vigueur

vigour, strength

noun vee-GUHR Rare

Origin: Latin 'vigor' (liveliness)

Also means

force (of a law, in effect)

Usage Note

Vigueur appears in the fixed legal phrase en vigueur ('in force, currently applicable'), which is extremely common in administrative and journalistic French. In a physical or metaphorical sense it means vitality or forcefulness. Avec vigueur means vigorously. The adjective vigoureux / vigoureuse derives from the same root.

Examples

"La loi est toujours en vigueur."

Natural Translation

The law is still in force.

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