wake

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

réveiller

sillage

se réveiller

éveiller

veillée funèbre

s’éveiller

lendemain

veillée mortuaire

veillée

enflammer

vigilance

cérémonie funèbre

repas funèbre

s’eveiller

chaleur

ligne de file

décevoir

hérisser

lever

reveiller

se lever

se reveiller

susciter

veille

veiller

Synonymes

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

Traductions

despertar

wecken

svegliare

ξυπνώ

wekken

despertarse

acordar

aufwachen

estela

destare

wakker maken

ontwaken

aufwecken

Totenwache

svegliarsi

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/weɪk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: waken

Hérité de ancien anglais: wacan

Hérité de moyen anglais: wakien

Hérité de ancien anglais: wacian

Appartenant à danois: våge

Appartenant à islandais: 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.