Dictionary

reveille en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹɛ.və.li/ (Singapore, US)
• /ɹɪˈvæ.li/ (UK)
• (US) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers.
   • A bugler and his brisk reveille woke them most mornings. 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 53:

Forms

Translations (30)

hy ցայգանվագ (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · da reveille (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · ja 起床らっぱ (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · hu ébresztő (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · fr réveil (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · cmn 晨號 /晨号 (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · ja 起床太鼓 (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · no revelje (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · de Wecken (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · fr diane (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · fi herätys (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · ja 朝礼 (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · tl diyana (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · de Weckruf (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · fi aamusoitto (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · bg утринна заря (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · sv revelj (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · cmn 起床號 /起床号 (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · ru у́тренняя заря́ (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · ru подъём (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · sv väckning (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · it sveglia (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · ru побу́дка (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · ca diana (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · el εγερτήριο (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · it diana (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · pt alvorada (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · es diana (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · cs budíček (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers) · sk budíček (the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers)