
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Middle FrenchEdit
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evident m (feminine singular evidente, masculine plural evidents, feminine plural evidentes)
DescendantsEdit
- French: évident
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evident m (feminine singular evidenta, masculine plural evidents, feminine plural evidentas)
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RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French évident, from Latin evidens.
AdjectiveEdit
evident m or n (feminine singular evidentă, masculine plural evidenți, feminine and neuter plural evidente)
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singular | plural | ||||||
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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 |