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wake

/weɪk/

wake up

wakeverb

woke

Past Simple

woken

Past Participle

waking

Gerund

/weɪk/

(woke, woken – standard; also waked, waked – archaic/rare, except in waked as adj)

Translations

prendre conscienceSens figuré.

The news report helped wake the public to the environmental issues.

Le reportage a aidé le public à prendre conscience des problèmes environnementaux.

se réveiller

I usually wake at 7 AM every morning.

Je me réveille habituellement à 7 h tous les matins.

réveiller

Please don't wake the baby; she just fell asleep.

S'il te plaît, ne réveille pas le bébé ; elle vient juste de s'endormir.

Additional translations

veillerAu sens de garder une veillée auprès d'un mort.

Definitions

To stop sleeping and become conscious.

I usually wake at 7 AM every morning.

To cause someone to stop sleeping.

Please don't wake the baby; she just fell asleep.

To become aware or alert to something.

The news report helped wake the public to the environmental issues.

To keep vigil over (a dead person) before burial; to hold or attend a wake for.

Neighbours came to wake the deceased until dawn.

To revive or arouse a feeling, memory, or state of mind.

The discovery of the ancient coins will certainly wake fresh interest among historians.

Synonyms

Antonyms

wakenoun

wakes

/weɪk/

Translations

sillage

The boat left a foamy wake as it sped across the lake.

Le bateau a laissé un sillage mousseux en traversant le lac à toute vitesse.

veillée funèbre

Family and friends gathered at the wake to share memories of the deceased.

La famille et les amis se sont réunis à la veillée funèbre pour partager des souvenirs du défunt.

veilléeDans un contexte religieux ou de veille nocturne.

The villagers held a wake in the chapel on the night before the feast.

Les villageois ont organisé une veillée dans la chapelle la nuit précédant la fête.

Additional translations

sillageAu figuré, pour exprimer les conséquences ou les effets d'un événement.

Definitions

A track or path left by a moving ship in the water.

The boat left a foamy wake as it sped across the lake.

A gathering held to honor and remember someone who has died, typically before the funeral.

Family and friends gathered at the wake to share memories of the deceased.

The aftermath or consequences of an event.

In the wake of the storm, many homes were left without power.

A vigil or watch kept, especially on the eve of a religious festival.

The villagers held a wake in the chapel on the night before the feast.

Synonyms

wakeadjective

Used attributively before a noun to denote relation to the disturbed flow left behind a moving object.

Translations

de sillageEmployé surtout dans le domaine aéronautique ou maritime.

Wake turbulence can pose hazards to following aircraft.

La turbulence de sillage peut présenter un danger pour les avions qui suivent.

Definitions

Relating to, caused by, or existing in the disturbed flow left behind a moving object.

Wake turbulence can pose hazards to following aircraft.

Synonyms