vigor

English

Pronunciation

• (US)IPA^(key):/ˈvɪɡɚ/

• Audio(US):

  (file)

Noun

vigor(countableanduncountable,pluralvigors)

1. (American spelling)Alternative form ofvigour

Anagrams

• Virgo

Catalan

Etymology

BorrowedfromLatinvigōrem(“vigour”).First attested in the 13th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central)[biˈɣor]
• IPA^(key):(Balearic,Valencia)[viˈɣor]
• Hyphenation:vi‧gor

Noun

vigormorf(pluralvigors)

1. vigour/vigor
2. validity

   Synonym:validesa

Related terms

• vigorós

Further reading

• “vigor”inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “vigor”inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “vigor”inDiccionari català-valencià-balear,Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Etymology

Fromvigeō(“thrive, flourish”)+‎-or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈu̯i.ɡor/,[ˈu̯ɪɡɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈvi.ɡor/,[ˈviːɡor]

Noun

vigorm(genitivevigōris);third declension

1. vigor,liveliness,activity
2. power,strength

Declension

Third-declensionnoun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vigor	vigōrēs
genitive	vigōris	vigōrum
dative	vigōrī	vigōribus
accusative	vigōrem	vigōrēs
ablative	vigōre	vigōribus
vocative	vigor	vigōrēs

Derived terms

• vigōrō

Related terms

• vigeō
• vigēscō

Descendants

• Catalan:vigor
• English:vigor/vigour
• French:vigueur
• Galician:vigor
• Italian:vigore
• Piedmontese:vigur
• Portuguese:vigor
• Romanian:vigoare
• Spanish:vigor

References

• “vigor”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vigor”,inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,New York: Harper & Brothers
• vigorin Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis(augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• vigorinGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.
• “vigor”,inThe Century Dictionary[…],New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,1911,→OCLC.

Old French

Noun

vigoroblique singular,m(oblique pluralvigors,nominative singularvigors,nominative pluralvigor)

1. Alternative form ofvigur

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• vigur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/viˈɡur/

Noun

vigorm(pluralvigor)

1. vigour

Portuguese

Etymology

FromLatinvigōrem(“vigour”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/viˈɡoʁ/[viˈɡoh]

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/viˈɡoʁ/[viˈɡoh]
  • (São Paulo)IPA^(key):/viˈɡoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro)IPA^(key):/viˈɡoʁ/[viˈɡoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key):/viˈɡoɻ/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/viˈɡoɾ/[viˈɣoɾ]

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/viˈɡoɾ/[viˈɣoɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal)IPA^(key):/biˈɡoɾ/[biˈɣoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal)IPA^(key):/viˈɡo.ɾi/[viˈɣo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation:vi‧gor

Noun

vigorm(pluralvigores)

1. vigour;energy(active strength or force of body or mind)
2. activity

Derived terms

• entrar em vigor
• envigorar
• revigorar
• vigoroso

Spanish

Etymology

BorrowedfromLatinvigōrem(“vigour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/biˈɡoɾ/[biˈɣ̞oɾ]

• Audio(Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-oɾ
• Syllabification:vi‧gor

Noun

vigorm(pluralvigores)

1. vigor

   Synonym:ímpetu

Derived terms

• en vigor
• vigorizar

Related terms

• vigoroso

Further reading

• “vigor”,inDiccionario de la lengua española[Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7,Royal Spanish Academy[Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28