reveille

See also: réveille and réveillé

WOTD – 22 May 2010

English

Etymology

From French réveillez, imperative form of réveiller (“to wake”) .

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈva.li/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛ.və.li/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

reveille (plural reveilles)

(military) The sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers.

Translations

the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers

Armenian: ցայգանվագ (hy) (cʿayganvag)
Catalan: diana f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 起床號 (zh), 起床号 (zh) (qǐchuánghào), 晨號, 晨号 (chénhào)
Danish: reveille (da) c
Finnish: herätys (fi), aamusoitto
French: diane (fr) f, réveil (fr) m
German: Wecken (de) n, Weckruf (de) m
Greek: εγερτήριο (el) n (egertírio)

Italian: diana, sveglia (it)
Japanese: (horn) 起床らっぱ (きしょうらっぱ, kishō rappa), (drum) 起床太鼓 (きしょうたいこ, kishō taiko), 朝礼 (ちょうれい, chōrei)
Norwegian: revelje m
Portuguese: alvorada (pt) f
Russian: у́тренняя заря́ f (útrennjaja zarjá) (scout or pioneer camp), побу́дка (ru) f (pobúdka), подъём (ru) m (podʺjóm)
Spanish: diana (es)
Swedish: revelj (sv) c, väckning (sv)
Tagalog: diyana

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