watchful

English

Etymology

From Middle English waccheful, equivalent to watch +‎ -ful. Compare West Frisian waaks (“watchful”), Dutch waaks, waakzaam (“watchful”), German wachsam (“watchful”), Swedish vaksam (“watchful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɒt͡ʃ.fəl/
• IPA^(key): /ˈwɔt͡ʃ.fəl/
• Hyphenation: watch‧ful

Adjective

watchful (comparative more watchful, superlative most watchful)

1. observant, vigilant and aware

   The teacher kept a watchful eye on her pupils during the school trip.

Derived terms

• watchfully
• watchfulness

Translations

observant, vigilant and aware

• Armenian: զգոն (hy) (zgon)
• Bengali: সতর্ক (sôtôrkô)
• Danish: vågent
• French: attentif (fr), vigilant (fr)
• Irish: airdeallach, cathaiseach (literary)
• Japanese: 注意深い (ja) (chūi-bukai)
• Latin: evigilans
• Latvian: modrs
• Maori: matatū, mataara, o(w)hiti, whakamātaki, whakamatatū, hihiwa, matakana, hiwahiwa, tūmatohi
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vaktsom

• Old English: wacol
• Portuguese: vigilante (pt), alerta (pt), atento (pt)
• Romanian: vigilent (ro), atent (ro)
• Russian: бди́тельный (ru) (bdítelʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: faireil
• Spanish: atento (es), avizor