She kept an all-night vigil over her sick child.
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Vigil
//ˈvɪd͡ʒəl//
Synonyms for "vigil" (88 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (44)
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2 entriesRelated terms
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14 entriesTranslations
86 translations across 35 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- prag noun (eve of a religious festival)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- παννυχίς noun (eve of a religious festival)
Arabic
1 entries- اِعْتِصامٌ noun (quiet demonstration)
Asturian
1 entries- vixilia noun (keeping awake)
Bulgarian
2 entries- бде́ние noun (keeping awake)
- дежурство noun (period of observation or surveillance)
Catalan
2 entries- vetlla noun (keeping awake)
- vigília noun (keeping awake)
Cebuano
1 entries- tukaw noun (keeping awake)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 值夜 noun (keeping awake)
- 守夜祈禱 /守夜祈祷 noun (eve of a religious festival)
- 警戒 noun (period of observation or surveillance)
Czech
4 entries- bdění noun (keeping awake)
- hlídka noun (period of observation or surveillance)
- stráž noun (period of observation or surveillance)
- vigilie noun (eve of a religious festival)
Dutch
2 entries- waak noun (keeping awake)
- wake noun (keeping awake)
Esperanto
1 entries- vigilo noun (period of observation or surveillance)
Finnish
4 entries- aatto noun (eve of a religious festival)
- hiljainen mielenosoitus noun (quiet demonstration)
- vahti noun (period of observation or surveillance)
- valvojaiset noun (keeping awake)
French
2 entries- veille noun (keeping awake)
- veillée noun (quiet demonstration)
Galician
4 entries- vixilia noun (keeping awake)
- vixilia noun (period of observation or surveillance)
- vixilia noun (eve of a religious festival)
- vixilia noun (quiet demonstration)
Georgian
2 entries- სიფხიზლე noun (keeping awake)
- ფხიზლობა noun (keeping awake)
German
4 entries- Mahnwache noun (quiet demonstration)
- Nachtwache noun (keeping awake)
- Nachtwache noun (eve of a religious festival)
- Vigil noun (eve of a religious festival)
Greek
3 entries- αγρυπνία noun (keeping awake)
- επαγρύπνηση noun (period of observation or surveillance)
- ολονυκτία noun (eve of a religious festival)
Irish
2 entries- bigil noun (eve of a religious festival)
- cathais noun (keeping awake)
Italian
1 entries- veglia noun (keeping awake)
Japanese
4 entries- 寝ずの番 noun (keeping awake)
- 徹夜 noun (keeping awake)
- 見張り noun (period of observation or surveillance)
- 警戒 noun (period of observation or surveillance)
Korean
2 entries- 밤새움 noun (keeping awake)
- 밤샘 noun (keeping awake)
Latin
3 entries- pervigilium noun (eve of a religious festival)
- vigilia noun (keeping awake)
- vigilia noun (period of observation or surveillance)
Maltese
1 entries- sahra noun (eve of a religious festival)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Wacht noun (period of observation or surveillance)
Polish
1 entries- czuwanie noun (keeping awake)
Portuguese
3 entries- vigia noun (period of observation or surveillance)
- vigília noun (keeping awake)
- vigília noun (eve of a religious festival)
Romanian
4 entries- așteptare noun (period of observation or surveillance)
- gardă noun (keeping awake)
- observare noun (period of observation or surveillance)
- veghe noun (keeping awake)
Russian
2 entries- бде́ние noun (keeping awake)
- пикети́рование noun (quiet demonstration)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bdjénje noun (keeping awake)
- bdȉjēnje noun (keeping awake)
- бди̏је̄ње noun (keeping awake)
- бдје́ње noun (keeping awake)
Slovak
1 entries- bdenie noun (keeping awake)
Spanish
3 entries- vigilia noun (keeping awake)
- vigilia noun (eve of a religious festival)
- víspera noun (eve of a religious festival)
Swedish
1 entries- vaka noun (keeping awake)
Tagalog
1 entries- lamay noun (keeping awake)
Ukrainian
4 entries- бдіння noun (keeping awake)
- бдіння noun (eve of a religious festival)
- варта noun (period of observation or surveillance)
- неспання noun (keeping awake)
Welsh
1 entries- gwylnos noun (eve of a religious festival)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
We must maintain a constant vigil.
Source: tatoeba (2953707)
On Saturday, the pope will hold an Easter Vigil inside Saint Peter’s Basilica.
Source: tatoeba (8672751)
They are not able to keep vigil.
Source: tatoeba (12589657)
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