watchful

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɒt͡ʃ.fəl/
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• General-American: /ˈwɔt͡ʃ.fəl/
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• CMU ARPABET: W AA1 CH F AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English waccheful, equivalent to watch + -ful. Compare West Frisian waaks (“watchful”), Dutch waaks, waakzaam (“watchful”), German wachsam (“watchful”), Swedish vaksam (“watchful”).

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Amharic: ንቁ (nəḳu) — observant, vigilant and aware
• Armenian: զգոն (zgon) — observant, vigilant and aware
• Bengali: সতর্ক (śotork) — observant, vigilant and aware
• Bulgarian: бдителен (bditelen) — observant, vigilant and aware
• Bulgarian: внимателен (vnimatelen) — observant, vigilant and aware
• Danish: vågent — observant, vigilant and aware
• Dutch: waakzaam — observant, vigilant and aware
• French: attentif — observant, vigilant and aware
• French: vigilant — observant, vigilant and aware
• Galician: fiteiro — observant, vigilant and aware
• Galician: atento — observant, vigilant and aware
• Galician: vixiante — observant, vigilant and aware
• German: wachsam — observant, vigilant and aware
• Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍅𐍃 (usskaws) — observant, vigilant and aware
• Hindi: सजग (sajag) — observant, vigilant and aware
• Irish: airdeallach — observant, vigilant and aware
• Irish: cathaiseach — observant, vigilant and aware
• Japanese: 注意深い (chūi-bukai) — observant, vigilant and aware
• Latin: vigilax — observant, vigilant and aware
• Latin: evigilans — observant, vigilant and aware
• Latvian: modrs — observant, vigilant and aware
• Māori: matatū — observant, vigilant and aware
• Māori: mataara — observant, vigilant and aware
• Māori: ohiti — observant, vigilant and aware
• Māori: owhiti — observant, vigilant and aware
• Māori: whakamātaki — observant, vigilant and aware
• Māori: whakamatatū — observant, vigilant and aware
• Māori: hihiwa — observant, vigilant and aware
• Māori: matakana — observant, vigilant and aware
• Māori: hiwahiwa — observant, vigilant and aware
• Māori: tūmatohi — observant, vigilant and aware
• Norwegian Bokmål: vaktsom — observant, vigilant and aware
• Old English: wacor — observant, vigilant and aware
• Portuguese: vigilante — observant, vigilant and aware
• Portuguese: alerta — observant, vigilant and aware
• Portuguese: atento — observant, vigilant and aware
• Romanian: vigilent — observant, vigilant and aware
• Romanian: atent — observant, vigilant and aware
• Russian: бди́тельный (bdítelʹnyj) — observant, vigilant and aware
• Sanskrit: प्रबुध् (prabudh) — observant, vigilant and aware
• Scottish Gaelic: faireil — observant, vigilant and aware
• Spanish: atento — observant, vigilant and aware
• Spanish: avizor — observant, vigilant and aware
• Ottoman Turkish: سهران (sehran) — observant, vigilant and aware