# evident
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French [Term?], from Latin ēvidēns (“visible, apparent, clear, plain”) (compare Late Latin ēvideor (“to appear plainly”)), from ē (“out”) + videō (“see”), present participle vidēns, deponent videor (“to appear, seem”). Displaced native Old English sweotol.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈɛv.ɪ.dənt/
* (US) IPA: /ˈɛv.ə.dənt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: ev‧i‧dent

### Adjective

evident (comparative more evident, superlative most evident)
* Obviously true by simple observation.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:obvious
    It was evident she was angry, after she slammed the door.
** 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 26, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them.

#### Derived terms

* evidently
* evidentness
* inevident
* nonevident
* self-evident
* superevident
* tamper-evident
* unevident

#### Related terms

* evidence
* evidential

#### Further reading

* “evident”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “evident”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

## Albanian
### Etymology

From Italian evidente, from earlier Latin ēvidentem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eviˈdent/
* Rhymes: -ent
* Hyphenation: e‧vi‧dent

### Adjective

evident (feminine evidente)
* (literary) evident
    Synonyms: i qartë, i dukshëm

#### Related terms

* evidentim
* evidentoj

### Further reading

* “evident”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvidentem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ə.βiˈðen]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ə.viˈðent]
* IPA: (Valencia) [e.viˈðent]

### Adjective

evident m or f (masculine and feminine plural evidents)
* obvious; evident

#### Derived terms

* evidentment

#### Related terms

* evidència

### Further reading

* “evident” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvidēns.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [eviˈdɛnt]
* Hyphenation: evi‧dent
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Austria):(file)

### Adjective

evident (strong nominative masculine singular evidenter, comparative evidenter, superlative am evidentesten)
* evident

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “evident” in Duden online
* “evident” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Middle French
### Adjective

evident m (feminine singular evidente, masculine plural evidents, feminine plural evidentes)
* obvious; evident

#### Descendants

* French: évident

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin ēvidēns.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Adjective

evident m (feminine singular evidenta, masculine plural evidents, feminine plural evidentas)
* evident

#### Derived terms

* evidentament

#### Related terms

* evidéncia

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French évident, from Latin evidens.

### Adjective

evident m or n (feminine singular evidentă, masculine plural evidenți, feminine and neuter plural evidente)
* obvious