vitality

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vitality

  • /vaɪˈtælɪti/
  • /vaɪˈtæləti/
  • /vɪ-/ archaic

Where it comes from

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

noun vitalities

  1. countable, uncountable The capacity to live and develop.
  2. countable, uncountable Energy or vigour. youthful vitality

    Similar: vital force, life force, vinegar

  3. countable, uncountable That which distinguishes living from nonliving things; life, animateness.

    Similar: vital force, life force

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: vim, verve, energy, animation, vital force, vivency, vital, vigor, pep, dynamism, liveliness, vigour, vibrancy, pizzazz, vibrant, viability

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noun the capacity to live and develop

Españolvitalidad
한국어생명력 saengmyeongnyeok
日本語生命力 seimeiryoku
中文生命力 shēngmìnglì
Portuguêsvitalidade
Русскийжизнеспосо́бность žiznesposóbnostʹ, жи́зненность žíznennostʹ, жизнесто́йкость žiznestójkostʹ, живу́честь živúčestʹ

noun energy or vigour

Españolvitalidad
한국어생명력 saengmyeongnyeok
日本語精 sei, 生命力 seimeiryoku
中文生命力 shēngmìnglì
हिन्दीजीवंतता jīvanttā
Portuguêsvitalidade
Françaisvitalité
DeutschVitalität, Lebenskraft
Ελληνικάζωντάνια zontánia
Русскийжи́вость žívostʹ, энерги́чность enɛrgíčnostʹ

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@misc{vitality_2026,
  title = {vitality},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vitality},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}