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

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

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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