wake

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (intransitive) (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
2. (transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
4. (figuratively, intransitive) To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
5. To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
6. To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
7. (obsolete) To be alert; to keep watch
8. (obsolete) To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.

Noun

1. (obsolete, often, poetic) The act of waking, or state of being awake.
2. The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
3. A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.
4. (Church-of-England, historical) A yearly parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking.
5. (collective) A number of vultures assembled together.

Noun

1. The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
2. The movement of water created when an animal or a person moves through water.
3. The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
4. (figuratively) The area behind something or somebody rapidly-moving

Conceptes

despertar

despertar-se

excitar

llevar-se

vetlla

vigília

Sinònims

awaken

wake up

arouse

waken

awake

rouse

vigil

watch

⌚

stir up

backwash

aftermath

get up

ignite

heat

fire up

deathwatch

trail

excite

come alive

inflame

call

viewing

rise from sleep

be awake

stir

rise

stand up

evoke

wave

👋

cause to wake

keep vigil

provoke

watch over

guard

💂

swell

flight path

be conscious

become aware

enkindle

drain

ditch

pathway

disillusioned

bear

🐻

arise

open-eyed

observe

pick up

knock up

kindle

Traduccions

despertar

wecken

réveiller

sillage

se réveiller

svegliare

ξυπνώ

wekken

aufwachen

acordar

despertarse

aufwecken

wakker maken

destare

éveiller

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/weɪk/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: waken

Heretat de anglès antic: wacan

Heretat de anglès mitjà: wakien

Heretat de anglès antic: wacian

Cognat amb danès: våge

Cognat amb islandès: vök

In summary

A merger of two verbs of similar form and meaning:
* Middle English waken, Old English wacan, from Proto-West Germanic *wakan, from Proto-Germanic *wakaną.
* Middle English wakien, Old English wacian, from Proto-West Germanic *wakēn, from Proto-Germanic *wakāną.