vigilant

English

Etymology

From French vigilant or its source, Latin vigilans, present participle of vigilare (“stay awake”), from vigil (“awake”). Doublet of vigilante, from Spanish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪdʒɪlənt/
• Hyphenation: vi‧gi‧lant

• Audio (UK):

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Adjective

vigilant (comparative more vigilant, superlative most vigilant)

1. Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary

   Be vigilant for signs of disease in your garden.

Synonyms

• (watchful): alert, aware, observant, on the qui vive, wakesome, wary, watchful

Derived terms

• pharmacovigilant
• vigilantly

Related terms

• vigil
• vigilance
• vigilante

Translations

watchful

• Armenian: զգոն (hy) (zgon), զգաստ (hy) (zgast)
• Azerbaijani: ayıq (az), oyaq, oyanıq, gözüaçıq, sayıq (az), sərvaxt
• Bulgarian: бдителен (bg) (bditelen), зорък (bg) (zorǎk)
• Catalan: vigilant (ca)
• Czech: bdělý (cs) m, ostražitý m
• Danish: opmærksom (da), forsigtig
• Esperanto: vigla
• Finnish: valpas (fi), varuillaan
• French: vigilant (fr)
• Galician: vixiante m or f
• Georgian: ფხიზელი (pxizeli), ყურადღებიანი (q̇uradɣebiani)
• German: aufmerksam (de), umsichtig (de), wachsam (de)
• Hindi: सतर्क (hi) (satark)
• Irish: aireach, cathaiseach (literary)
• Italian: vigilante (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: vigilans
• Latvian: modrs
• Maori: tauwhiro, awhitu, awhiti, korita
• Norwegian: oppmerksom (no), forsiktig

  Bokmål: vaktsom

  Nynorsk: vaktsam

• Old English: wacol
• Polish: czujny (pl), baczny (pl)
• Portuguese: vigilante (pt)
• Romanian: vigilent (ro), precaut (ro), atent (ro)
• Russian: бди́тельный (ru) (bdítelʹnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: vigilantan (sh), budan (sh), pažljiv (sh), na oprezu
• Spanish: vigilante (es)
• Swedish: uppmärksam (sv), försiktig (sv)

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigilāns, vigilāntem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bi.ʒiˈlan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vi.ʒiˈlant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [vi.d͡ʒiˈlant]

Adjective

vigilant m or f (masculine and feminine plural vigilants)

1. vigilant

Derived terms

• vigilantment

Noun

vigilant m or f (plural vigilants)

1. guard, watchman

Related terms

• vigilància
• vigilar

Verb

vigilant

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigilāns, vigilāntem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.ʒi.lɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Adjective

vigilant (feminine vigilante, masculine plural vigilants, feminine plural vigilantes)

1. vigilant

Related terms

• vigiler

Further reading

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

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) vigilant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of vigilō