See also: Vigilante

English edit

 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish vigilante (watchman, guard), from Latin vigilans. Doublet of vigilant.

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.ɪˈlæn.ti/, /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.ɪˈlɑːn.teɪ/
  • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.əˈlæn.ti/

Noun edit

vigilante (plural vigilantes)

  1. A member of a vigilance committee. [from 19th c.]
  2. A person who acts outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

Anagrams edit

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

vigilante

  1. feminine singular of vigilant

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin vigilantem.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /vi.d͡ʒiˈlan.te/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: vi‧gi‧làn‧te

Participle edit

vigilante (plural vigilanti)

  1. present participle of vigilare

Adjective edit

vigilante (plural vigilanti)

  1. vigilant, watchful, alert
    Synonyms: vigile, attento

Related terms edit

Noun edit

vigilante m or f by sense (plural vigilanti)

  1. security guard
  2. vigilante

Anagrams edit

Latin edit

Participle edit

vigilante

  1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of vigilāns

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin vigilantem.

Pronunciation edit

 
 

  • Hyphenation: vi‧gi‧lan‧te

Adjective edit

vigilante m or f (plural vigilantes)

  1. vigilant; watchful; observant (alert and paying close attention)

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Noun edit

vigilante m or f by sense (plural vigilantes)

  1. a person whose job is to watch over something; a security guard
    Synonyms: segurança, vigia

Further reading edit

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin vigilantem.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bixiˈlante/ [bi.xiˈlãn̪.t̪e]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: vi‧gi‧lan‧te

Adjective edit

vigilante m or f (masculine and feminine plural vigilantes)

  1. watchful, alert, wakeful
    Synonyms: alerta, listo

Derived terms edit

Noun edit

vigilante m or f by sense (plural vigilantes)

  1. guard, watchman
    Synonym: guarda

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English vigilante, from Spanish vigilante, from Latin vigilāns. Doublet of bihilante.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: vi‧gi‧lan‧te
  • IPA(key): /vid͡ʒiˈlante/, [vɪ.d͡ʒɪˈlan.tɛ]
  • Rhymes: -ante

Noun edit

vigilante (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. vigilante
  2. a person suspected to be involved in extrajudicial killings in the drug war in the Philippines from 2016.

See also edit

Further reading edit

  • vigilante”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018