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reveille

UK/ɹɪˈvæ.li//ˈɹɛ.və.li/

reveille noun: the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers.

Noun

reveille (countable and uncountable, plural reveilles)

  1. The sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers.
    • A bugler and his brisk reveille woke them most mornings.2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 53

reveille meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

reveille in Tamil

பள்ளியெழுச்சியொலி

reveille in Tagalog

the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
diyana

Forms of reveille

pluralreveilles

Origin of reveille

From French réveillez, imperative form of réveiller (“to wake”).

Questions about reveille

What does reveille mean?
Reveille means the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers.
What is reveille in Tamil?
Reveille in Tamil is பள்ளியெழுச்சியொலி. See Reveille meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is reveille?
Reveille is a noun.
How do you pronounce reveille?
Reveille is pronounced /ɹɪˈvæ.li/ (UK).
What is the plural of reveille?
The plural of reveille is reveilles.

Words near reveille in the dictionary

  1. revegetators
  2. revehent
  3. reveil
  4. reveiled
  5. reveiling
  6. reveille
  7. reveilles
  8. reveillé
  9. reveils
  10. revel
  11. revel-dash

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: reveille (page history and authors); reveille (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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