different between observant vs seeker

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French observant

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?z?v?nt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?z??v?nt/
• Hyphenation: ob?ser?vant

Adjective

observant (comparative more observant, superlative most observant)

1. Alert and paying close attention; watchful.

2. Diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle; regardful; mindful.
   • 1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises

     We are told how observant Alexander was of his master Aristotle.

Antonyms

• inobservant
• nonobservant
• unobservant
• unobserving

Derived terms

• hyperobservant
• nonobservant
• unobservant

Related terms

• inobservant

Translations

Anagrams

• bevatrons, obversant

Catalan

Verb

observant

1. present participle of observar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p.s??.v??/

Verb

observant

1. present participle of observer

Latin

Verb

observant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of observ?

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p.s?r????/, (neuter singular) /-????t/ (examples of pronunciation) or
• IPA^(key): /??p.s?r???nt/

Adjective

observant (indefinite singular observant, definite singular and plural observante)

1. observant
2. attentive

Derived terms

• obs

Related terms

• observere

References

• “observant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French observant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ob.ser?vant/

Adjective

observant m or n (feminine singular observant?, masculine plural observan?i, feminine and neuter plural observante)

1. observant (obeying the custom, practice or rules of a religion)

Declension

Related terms

• observator

English

Etymology

From Middle English sekar, sekere (also sechar, sechere), equivalent to seek +? -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Säiker (“seeker”), West Frisian syker (“seeker”), Dutch zoeker (“seeker”), German Low German Söker (“seeker”), German Sucher (“seeker”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?si?k?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sik?/
• Rhymes: -i?k?(r)
• Hyphenation: seek?er

Noun

seeker (plural seekers)

1. One who seeks.
2. Especially, a religious seeker: a pilgrim, or one who aspires to enlightenment or salvation.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Sèkèrè, kreese, reseek, sekere, sèkèrè