reveille

rev·eil·le

noun
\ˈre-və-lē, British ri-ˈva-li or -ˈve-\

Definition of REVEILLE

1

: a signal to get up mornings

2

: a bugle call at about sunrise signaling the first military formation of the day; also : the formation so signaled

Origin of REVEILLE

modification of French réveillez, imperative plural of réveiller to awaken, from Middle French reveiller, from re- + eveiller to awaken, from Vulgar Latin *exvigilare, from Latin ex- + vigilare to keep watch, stay awake — more at vigilant

First Known Use: 1644

Rhymes with REVEILLE

heavily