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masculine

/ʁe.vɛj/

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Translation

waking up; alarm clock

Word origin

A noun from réveiller, built on re- and éveiller, from a Vulgar Latin exvigilare, from vigilare ('to keep watch').

Origin: Latin
Root: vigilare
English cognates: vigil, vigilant

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralréveils

Examples

My alarm clock goes off at six.

Getting up was hard this morning.

She broke two alarm clocks in a month.

Mornings are hard in winter.

Au , .

On waking he remembered nothing.

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This word is part of lesson 52.