vigile
French, noun
vigile is spelled V-I-G-I-L-E (6 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vigile is a French masculine noun meaning “guard, security guard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of vigiler. With an accent, vigilé is a different word: “past participle of vigiler”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne (homme ou femme) chargée d’une fonction de surveillance, de sécurité, le plus souvent dans des…”.
What does vigile mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineguard, security guard
noun
- 1
archaicfemininevigil (eve of a religious festival)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of vigiler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne (homme ou femme) chargée d’une fonction de surveillance, de sécurité, le plus souvent dans des locaux commerciaux, industriels (pour une femme, on dira aussi femme vigile). 2. Homme chargé de lutter contre les incendies et de surveiller la ville.
noun: 1. Veille d’une grande fête, jour d’abstinence et de jeûne, chez les chrétiens. 2. Action de veiller, de monter la garde.
adjective: 1. Relatif à l’état de veille.
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 vigile
- vigiles plural
- vigilée feminine
- vigilés masculine plural
- vigilées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is vigile in French?
vigile appears 2.0 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).