vigile

See also: vigilé

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.ʒil/
• Homophones: vigilent, vigiles

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin vigil.

Noun

vigile m (plural vigiles)

1. guard, security guard

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin vigilia. Doublet of veille.

Noun

vigile f (plural vigiles)

1. (archaic) vigil (eve of a religious festival)

Etymology 3

Verb

vigile

1. inflection of vigiler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “vigile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vigil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.d͡ʒi.le/
• Rhymes: -idʒile
• Hyphenation: vì‧gi‧le

Adjective

vigile (plural vigili)

1. vigilant, watchful, alert

Noun

vigile m (plural vigili, feminine vigilessa)

1. (local) policeman, traffic cop, traffic warden

   Synonyms: agente della polizia municipale, (slang) ghisa, guardia municipale, metropolitano, vigile urbano

Derived terms

• pervigile

Related terms

• vigilanza
• vigilare
• vigile del fuoco

Further reading

• vigile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• viglie

Latin

Noun

vigile

1. ablative singular of vigil

Spanish

Verb

vigile

1. inflection of vigilar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative