vigilance
/ˈvɪdʒələns/VIH-juh-luhns
/ˈvɪdʒələns/VIH-juh-luhns
Meaningwatchfulness
Common meaning: watchful care against danger
- vigawake, watchful; to thriveLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1989 · scan
- iladjective or verb ending
- ancenoun ending: doing, or the condition that results
Journey through time
- Latinvigil; vigeō‘awake, watchful’
- Frenchvigile
- Englishvigilance‘watchful care against danger’ · today
vig also in: vigourvigorousinvigorate
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin vigil; vigeō ‘awake, watchful; to thrive’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vigil, p. 1989 · dictionary scan
Roots
- vigil; vigeō Latin “awake, watchful; to thrive”
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