conscient

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin consciens, conscientis, present participle.

Adjective

conscient (comparative more conscient, superlative most conscient)

1. (obsolete) conscious; aware
   • 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC:

     As we see in Augustus Cæsar, (who was rather diverse from his uncle, than inferior in virtue,) how when he died, he desired his friends about him to give him a plaudite, as if he were conscient to himself that he had played his part well upon the stage.

   • 1893, Charles Letourneau, Sociology Based Upon Ethnography, page 552:

     In a word, the embryology and the taxinomy of the animal kinds, enlightened by the doctrine of transformism, show to us the slow acquisition of conscient life in the animal kingdom.

Derived terms

• conscientious
• conscientize
• unconscient

See also

• sentient

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnscientem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [kun.siˈe̞n]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [kon.siˈent]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [kun.siˈen]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [kon.siˈen]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

conscient m or f (masculine and feminine plural conscients)

1. conscious
2. aware

Related terms

• consciència
• conscienciar
• inconscient

Further reading

• “conscient”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsciēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃/

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Adjective

conscient (feminine consciente, masculine plural conscients, feminine plural conscientes)

1. Physically alert; conscious
2. aware of something's implications or consequences

Antonyms

• inconscient

Derived terms

• consciemment
• conscientiser

Related terms

• conscience

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

cōnscient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of cōnsciō

Romanian

Adjective

conscient m or n (feminine singular conscientă, masculine plural conscienți, feminine/neuter plural consciente)

1. obsolete form of conștient

Declension

Declension of conscient

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	conscient		conscientă	conscienți	consciente
	definite	conscientul		conscienta	conscienții	conscientele
genitive- dative	indefinite	conscient		consciente	conscienți	consciente
	definite	conscientului		conscientei	conscienților	conscientelor

References

• conscient in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN