Italian

Proper noun

la Vigilia f

1. Christmas Eve

Synonyms

• vigilia di Natale

Anagrams

• vigilai

Finnish

Noun

vigilia

1. vigil

Declension

Interlingua

Noun

vigilia ‎(plural vigilias)

1. vigil

Italian

Noun

vigilia f ‎(plural vigilie)

1. vigil
2. eve (day before another specified)

Anagrams

• vigilai

Latin

Etymology

From vigil.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /wiˈɡi.li.a/, [wɪˈɡɪ.li.a]

Noun

vigilia f ‎(genitive vigiliae); first declension

1. watch, vigil
2. wakefulness

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• English: vigil
• French: veille
• Italian: veglia
• Old Irish: féil (borrowed)
  • Irish: féile
  • Manx: feaill
  • Scottish Gaelic: fèill
• Portuguese: vigília
• Spanish: vigilia
• Walloon: woeye

References

• vigilia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vigilia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vigilia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to place a close line of sentry-posts: vigilias crebras ponere (Sall. Iug. 45. 2)
    
  • to mount guard in the camp: vigilias agere in castris (Verr. 4. 43)
    
  • to make the round of the sentries: circumvenire vigilias (Sall. Iug. 45. 2)
    

Spanish

Noun

vigilia f ‎(plural vigilias)

1. wakefulness, being awake
2. watchfulness
3. vigil
4. (religion) fast, abstinence
5. night shift
6. eve (day before another specified)