Dictionary

vitality en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /vaɪˈtæləti/
• /vaɪˈtælɪti/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /vɪ-/ (archaic)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The capacity to live and develop.
2. (countable, uncountable) Energy or vigour.
   • The city’s cultural vitality impressed the visitors.
   • youthful vitality
   • full of vitality
   • He maintained his vitality well into old age.
   • economic vitality
3. (countable, uncountable) That which distinguishes living from nonliving things; life, animateness.

Forms

Deriveds

intravitality · psychovitality

Relateds

vis viva · vim and vigor · vivid · survive · vital · viable · vitalism · revive · devive

Synonyms

vital force · life force · vital force · vinegar · life force

Translations (57)

gl vitalidade (the capacity to live and develop) · ga anamúlacht (energy or vigour) · ka სიცოცხლისუნარიანობა (the capacity to live and develop) · ka სიცხოველე (energy or vigour) · la vītālitās (that which distinguishes living from nonliving things) · es vitalidad (energy or vigour) · de Lebenskraft (energy or vigour) · ru жи́вость (energy or vigour) · bg енергичност (energy or vigour) · fi elinvoima (the capacity to live and develop) · fi eloisuus (energy or vigour) · ru жизнеспосо́бность (the capacity to live and develop) · pt vitalidade (the capacity to live and develop) · eo viveco (that which distinguishes living from nonliving things) · mi korou (energy or vigour) · ko 생명력 (the capacity to live and develop) · mi hiringa (energy or vigour) · ru жизнесто́йкость (the capacity to live and develop) · mi hau (energy or vigour) · cmn 生命力 (energy or vigour) · bg жизненост (energy or vigour) · no livskraft (energy or vigour) · id vitalitas (the capacity to live and develop) · cmn 生命力 (the capacity to live and develop) · fi elinvoima (that which distinguishes living from nonliving things) · es vitalidad (the capacity to live and develop) · ca vitalitat (the capacity to live and develop) · enm quyknesse (the capacity to live and develop) · hi जीवंतता (energy or vigour) · sa वर्चस् (energy or vigour) · de Vitalität (energy or vigour) · el ζωντάνια (energy or vigour) · fi puhti (energy or vigour) · ga beogacht (energy or vigour) · ru жи́зненность (the capacity to live and develop) · fi vireys (energy or vigour) · ja 生命力 (the capacity to live and develop) · bg жизнеспосо́бност (the capacity to live and develop) · cs vitalita (energy or vigour) · ru энерги́чность (energy or vigour) · pt vitalidade (energy or vigour) · fr vitalité (energy or vigour) · gl vitalidade (energy or vigour) · ja 生命力 (energy or vigour) · mi riaka (energy or vigour) · ca vitalitat (energy or vigour) · ru живу́честь (the capacity to live and develop) · fi elinvoima (energy or vigour) · no levedyktighet (the capacity to live and develop) · la vītālitās (energy or vigour) · mi hōriri (energy or vigour) · ka ცხოველმოსილება (the capacity to live and develop) · ca vitalitat (that which distinguishes living from nonliving things) · ko 생명력 (energy or vigour) · ja 精 (energy or vigour) · id daya hidup (the capacity to live and develop) · ka ცხოველუნარიანობა (the capacity to live and develop)