vitality

English

Etymology

vital +‎ -ity, from Middle French vitalité, from Latin vitalitas (“vital force, life”), from vitalis (“vital”); see vital.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaɪˈtælɪti/, /vaɪˈtæləti/, (now rare) /vɪ-/

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Noun

vitality (countable and uncountable, plural vitalities)

1. The capacity to live and develop.
2. Energy or vigour.
3. That which distinguishes living from nonliving things; life, animateness.

Related terms

• devive
• revive
• survive
• viable
• vim and vigor
• vital
• vitalism
• vivid

 

Translations

the capacity to live and develop

• Bulgarian: жизнеспосо́бност (bg) f (žiznesposóbnost)
• Catalan: vitalitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生命力 (zh) (shēngmìnglì)

• Finnish: elinvoima (fi)
• Galician: vitalidade (gl) f
• Georgian: სიცოცხლისუნარიანობა (sicocxlisunarianoba), ცხოველუნარიანობა (cxovelunarianoba), ცხოველმოსილება (cxovelmosileba)
• Japanese: 生命力 (ja) (せいめいりょく, seimeiryoku)
• Korean: 생명력 (ko) (saengmyeongnyeok)
• Middle English: quyknesse
• Portuguese: vitalidade (pt) f
• Russian: жизнеспосо́бность (ru) f (žiznesposóbnostʹ), жи́зненность (ru) f (žíznennostʹ), жизнесто́йкость (ru) f (žiznestójkostʹ), живу́честь (ru) f (živúčestʹ)
• Spanish: vitalidad (es) f

energy or vigour

• Bulgarian: жизненост (bg) f (žiznenost), енергичност (bg) f (energičnost)
• Catalan: vitalitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生命力 (zh) (shēngmìnglì)

• Czech: vitalita (cs) f
• Finnish: elinvoima (fi), eloisuus (fi), vireys (fi), puhti (fi)
• French: vitalité (fr) f
• Galician: vitalidade (gl) f
• Georgian: სიცხოველე (sicxovele)
• German: Vitalität (de) f, Lebenskraft (de) f
• Greek: ζωντάνια (el) (zontánia)
• Irish: beogacht f, anamúlacht f
• Japanese: 精 (ja) (せい, sei), 生命力 (ja) (せいめいりょく, seimeiryoku)
• Korean: 생명력 (ko) (saengmyeongnyeok)
• Latin: vītālitās f
• Maori: hau (mi), korou, hiringa, riaka, hōriri
• Portuguese: vitalidade (pt) f
• Russian: жи́вость (ru) f (žívostʹ), энерги́чность (ru) f (enɛrgíčnostʹ)
• Sanskrit: वर्चस् (sa) n (varcas)
• Spanish: vitalidad (es) f

that which distinguishes living from nonliving things

• Catalan: vitalitat (ca) f
• Esperanto: viveco
• Finnish: elinvoima (fi)
• Latin: vītālitās f

Further reading

• “vitality”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “vitality”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.