conscient

conscient

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin consciens, conscientis, present participle.

Adjective

conscient (comparative more conscient, superlative most conscient)

  1. (obsolete) conscious; aware
    • 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: [] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, [], →OCLC:
      As we see in Augustus Cæsar, (who was rather diverse from his uncle, than inferior in virtue,) how when he died, he desired his friends about him to give him a plaudite, as if he were conscient to himself that he had played his part well upon the stage.
    • 1893, Charles Letourneau, Sociology Based Upon Ethnography, page 552:
      In a word, the embryology and the taxinomy of the animal kinds, enlightened by the doctrine of transformism, show to us the slow acquisition of conscient life in the animal kingdom.

Derived terms

See also

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnscientem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [kun.siˈen]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [kon.siˈent]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)

Adjective

conscient m or f (masculine and feminine plural conscients)

  1. conscious
  2. aware

Further reading

French

Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsciēns.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃/
    • Audio:(file)

    Adjective

    conscient (feminine consciente, masculine plural conscients, feminine plural conscientes)

    1. Physically alert; conscious
    2. aware of something's implications or consequences

    Antonyms

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    Latin

    Verb

    cōnscient

    1. third-person plural future active indicative of cōnsciō

    Romanian

    Adjective

    conscient m or n (feminine singular conscientă, masculine plural conscienți, feminine/neuter plural consciente)

    1. obsolete form of conștient

    Declension

    Declension of conscient
    singular plural
    masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
    nominative-
    accusative
    indefinite conscient conscientă conscienți consciente
    definite conscientul conscienta conscienții conscientele
    genitive-
    dative
    indefinite conscient consciente conscienți consciente
    definite conscientului conscientei conscienților conscientelor

    References

    • conscient in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN