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)

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• Hyphenation: ev‧i‧dent

Adjective

evident (comparative more evident, superlative most evident)

1. 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.

Derived terms

• evidently
• inevident
• self-evident

Related terms

• evidence
• evidential

Translations

obviously true

• Albanian: dukshëm
• Bulgarian: очевиден (bg) (očeviden)
• Catalan: evident (ca)
• Czech: zjevný (cs), evidentní
• Danish: indlysende (da)
• Esperanto: evidenta
• Finnish: selvä (fi), ilmeinen (fi), silminnähtävä (fi)
• French: évident (fr)
• Galician: evidente
• German: offenkundig (de)
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 (bairhts)
• Greek:

  Ancient: φανερός (phanerós)

• Hungarian: nyilvánvaló (hu), evidens (hu)
• Irish: follasach, soiléir
• Italian: evidente (it)

• Latin: ēvidens, manifestus
• Latvian: redzams, acīm redzams
• Maori: ari, ariroa, ariari, pūrangiaho
• Occitan: evident (oc)
• Pashto: ښکاره‎ (ps) (ẍkâra), څرګند‎ (śargand)
• Polish: jasny (pl), oczywisty (pl)
• Portuguese: evidente (pt)
• Romanian: evident (ro)
• Russian: очеви́дный (ru) (očevídnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:

  Roman: očito (sh)

• Spanish: evidente (es), constatable
• Turkish: bariz (tr), bariz (tr)
• Ukrainian: очевидний (očevydnyj), наочний (naočnyj)
• Welsh: amlwg (cy)

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.

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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)

1. obvious; evident

Derived terms

• evidentment

Related terms

• evidència

Further reading

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

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvidēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eviˈdɛnt]
• Hyphenation: evi‧dent

• Audio

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• Audio (Austria)

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Adjective

evident (strong nominative masculine singular evidenter, comparative evidenter, superlative am evidentesten)

1. 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

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Middle French

Adjective

evident m (feminine singular evidente, masculine plural evidents, feminine plural evidentes)

1. obvious; evident

Descendants

• French: évident

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Occitan

Etymology

From Latin ēvidēns.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn)

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Adjective

evident m (feminine singular evidenta, masculine plural evidents, feminine plural evidentas)

1. evident

Derived terms

• evidentament

Related terms

• evidéncia

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Romanian

Etymology

From French évident, from Latin evidens.

Adjective

evident m or n (feminine singular evidentă, masculine plural evidenți, feminine and neuter plural evidente)

1. 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