vigilante
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish vigilante (“watchman, guard”), from Latin vigilans. Doublet of vigilant.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.ɪˈlæn.ti/, /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.ɪˈlɑːn.teɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.əˈlæn.ti/
Noun
editvigilante (plural vigilantes)
- A member of a vigilance committee. [from 19th c.]
- A person who acts outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.
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editFrench
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editAdjective
editvigilante
Italian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin vigilantem.
Pronunciation
editParticiple
editvigilante (plural vigilanti)
Adjective
editvigilante (plural vigilanti)
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editNoun
editvigilante m or f by sense (plural vigilanti)
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editLatin
editParticiple
editvigilante
Portuguese
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin vigilantem.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: vi‧gi‧lan‧te
Adjective
editvigilante m or f (plural vigilantes)
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editRelated terms
editNoun
editvigilante m or f by sense (plural vigilantes)
- a person whose job is to watch over something; a security guard
Further reading
edit- “vigilante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin vigilantem.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /bixiˈlante/ [bi.xiˈlãn̪.t̪e]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: vi‧gi‧lan‧te
Adjective
editvigilante m or f (masculine and feminine plural vigilantes)
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editNoun
editvigilante m or f by sense (plural vigilantes)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “vigilante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English vigilante, from Spanish vigilante, from Latin vigilāns. Doublet of bihilante. Used due to Tagalog-English code-switching (Taglish).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /vid͡ʒiˈlante/ [vɪ.d͡ʒɪˈlan̪.t̪ɛ]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: vi‧gi‧lan‧te
Noun
editvigilante (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)
- vigilante
- a person suspected to be involved in extrajudicial killings in the drug war in the Philippines from 2016
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “vigilante”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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