vigilant

From French vigilant or its source, Latin vigilans, present participle of vigilare (“stay awake”), from vigil (“awake”). Doublet of vigilante, from Spanish.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪdʒɪlənt/
• Hyphenation: vi‧gi‧lant

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.

• (watchful): alert, aware, observant, on the qui vive, wakesome, wary, watchful

• pharmacovigilant
• vigilantly

• vigil
• vigilance
• vigilante

Borrowed from Latin vigilāns, vigilāntem.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /vi.ʒiˈlant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /bi.ʒiˈlan/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /vi.d͡ʒiˈlant/

vigilant (masculine and feminine plural vigilants)

1. vigilant

• vigilantment

vigilant m or f (plural vigilants)

1. guard, watchman

• vigilància
• vigilar

vigilant

1. present participle of vigilar

Borrowed from Latin vigilāns, vigilāntem.

• IPA^(key): /vi.ʒi.lɑ̃/

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

1. vigilant

• vigiler

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

vigilant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of vigilō