reveille
pronunciation
How to pronounce reveille in British English:
UK [rɪˈvæli]
How to pronounce reveille in American English:
US [ˈrevəli]
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- Noun:
- (military) signal to wake up
- a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise
Word Origin
- reveille
- reveille: see vigil
- reveille (n.)
- 1640s, from French réveillez-vous "awaken!" imperative plural of réveiller "to awaken, to wake up," from Middle French re- "again" (see re-) + eveiller "to rouse," from Vulgar Latin *exvigilare, from Latin ex- "out" + vigilare "be awake, keep watch" (see vigil).
Example
- 1. The drummer had sounded the reveille .
- 2. Nor you drummers , neither at reveille at dawn .
- 3. I listen vainly , but with thirsty ears , for the witching melody of faint bugles blowing reveille , of far drums beating the long roll .