vigilance

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvɪdʒɪləns/

Noun

vigilance (usually uncountable; plural vigilances)

1. Alert watchfulness.
2. Close and continuous attention.
   • "But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing." Andrew Jackson, Farewell Address, March 4, 1837

Translations

Alert watchfulness

Armenian: զգոնություն (hy) (zgonut’yun) Asturian: vixilancia (ast) f. Bengali: সতর্কীকরণ (bn) (sôtôrkikôrôn) Catalan: vigilància (ca) f. Czech: bdělost (cs) Danish: årvågenhed (da) c. Dutch: waaksheid (nl) f., waakzaamheid (nl) f. Finnish: valppaus (fi), tarkkaavaisuus (fi) French: vigilance (fr) f. German: Wachsamkeit (de) f. Greek: επαγρύπνηση (el) (epagrypnisi) f.

Italian: vigilanza (it) f. Latin: vigilantia (la) f. Lithuanian: pastabumas (lt) Polish: czujność (pl) f. Romanian: vigilență (ro) f. Russian: бдительность (ru) (bdítel’nost’) f. Slovak: bedlivosť (sk) Spanish: vigilancia (es) f. Ukrainian: пильність (uk) f.

Close and continuous attention

Armenian: զգոնություն (hy) (zgonut’yun) Asturian: vixilancia (ast) f. Bengali: সতর্কীকরণ (bn) (sôtôrkikôrôn) Catalan: vigilància (ca) f. Czech: bdělost (cs) Danish: årvågenhed (da) c. Dutch: waaksheid (nl) f., waakzaamheid (nl) f. French: vigilance (fr) f. German: Wachsamkeit (de) f.

Greek: επαγρύπνηση (el) (epagrypnisi) f. Italian: vigilanza (it) f. Latin: vigilantia (la) f. Polish: czujność (pl) f. Romanian: vigilență (ro) f. Russian: бдительность (ru) (bdítel’nost’) f. Spanish: vigilancia (es) f. Ukrainian: пильність (uk) f.

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Bulgarian: бдителност (bg) (bditelnost) f., вигилност (bg) (vigilnost) f. Estonian: valvsus (et), valvelolek (et)

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French

Etymology

vigile +‎ -ance

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vi.ʒi.lɑ̃s/

Noun

vigilance f. (plural vigilances)

1. vigilance