"observant" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əbˈzɝvənt/ [General-American], /əbˈzɜːvənt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-observant.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more observant [comparative], most observant [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from French observant. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|observant}} French observant Head templates: {{en-adj}} observant (comparative more observant, superlative most observant)
  1. Alert and paying close attention; watchful. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (alert and paying close attention): наблюдателен (nabljudatelen) (Bulgarian), бдителен (bditelen) (Bulgarian), 密切注意的 (Chinese Mandarin), všímavý (Czech), tarkkaavainen (Finnish), observateur (French), perspicace (French), aufmerksam (German), παρατηρητικός (paratiritikós) (Greek), חַד עַיִן (ẖad-'ayín) [masculine] (Hebrew), jó megfigyelő (Hungarian), éles szemű (Hungarian), figyelmes (Hungarian), odafigyelő (Hungarian), vilkas (Ingrian), súilaibí (Irish), pastabus (Lithuanian), schneiw (Plautdietsch), uważny (Polish), spostrzegawczy (Polish), observator (Romanian), наблюдательный (nabljudatelʹnyj) (Russian), спостере́жливий (sposteréžlyvyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-observant-en-adj-7CO5E7XF Disambiguation of Personality: 60 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'alert and paying close attention': 95 5
  2. Diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle; regardful; mindful. Translations (diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle): спазващ (spazvašt) (Bulgarian), съблюдаващ (sǎbljudavašt) (Bulgarian), vallásgyakorló (note: of religion) (Hungarian), gyakorló (Hungarian), vallásos (Hungarian), hívő (Hungarian), betartó (note: of law, custom, duty etc.) (Hungarian), megtartó (Hungarian), tiszteletben tartó (Hungarian), követő (Hungarian), szabálykövető (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-observant-en-adj-fokLEbbA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hyperobservant, nonobservant, unobservant Related terms: inobservant

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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎbljudavašt",
      "sense": "diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle",
      "word": "съблюдаващ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "of religion",
      "sense": "diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle",
      "word": "vallásgyakorló"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle",
      "word": "gyakorló"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle",
      "word": "vallásos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle",
      "word": "hívő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "of law, custom, duty etc.",
      "sense": "diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle",
      "word": "betartó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle",
      "word": "megtartó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle",
      "word": "tiszteletben tartó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle",
      "word": "követő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle",
      "word": "szabálykövető"
    }
  ],
  "word": "observant"
}

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