Dictionary

wakeful en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈweɪk.fʊl/
• /ˈweɪk.f(ə)l/

Etymology

From wake + -ful.

Meanings

1. Awake; not sleeping.
2. Sleepless.
3. Vigilant and alert; watchful.
   • “Be wakeful, Beowulf, against our foe.” 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 29:

Forms

Deriveds

wakefulness · unwakeful · wakefully

Translations (42)

hu észnél van (watchful — see also vigilant, watchful) · la exsomnis (awake rather than sleeping — see also awake) · uk пи́льний (watchful — see also vigilant, watchful) · hu éber (awake rather than sleeping — see also awake) · fr éveillé (awake rather than sleeping — see also awake) · la evigilans (sleepless — see also sleepless) · it smanioso (sleepless — see also sleepless) · ota سهران (awake rather than sleeping — see also awake) · hu elővigyázatos (watchful — see also vigilant, watchful) · hu álmatlan (sleepless — see also sleepless) · de unruhig (sleepless — see also sleepless) · mi matatū (awake rather than sleeping — see also awake) · it vigile (watchful — see also vigilant, watchful) · de aufmerksam (sleepless — see also sleepless) · pt vigilante (watchful — see also vigilant, watchful) · la vigil (awake rather than sleeping — see also awake) · de vigilant (sleepless — see also sleepless) · de wachsam (sleepless — see also sleepless) · oc espertat (awake rather than sleeping — see also awake) · bg бдителен (watchful — see also vigilant, watchful) · pt vígil (awake rather than sleeping — see also awake) · ota سهران (sleepless — see also sleepless) · it attento (sleepless — see also sleepless) · bg безсънен (sleepless — see also sleepless) · mi tūramarama (sleepless — see also sleepless) · pl bezsenny (sleepless — see also sleepless) · uk безсо́нний (sleepless — see also sleepless) · ota سهران (watchful — see also vigilant, watchful) · it vigile (sleepless — see also sleepless) · hu ébren (awake rather than sleeping — see also awake) · no vaken (sleepless — see also sleepless) · it irrequieto (sleepless — see also sleepless) · mi tūrama (sleepless — see also sleepless) · de wach (sleepless — see also sleepless) · pt desperto (sleepless — see also sleepless) · hu éber (watchful — see also vigilant, watchful) · de schlaflos (sleepless — see also sleepless) · la vigil (watchful — see also vigilant, watchful) · be бяссо́нны (sleepless — see also sleepless) · mi whakawhetū (sleepless — see also sleepless) · ota اویقوسز (sleepless — see also sleepless) · bg буден (awake rather than sleeping — see also awake)