vigie

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vigía, itself a borrowing from Portuguese vigia, from vigiar. Cognate with French veille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.ʒi/

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Noun

vigie f (plural vigies)

1. (nautical) lookout; watch
2. crow's nest

Further reading

• “vigie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Verb

vigie

1. inflection of vigiar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

vigie

1. inflection of vigiar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative