different between wimpy vs vigilant

English

Etymology

wimp +? -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?mpi

Adjective

wimpy (comparative wimpier, superlative wimpiest)

1. (informal) Having the characteristics of a wimp; feeble, indecisive, cowardly.

Translations

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?