vital
English
Etymology
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From Middle English [Term?], borrowed from Old French vital, from Latin vītālis (“of life, life-giving”), from vīta (“life”), from vīvō (“I live”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: vī'təl, IPA(key): /ˈvaɪtəl/
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Adjective
vital (comparative more vital, superlative most vital)
- Relating to, or characteristic of life.
- vital energies; vital functions; vital actions
- Synonym: lifely
- Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
- The brain is a vital organ.
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- Do the heavens afford him vital food?
- Invigorating or life-giving.
- Necessary to continued existence.
- The transition to farming was vital for the creation of civilisation.
- Relating to the recording of life events.
- Birth, marriage and death certificates are vital records.
- Very important.
- It is vital that you don't forget to do your homework.
- 2012 December 14, Simon Jenkins, “We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys”, in The Guardian Weekly[1], volume 188, number 2, page 23:
- David Cameron insists that his latest communications data bill is “vital to counter terrorism”. Yet terror is mayhem. It is no threat to freedom. That threat is from counter-terror, from ministers capitulating to securocrats.
- Containing life; living.
- Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.
- (Can we date this quote by Sir Thomas Browne and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Pythagoras and Hippocrates […] affirm the birth of the seventh month to be vital.
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Further reading
- “vital”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “vital”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
vital m or f (masculine and feminine plural vitals)
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vītālis (“of life, life-giving”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.tal/
- Homophones: vitale, vitales
Adjective
vital (feminine vitale, masculine plural vitaux, feminine plural vitales)
Related terms
Further reading
- “vital”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vītālis (“of life, life-giving”).
Adjective
vital m or f (plural vitais)
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German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
vital (comparative vitaler, superlative am vitalsten)
Declension
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Interlingua
Adjective
vital (not comparable)
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Adjective
vital (neuter singular vitalt, definite singular and plural vitale)
References
- “vital” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Adjective
vital (neuter singular vitalt, definite singular and plural vitale)
References
- “vital” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
Adjective
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- vital (relating to, or characteristic of life)
- vital (necessary to the continuation of life)
- vital (very important)
Synonyms
- (very important): crucial, fundamental, essencial
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Spanish
Etymology
Adjective
vital m or f (masculine and feminine plural vitales)
Related terms
See also
- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- Requests for date/Edmund Spenser
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- Requests for date/John Milton
- Requests for date/Alexander Pope
- Requests for date/Sir Thomas Browne
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- Rhymes:German/aːl
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