vital
See also: Vital
English
Etymology
From Middle English [Term?], borrowed from Old French vital, from Latin vītālis (“of life, life-giving”), from vīta (“life”), from vīvō (“I live”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: vī'təl, IPA(key): /ˈvaɪtəl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈvaɪt̬əl/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪtəl
Adjective
vital (comparative more vital, superlative most vital)
- Relating to, or characteristic of life.
- vital energies; vital functions; vital actions
- Synonym: lifely
- Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
- The brain is a vital organ.
- (Can we date this quote?) Edmund Spenser
- Do the heavens afford him vital food?
- Invigorating or life-giving.
- Necessary to continued existence.
- The transition to farming was vital for the creation of civilisation.
- Relating to the recording of life events.
- Birth, marriage and death certificates are vital records.
- Very important.
- It is vital that you don't forget to do your homework.
- 2012 December 14, Simon Jenkins, “We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 2, page 23:
- David Cameron insists that his latest communications data bill is “vital to counter terrorism”. Yet terror is mayhem. It is no threat to freedom. That threat is from counter-terror, from ministers capitulating to securocrats.
- Containing life; living.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
- spirits that live throughout, vital in every part
- (Can we date this quote?) Alexander Pope
- The dart flew on, and pierced a vital part.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
- Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.
- (Can we date this quote?) Sir Thomas Browne
- Pythagoras and Hippocrates […] affirm the birth of the seventh month to be vital.
- (Can we date this quote?) Sir Thomas Browne
Derived terms
Antonyms
Translations
relating to, or characteristic of life
necessary to the continuation of life
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invigorating or life-giving
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necessary to continued existence
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relating to the recording of life events
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very important
containing life — see living
capable of living
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Further reading
- vital in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- vital in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Catalan
French
Further reading
- “vital” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Adjective
vital m or f (plural vitais)
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viˈtaːl/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
Declension
Positive forms of vital
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist vital | sie ist vital | es ist vital | sie sind vital | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | vitaler | vitale | vitales | vitale |
genitive | vitalen | vitaler | vitalen | vitaler | |
dative | vitalem | vitaler | vitalem | vitalen | |
accusative | vitalen | vitale | vitales | vitale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der vitale | die vitale | das vitale | die vitalen |
genitive | des vitalen | der vitalen | des vitalen | der vitalen | |
dative | dem vitalen | der vitalen | dem vitalen | den vitalen | |
accusative | den vitalen | die vitale | das vitale | die vitalen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein vitaler | eine vitale | ein vitales | (keine) vitalen |
genitive | eines vitalen | einer vitalen | eines vitalen | (keiner) vitalen | |
dative | einem vitalen | einer vitalen | einem vitalen | (keinen) vitalen | |
accusative | einen vitalen | eine vitale | ein vitales | (keine) vitalen |
Comparative forms of vital
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist vitaler | sie ist vitaler | es ist vitaler | sie sind vitaler | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | vitalerer | vitalere | vitaleres | vitalere |
genitive | vitaleren | vitalerer | vitaleren | vitalerer | |
dative | vitalerem | vitalerer | vitalerem | vitaleren | |
accusative | vitaleren | vitalere | vitaleres | vitalere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der vitalere | die vitalere | das vitalere | die vitaleren |
genitive | des vitaleren | der vitaleren | des vitaleren | der vitaleren | |
dative | dem vitaleren | der vitaleren | dem vitaleren | den vitaleren | |
accusative | den vitaleren | die vitalere | das vitalere | die vitaleren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein vitalerer | eine vitalere | ein vitaleres | (keine) vitaleren |
genitive | eines vitaleren | einer vitaleren | eines vitaleren | (keiner) vitaleren | |
dative | einem vitaleren | einer vitaleren | einem vitaleren | (keinen) vitaleren | |
accusative | einen vitaleren | eine vitalere | ein vitaleres | (keine) vitaleren |
Superlative forms of vital
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist am vitalsten | sie ist am vitalsten | es ist am vitalsten | sie sind am vitalsten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | vitalster | vitalste | vitalstes | vitalste |
genitive | vitalsten | vitalster | vitalsten | vitalster | |
dative | vitalstem | vitalster | vitalstem | vitalsten | |
accusative | vitalsten | vitalste | vitalstes | vitalste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der vitalste | die vitalste | das vitalste | die vitalsten |
genitive | des vitalsten | der vitalsten | des vitalsten | der vitalsten | |
dative | dem vitalsten | der vitalsten | dem vitalsten | den vitalsten | |
accusative | den vitalsten | die vitalste | das vitalste | die vitalsten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein vitalster | eine vitalste | ein vitalstes | (keine) vitalsten |
genitive | eines vitalsten | einer vitalsten | eines vitalsten | (keiner) vitalsten | |
dative | einem vitalsten | einer vitalsten | einem vitalsten | (keinen) vitalsten | |
accusative | einen vitalsten | eine vitalste | ein vitalstes | (keine) vitalsten |
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Portuguese
Adjective
vital m or f (plural vitais, comparable)
Synonyms
- (very important): crucial, fundamental, essencial
Spanish
See also
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