observant

Borrowed from French observant.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əbˈzɝvənt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əbˈzɜːvənt/

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• Hyphenation: ob‧ser‧vant

observant (comparative more observant, superlative most observant)

1. Alert and paying close attention; watchful.

   The observant police officer noticed that my tax disk was out-of-date.

2. Diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle; regardful; mindful.

   I was normally observant of the local parking restrictions.

   • 1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises:

     We are told how observant Alexander was of his master Aristotle.

   • 1909, John Claude White, Sikhim and Bhutan, page 13:

     They also profess Buddhism, but are not so observant of its customs, nor are there so many monasteries and Lamas to be met with as in the other part of Bhutan.

• bevatrons, obversant

observant

1. gerund of observar

• IPA^(key): /ɔp.sɛʁ.vɑ̃/

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observant

1. present participle of observer

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

observant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of observō

• IPA^(key): /ˌɔp.sɛrˈʋɑŋ/, (neuter singular) /ˌɔp.sɛrˈʋɑŋt/ or
• IPA^(key): /ˌɔp.sɛrˈʋɑnt/

observant (indefinite singular observant, definite singular and plural observante)

1. observant
2. attentive

• obs

• observere

• “observant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French observant.

• IPA^(key): /ob.serˈvant/

observant m or n (feminine singular observantă, masculine plural observanți, feminine and neuter plural observante)

1. observant (obeying the custom, practice or rules of a religion)

• observator