vigor

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English

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈvɪɡɚ/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

vigor (countable and uncountable, plural vigors)

(American spelling) Alternative form of vigour

Anagrams

Virgo

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigōrem (“vigour”). First attested in the 13th century.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central)
IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian)

Noun

vigor m or f (plural vigors)

Related terms

vigorós

References

^ “vigor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

From vigeō (“thrive, flourish”) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯i.ɡor/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ɡor/,

Noun

vigor m (genitive vigōris); third declension

vigor, liveliness, activity
power, strength

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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

Descendants

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

References

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

Old French

Noun

vigor oblique singular, m (oblique plural vigors, nominative singular vigors, nominative plural vigor)

Alternative form of vigur

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

vigur

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /viˈɡur/

Noun

vigor m (plural vigor)

vigour

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vigōrem (“vigour”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈɡoʁ/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /viˈɡoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /viˈɡoʁ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈɡoɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈɡoɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈɡoɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈɡo.ɾi/

Hyphenation: vi‧gor

Noun

vigor m (plural vigores)

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

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigōrem (“vigour”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /biˈɡoɾ/
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -oɾ
Syllabification: vi‧gor

Noun

vigor m (plural vigores)

vigor

Derived terms

Related terms

vigoroso

Further reading

“vigor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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