vigor

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvɪɡɚ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

vigor (countable and uncountable, plural vigors)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of vigour.

Anagrams

• Virgo

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigōrem (“vigour”). First attested in the 13th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [biˈɣor]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [viˈɣor]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Hyphenation: vi‧gor

Noun

vigor m or f (plural vigors)

1. vigour/vigor
2. validity

   Synonym: validesa

Related terms

• vigorós

Further reading

• “vigor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “vigor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “vigor”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin vigeō

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Italic *-ōs

Latin -or

Latin vigor

From vigeō (“thrive, flourish”) + -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɪ.ɡɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈviː.ɡor]

Noun

vigor m (genitive vigōris); third declension

1. vigor, liveliness, activity
2. power, strength

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vigor	vigōrēs
genitive	vigōris	vigōrum
dative	vigōrī	vigōribus
accusative	vigōrem	vigōrēs
ablative	vigōre	vigōribus
vocative	vigor	vigōrēs

Derived terms

• vigōrō

Related terms

• vigeō
• vigēscō

Descendants

• Catalan: vigor
• English: vigor / vigour
• French: vigueur
• Galician: vigor
• Italian: vigore
• Piedmontese: vigur
• Portuguese: vigor
• Romanian: vigoare
• Spanish: vigor

References

• “vigor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vigor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "vigor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “vigor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “vigor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Old French

Noun

vigor oblique singular, m (oblique plural vigors, nominative singular vigors, nominative plural vigor)

1. alternative form of vigur

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• vigur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viˈɡur/

Noun

vigor m (plural vigor)

1. vigour

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vigōrem (“vigour”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈɡoʁ/ [viˈɡoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈɡoʁ/ [viˈɡoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /viˈɡoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /viˈɡoʁ/ [viˈɡoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /viˈɡoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈɡoɾ/ [viˈɣoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈɡoɾ/ [viˈɣoɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈɡoɾ/ [biˈɣoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈɡo.ɾi/ [viˈɣo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: vi‧gor

Noun

vigor m (plural vigores)

1. vigour; energy (active strength or force of body or mind)
2. activity

Derived terms

• entrar em vigor
• envigorar
• revigorar
• vigoroso

Further reading

• “vigor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “vigor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigōrem (“vigour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈɡoɾ/ [biˈɣ̞oɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: vi‧gor

Noun

vigor m (plural vigores)

1. vigor

   Synonym: ímpetu

Derived terms

• en vigor
• vigorizar

Related terms

• vigoroso

Further reading

• “vigor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025