observant

See also: Observant

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French observant

PronunciationEdit

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əbˈzɝvənt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əbˈzɜːvənt/
• Hyphenation: ob‧ser‧vant

AdjectiveEdit

observant (comparative more observant, superlative most observant)

1. Alert and paying close attention; watchful.

   The observant police officer noticed that my tax disk was out-of-date.

2. Diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle; regardful; mindful.

   I was normally observant of the local parking restrictions.

   • Sir K. Digby

     We are told how observant Alexander was of his master Aristotle.

AntonymsEdit

• introspective
• nonobservant
• unobservant

Derived termsEdit

• hyperobservant
• nonobservant
• unobservant

TranslationsEdit

Alert and paying close attention

• Czech: všímavý
• Finnish: tarkkaavainen (fi)
• German: aufmerksam (de)
• Greek: παρατηρητικός (el) (paratiritikós)

• Hebrew: חַד עַיִן‎‎ m (ẖad-'ayín)
• Irish: súilaibí
• Lithuanian: pastabus
• Romanian: observator (ro) m, n

Diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle

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Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} aufmerksam (de)

AnagramsEdit

• bevatrons, obversant

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CatalanEdit

VerbEdit

observant

1. present participle of observar

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FrenchEdit

VerbEdit

observant

1. present participle of observer

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LatinEdit

VerbEdit

observant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of observō

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RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French observant.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ob.serˈvant/

AdjectiveEdit

observant m, n (feminine singular observantă, masculine plural observanți, feminine and neuter plural observante)

1. observant (obeying the custom, practice or rules of a religion)

DeclensionEdit

declension of observant

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	observant		observantă	observanți	observante
	definite	observantul		observanta	observanții	observantele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	observant		observante	observanți	observante
	definite	observantului		observantei	observanților	observantelor

Related termsEdit

• observator