Reveille
/ˈɹɛ.və.li/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers. countable, uncountable
"A bugler and his brisk reveille woke them most mornings."
- 2 a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise wordnet
- 3 (military) signal to wake up wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Tom played Reveille on his bugle every morning."
Etymology
From French réveillez, imperative form of réveiller (“to wake”).