observant

See also: Observant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French observant

Pronunciation

Adjective

observant (comparative more observant, superlative most observant)

  1. Alert and paying close attention; watchful.
    The observant police officer noticed that my tax disk was out-of-date.
  2. Diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle; regardful; mindful.
    I was normally observant of the local parking restrictions.
    • Sir K. Digby (Can we date this quote?)
      We are told how observant Alexander was of his master Aristotle.
    • 1909, John Claude White, Sikhim and Bhutan, page 13:
      They also profess Buddhism, but are not so observant of its customs, nor are there so many monasteries and Lamas to be met with as in the other part of Bhutan.

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Catalan

Verb

observant

  1. present participle of observar

French

Verb

observant

  1. present participle of observer

Latin

Verb

observant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of observō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French observant.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ob.serˈvant/

Adjective

observant m or n (feminine singular observantă, masculine plural observanți, feminine and neuter plural observante)

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

Declension
declension of observant
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative		 indefinite observant observantă observanți observante
definite observantul observanta observanții observantele
genitive/
dative		 indefinite observant observante observanți observante
definite observantului observantei observanților observantelor
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