observant

See also: Observant

Contents

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French observant

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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   The observant police officer noticed that my tax disk was out-of-date.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 (Can we date this quote?)

     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

• nonobservant
• unobservant

Derived terms

• hyperobservant
• nonobservant
• unobservant

Translations

Alert and paying close attention

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 密切注意的

• 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)

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

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Translations to be checked

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

Anagrams

• bevatrons, obversant

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Catalan

Verb

observant

1. present participle of observar

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French

Verb

observant

1. present participle of observer

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Latin

Verb

observant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of observō

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French observant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ob.serˈvant/

Adjective

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

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

Declension

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 terms

• observator