vigilance
French, noun/vi.ʒi.lɑ̃s/
vigilance is spelled V-I-G-I-L-A-N-C-E (9 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written French, the 9,132nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vigilance is a French feminine noun meaning “vigilance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Attention que l’on porte avec diligence, avec activité, sur quelque chose ou sur quelqu’un”.
What does vigilance mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevigilance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Attention que l’on porte avec diligence, avec activité, sur quelque chose ou sur quelqu’un. 2. Nom donné à la pierre sphérique que tient dans sa patte la grue dans sa représentation ordinaire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vigilance
- vigilances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vigilance?
- /vi.ʒi.lɑ̃s/
- \vi.ʒi.lɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vigilance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vigilance in French?
vigilance appears 6.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).