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reveille
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rev·eil·le  (rv-l)
n.
1.
a. The sounding of a bugle early in the morning to awaken and summon people in a camp or garrison.
b. This bugle call or its equivalent.
c. The first military formation of the day.
2. A signal to get up out of bed.

[Alteration of French réveillez, second person pl. imperative of réveiller, to wake, from Old French resveiller : re-, re- + esveiller, to awake (from Vulgar Latin *exvigilre : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin vigilre, to awake from vigil, awake; see weg- in Indo-European roots).]

reveille [riv-val-ee]
Noun
a signal given by a bugle or drum to awaken soldiers or sailors in the morning [French réveillez! awake!]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.reveillereveille - (military) signal to wake up        
bugle call - a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
2.reveille - a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise
awakening, wakening, waking up - the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the waking up he hated most"
Translations

reveille [rɪˈvælɪ] n (MIL) → diana
reveille [rɪˈvælɪ] n (Mil) → réveil m
reveille [rɪˈvælɪ] n (Mil) → Wecksignal nt
reveille [rɪˈvælɪ] n (MIL) → sveglia

reveille
n reveille [riˈvӕli, (American ) ˈrevəli]
a bugle call at daybreak to waken soldiers. wekroepدَقَّة بوق إيقاظ الجُنودзаряbudíčekreveilledas Wecksignalεγερτήριοtoque de dianaäratussignaalشیپور بیدارباشaamusoittoréveilתְּרוַּעת הַשכָּמָהजगाने का बिगुलébresztőterompet bangun pagilúðrablástur til að vekja hermennsveglia起床らっぱ기상 나팔rytinis trimitas, signalas keltisrīta jundaupacara membangunkan askar dengan sebatang trumpetreveillereveljepobudkatoque de alvorada(semnal de) deşteptareпобудкаbudíčekbudnicapoziv vojničkom trubomreveljสัญญาณที่ให้เรียกให้มาประชุมหรือชุมนุมกันkalk borusu起床號підйомفوجیوں کو صبح جگانے والا بگلkèn báo thức床号

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