veiller

Meaning

1. to stay up, sit up
2. to keep guard, keep watch
3. to look after, see to ( + à); see to it that ( + à ce que)
4. to watch over (someone) ( + sur)
5. to keep watch over a sick person at night; to do a death wake for
6. to go out in the evening, e.g. in parties, clubs, bars…
7. to put in standby mode

Concepts

stay up

watch

watch over

look after

care

take care

monitor

keep watch

supervise

guard

be awake

worry

nursing

sit up late

wake

stay up late

sit up

assure

ensure

guarantee

insure

secure

look on

follow

keep an eye on

observe

pay

party

stay awake

keep

control

invigilate

oversee

superintend

mind

take care of

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɛ.je/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French veiller, veigler, from Old French veillier, veiller, from Vulgar Latin *viglāre, contracted from Latin vigilāre. Compare the borrowed doublet vigiler.