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vigilante
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish vigilante (“watchman, guard”), from Latin vigilans. Doublet of vigilant.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /v?d???lænti/, /v?d???l??nte?/
Noun
vigilante (plural vigilantes)
- A person who considers it their own responsibility to uphold the law in their neighborhood and often does so summarily and without legal jurisdiction. [from 19th c.]
Derived terms
- vigilantism
- digilante
Translations
Anagrams
- genitival
French
Adjective
vigilante
- feminine singular of vigilant
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vigilans, vigilantem.
Verb
vigilante
- present participle of vigilare
Adjective
vigilante (plural vigilanti)
- vigilant, watchful, alert
- Synonyms: vigile, attento
Related terms
- vigilanza
- vigilare
Noun
vigilante m or f (plural vigilanti)
- security guard
- vigilante
Latin
Participle
vigilante
- ablative masculine singular of vigil?ns
- ablative feminine singular of vigil?ns
- ablative neuter singular of vigil?ns
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vigilans, vigilantem.
Adjective
vigilante m or f (plural vigilantes, comparable)
- vigilant; watchful; observant (alert and paying close attention)
Derived terms
- vigilantemente
Related terms
- vigilância
- vigilar
Noun
vigilante m, f (plural vigilantes)
- a person whose job is to watch over something
Further reading
- “vigilante” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vigilans, vigilantem.
Adjective
vigilante (plural vigilantes)
- watchful, alert, wakeful
Noun
vigilante m or f (plural vigilantes)
- guard, watchman
- Synonym: guarda
Derived terms
Related terms
- vigilancia
- vigilar
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish vigilante
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bid?i?lante/
Noun
vigilante
- vigilante
- a person suspected to be involved in extrajudicial killings in the drug war in the Philippines from 2016.
Related terms
- salvage
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vigilant
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)
- 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)
- vigilant
Derived terms
- vigilantment
Related terms
- vigilància
- vigilar
Noun
vigilant m or f (plural vigilants)
- guard, watchman
Etymology 2
Verb
vigilant
- 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)
- 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)
- (dated) cunning, smart, clever
- (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
- third-person plural present active indicative of vigil?
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