vigilant
English edit
Etymology edit
From French vigilant or its source, Latin vigilans, present participle of vigilare (“stay awake”), from vigil (“awake”). Doublet of vigilante, from Spanish. Displaced Old English wacor.
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Adjective edit
vigilant (comparative more vigilant, superlative most vigilant)
- Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
- Be vigilant for signs of disease in your garden.
- (heraldry, rare) In vigilance.
- 1972, C. Pama, Heraldry of South African Families: Coats of Arms/ Crests/ Ancestry:
- von der LUTKE / Argent, a crane vigilant proper. AG. Carl von der Lutke. Arr. 1857 with the British German Crimea legion. Obtained a grant of land in the Eastern Province of the Cape Colony.
- 1997, Saint Thomas More, More to Cranevelt, Leuven University Press, →ISBN, page 23:
- [...] and sharing the same heraldry : argent, a crane, vigilant, or, […]
Synonyms edit
- (watchful): alert, aware, careful, circumspect, observant, on the qui vive, wakesome, wary, watchful
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watchful
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [bi.ʒiˈlan]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [vi.ʒiˈlant]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [vi.d͡ʒiˈlant]
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin vigilantem. First attested in 1696.[1]
Adjective edit
vigilant m or f (masculine and feminine plural vigilants)
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Noun edit
vigilant m or f by sense (plural vigilants)
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Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
vigilant
References edit
- ^ “vigilant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading edit
- “vigilant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “vigilant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “vigilant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin vigilantem.
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vigilant (feminine vigilante, masculine plural vigilants, feminine plural vigilantes)
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Further reading edit
- “vigilant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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vigilant (strong nominative masculine singular vigilanter, comparative vigilanter, superlative am vigilantesten)
- (dated) cunning, smart, clever
- (higher register) watchful, alert, wary (Austria)
- Synonyms: wachsam, aufmerksam
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vigilant