observant
See also: Observant
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French observant.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /əbˈzɝvənt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈzɜːvənt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Hyphenation: ob‧ser‧vant
Adjective edit
observant (comparative more observant, superlative most observant)
- Alert and paying close attention; watchful.
- The observant police officer noticed that my tax disk was out-of-date.
- Diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle; regardful; mindful.
- I was normally observant of the local parking restrictions.
- 1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises:
- We are told how observant Alexander was of his master Aristotle.
- 1909, John Claude White, Sikhim and Bhutan, page 13:
- They also profess Buddhism, but are not so observant of its customs, nor are there so many monasteries and Lamas to be met with as in the other part of Bhutan.
Antonyms edit
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Translations edit
alert and paying close attention
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diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle
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Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Verb edit
observant
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
observant
Further reading edit
- “observant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Verb edit
observant
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
observant (indefinite singular observant, definite singular and plural observante)
Derived terms edit
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References edit
- “observant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French observant.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
observant m or n (feminine singular observantă, masculine plural observanți, feminine and neuter plural observante)
- observant (obeying the custom, practice or rules of a religion)
Declension edit
Declension of observant
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indefinite | observant | observantă | observanți | observante | ||
definite | observantul | observanta | observanții | observantele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | observant | observante | observanți | observante | ||
definite | observantului | observantei | observanților | observantilor |