different between vigilance vs vigilant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French vigilance, from Latin vigilantia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?d??l?ns/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /?v?d??l?ns/

Noun

vigilance (usually uncountable, plural vigilances)

1. Alert watchfulness.
2. Close and continuous attention.
   • 1837 March 4, Andrew Jackson, Farewell Address

     But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

3. (obsolete) A guard; a person set to watch.

Derived terms

Related terms

• vigilant

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigilantia; equivalent to vigile +? -ance

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.?i.l??s/
• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

vigilance f (plural vigilances)

1. vigilance

Further reading

• “vigilance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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): /?v?d??l?nt/
• Hyphenation: vi?gi?lant

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, circumspect, observant, on the qui vive, wakesome, wary, watchful

Derived terms

• pharmacovigilant
• vigilantly

Related terms

• vigil
• vigilance
• vigilante

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /vi.?i?lant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /bi.?i?lan/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /vi.d??i?lant/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin vigil?ns, vigil?ntem, attested from 1696.

Adjective

vigilant (masculine and feminine plural vigilants)

1. vigilant

Derived terms

• vigilantment

Related terms

• vigilància
• vigilar

Noun

vigilant m or f (plural vigilants)

1. guard, watchman

Etymology 2

Verb

vigilant

1. present participle of vigilar

References

Further reading

• “vigilant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “vigilant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “vigilant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigil?ns, vigil?ntem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.?i.l??/

Adjective

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

1. vigilant

Related terms

• vigiler

Further reading

• “vigilant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vi?i?lant]
• Hyphenation: vi?gi?lant

Adjective

vigilant (comparative vigilanter, superlative am vigilantesten)

1. (dated) cunning, smart, clever
2. (solemn) watchful, alert, wary (Austria)

Declension

Synonyms

• (cunning): clever, findig, gewieft, pfiffig, gerissen
• (watchful): wachsam, aufmerksam

Derived terms

• Vigilant
• Vigilanz
• Vigilantismus

Related terms

• arrogant

Further reading

• “vigilant” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “vigilant” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

vigilant

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