vigilance

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• /ˈvɪd͡ʒɪlɪns/
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• /ˈvɪd͡ʒɪləns/ weak vowel merger
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Borrowed from Middle French vigilance, from Latin vigilantia.

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: يَقَظَة (yaqaẓa) — Alert watchfulness
• Arabic: يَقْظَة (yaqẓa) — Alert watchfulness
• Armenian: զգոնություն (zgonutʻyun) — Alert watchfulness
• Asturian: vixilancia — Alert watchfulness
• Bengali: সতর্কীকরণ (śotorkikron) — Alert watchfulness
• Bulgarian: бдителност (bditelnost) — Alert watchfulness
• Catalan: vigilància — Alert watchfulness
• Chinese Mandarin: 警覺 /警觉 (jǐngjué) — Alert watchfulness
• Czech: bdělost — Alert watchfulness
• Czech: vigilita — Alert watchfulness
• Danish: årvågenhed — Alert watchfulness
• Dutch: waaksheid — Alert watchfulness
• Dutch: waakzaamheid — Alert watchfulness
• Esperanto: vigleco — Alert watchfulness
• Finnish: valppaus — Alert watchfulness
• Finnish: tarkkaavaisuus — Alert watchfulness
• French: vigilance — Alert watchfulness
• Georgian: სიფხიზლე (sipxizle) — Alert watchfulness
• Georgian: ფხიზლობა (pxizloba) — Alert watchfulness
• German: Wachsamkeit — Alert watchfulness
• Greek: επαγρύπνηση (epagrýpnisi) — Alert watchfulness
• Hindi: सतर्कता (satarkatā) — Alert watchfulness
• Hindi: सजगता (sajagtā) — Alert watchfulness
• Hungarian: éberség — Alert watchfulness
• Italian: vigilanza — Alert watchfulness
• Latin: vigilantia — Alert watchfulness
• Latvian: modrība — Alert watchfulness
• Latvian: modrums — Alert watchfulness
• Lithuanian: pastabumas — Alert watchfulness
• Norwegian Bokmål: årvåkenhet — Alert watchfulness
• Polish: baczenie — Alert watchfulness
• Polish: czujność — Alert watchfulness
• Polish: uwaga — Alert watchfulness
• Portuguese: vigilância — Alert watchfulness
• Romanian: vigilență — Alert watchfulness
• Russian: бди́тельность (bdítelʹnostʹ) — Alert watchfulness
• Slovak: bedlivosť — Alert watchfulness
• Spanish: vigilancia — Alert watchfulness
• Spanish: alerta — Alert watchfulness
• Swedish: vaksamhet — Alert watchfulness
• Swedish: vigilans — Alert watchfulness
• Ukrainian: пильність (pylʹnistʹ) — Alert watchfulness
• Armenian: զգոնություն (zgonutʻyun) — Close and continuous attention
• Asturian: vixilancia — Close and continuous attention
• Bengali: সতর্কীকরণ (śotorkikron) — Close and continuous attention
• Catalan: vigilància — Close and continuous attention
• Czech: bdělost — Close and continuous attention
• Danish: årvågenhed — Close and continuous attention
• Dutch: waaksheid — Close and continuous attention
• Dutch: waakzaamheid — Close and continuous attention
• Esperanto: vigleco — Close and continuous attention
• French: vigilance — Close and continuous attention
• Georgian: სიფხიზლე (sipxizle) — Close and continuous attention
• Georgian: ფხიზლობა (pxizloba) — Close and continuous attention
• German: Wachsamkeit — Close and continuous attention
• Greek: επαγρύπνηση (epagrýpnisi) — Close and continuous attention
• Hindi: सतर्कता (satarkatā) — Close and continuous attention
• Hindi: सजगता (sajagtā) — Close and continuous attention
• Italian: vigilanza — Close and continuous attention
• Latin: vigilantia — Close and continuous attention
• Norwegian Bokmål: årvåkenhet — Close and continuous attention
• Polish: czujność — Close and continuous attention
• Portuguese: vigilância — Close and continuous attention
• Romanian: vigilență — Close and continuous attention
• Russian: бди́тельность (bdítelʹnostʹ) — Close and continuous attention
• Spanish: vigilancia — Close and continuous attention
• Spanish: alerta — Close and continuous attention
• Swedish: uppmärksamhet — Close and continuous attention
• Swedish: vigilans — Close and continuous attention
• Ukrainian: пильність (pylʹnistʹ) — Close and continuous attention