Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(military) signal to wake up
Similar
wake-up signal
Broader
bugle call
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchréveillez
- Englishreveille
From French réveillez, imperative form of réveiller (“to wake”).
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Bulgarian утринна заря
- утринна заря (utrinna zarja)the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
Catalan diana
- dianathe sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
Chinese Mandarin 起床號 /起床号, 晨號 /晨号
- 起床號 /起床号 (qǐchuánghào)the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
- 晨號 /晨号 (chénhào)the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
Czech budíček
- budíčekthe sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
Danish reveille
- reveillethe sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
Finnish herätys, aamusoitto
- herätysthe sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
- aamusoittothe sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
French diane, réveil
- dianethe sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
- réveilthe sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
German Wecken, Weckruf
- Weckenthe sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
- Weckrufthe sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
Greek εγερτήριο
- εγερτήριο (egertírio)the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
Hungarian ébresztő
- ébresztőthe sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
Italian diana, sveglia
- dianathe sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
- svegliathe sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
Japanese 起床らっぱ, 起床太鼓
- 起床らっぱ (kishō rappa)the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
- 起床太鼓 (kishō taiko)the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
- 朝礼 (chōrei)the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
Norwegian revelje
- reveljethe sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
Portuguese alvorada
- alvoradathe sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
Russian у́тренняя заря́, побу́дка
- у́тренняя заря́ (útrennjaja zarjá)the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
- побу́дка (pobúdka)the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
- подъём (podʺjóm)the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
Slovak budíček
- budíčekthe sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
Spanish diana
- dianathe sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
Swedish revelj, väckning
- reveljthe sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
- väckningthe sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
Tagalog diyana
- diyanathe sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
Cite this entry
APA
reveille. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reveille
MLA
“reveille.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reveille. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reveille,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reveille.
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