Значение

значений: 4
  1. An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.

    Wache, Nachtwache

    бде́ниеbdénije

    бдінняbdinnja, чуванняčuvannja, неспанняnespannja

  2. A period of observation or surveillance at any hour.

    His dog kept vigil outside the hospital for eight days while he was recovering from an accident.

    Wache, Vigil

    пильнуванняpylʹnuvannja, вартаvarta

    a period of sleeplessness

  3. The eve of a religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions.

    Vigil, Nachtwache

    бдінняbdinnja, чуванняčuvannja

    the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

  4. A quiet demonstration in support of a cause.

    The protesters kept vigil outside the conference centre in which the party congress was being held.

    Mahnwache

    пикети́рованиеpiketírovanije

Примеры

предложений: 5
  1. We must maintain a constant vigil.

    Мы должны постоянно оставаться на страже.

  2. They are not able to keep vigil.

  3. She is not able to keep vigil.

  4. She kept an all-night vigil over her sick child.

  5. On Saturday, the pope will hold an Easter Vigil inside Saint Peter’s Basilica.

Переводы

языков: 8
Українська
По значениям 2
keeping awake:
period of observation or surveillance:
Русский
По значениям 2
keeping awake:
quiet demonstration:
Deutsch
По значениям 3
keeping awake:
period of observation or surveillance:
quiet demonstration:

Происхождение

From Middle English vigile (“a devotional watching”), from Old French vigile, from Latin v

From Middle English vigile (“a devotional watching”), from Old French vigile, from Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), from vigil (“awake”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong, lively, awake”). Doublet of Wigilia. See also wake and vigor, from the same root.

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Формы

мн. число: vigils
Ед. числоvigil
Мн. числоvigils

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 4
watch, especially at night:watchA1lookoutqui vivelook-out
Близкие по смыслу
  • the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival):watch
  • a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe:watch

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 7

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