wake

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• /ˈweɪk/
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• homophone: wake
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• /ˈweɪ̯k/
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• /ˈweːk/ monophthongization
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈwæɪ̯k/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈwæ̝ɪ̯k]
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• homophone: Wake
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English and Scottish surname from Old Norse vakr (“vigilant, wakeful”).

From Middle English wake, from Old English wacu, from Proto-Germanic *wakō, related to the verb *wakjaną.

Probably from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch wake, from or akin to Old Norse vǫk (“a hole in the ice”) ( > Danish våge, Icelandic vök), from Proto-Germanic *wakwō (“wetness”), from Proto-Indo-European *wegw- (“moist, wet”).

A merger of two verbs of related/similar form and meaning: * Middle English waken, Old English wacan, from Proto-West Germanic *wakan, from Proto-Germanic *wakaną. * Middle English wakien, Old English wacian, from Proto-West Germanic *wakēn, from Proto-Germanic *wakāną.

246 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: бдение (bdenie) — period after death
• Catalan: vetllada — period after death
• Chinese Mandarin: 守夜 (shǒuyè) — period after death
• Dutch: wake — period after death
• Dutch: dodenwake — period after death
• Esperanto: funebra vigilo — period after death
• Faroese: vøka — period after death
• Finnish: ruumiinvalvojaiset — period after death
• Finnish: vainajan valvojaiset — period after death
• French: veillée funèbre — period after death
• Galician: velorio — period after death
• German: Totenwache — period after death
• Hungarian: virrasztás — period after death
• Irish: tórramh — period after death
• Irish: faire — period after death
• Italian: veglia — period after death
• Japanese: 通夜 (tsuya) — period after death
• Korean: 경야 (gyeong'ya) — period after death
• Latin: silicernium — period after death
• Lithuanian: šermenys — period after death
• Occitan: velhada — period after death
• Polish: czuwanie — period after death
• Polish: przy zwłokach — period after death
• Portuguese: velório — period after death
• Romanian: priveghi — period after death
• Russian: поми́нки (pomínki) — period after death
• Spanish: velorio — period after death
• Swedish: vaka — period after death
• Tagalog: lamay — period after death
• Ukrainian: по́минки (pómynky) — period after death
• Welsh: gwylnos — period after death
• Bulgarian: килватер (kilvater) — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Danish: kølvand — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Dutch: kielzog — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Esperanto: sulko — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Esperanto: poststrio — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Finnish: vanavesi — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Finnish: peräaalto — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• French: sillage — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Galician: ronsel — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• German: Kielwasser — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Hebrew: שֹׁבֶל (shovel) — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Hungarian: farvíz — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Icelandic: kjölfar — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Icelandic: slóð — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Irish: marbhshruth — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Irish: stáid — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Italian: scia — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Italian: strascico — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Japanese: 航跡 (kōseki) — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Lower Tanana: tot — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Māori: kōrinorino — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Māori: kōriporipo — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjølvann — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Polish: kilwater — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Portuguese: esteira — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Portuguese: sulco — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Romanian: siaj — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Russian: кильва́тер (kilʹvátɛr) — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Scottish Gaelic: uisge-stiùireach — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Spanish: estela — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Swedish: kölvatten — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Ukrainian: кільва́тер (kilʹváter) — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Volapük: kuilavat — path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
• Chinese Mandarin: 尾流 (wěiliú) — turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft
• Finnish: vana — turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft
• French: sillage — turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft
• German: Nachlauf — turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft
• Italian: turbolenza — turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft
• Polish: smuga kondensacyjna — turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft
• Spanish: estela — turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft
• Albanian: zgjim — to stop sleeping
• Gheg Albanian: njeh — to stop sleeping
• Southern Altai: ойгонор (oygonor) — to stop sleeping
• Arabic: اِسْتَيْقَظَ (istayqaẓa) — to stop sleeping
• Arabic: قام (gām) — to stop sleeping
• Arabic: صحي (ṣiḥi) — to stop sleeping
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܵܥܹܫ (raʿeš) — to stop sleeping
• Armenian: արթնանալ (artʻnanal) — to stop sleeping
• Armenian: զարթնել (zartʻnel) — to stop sleeping
• Breton: dihuniñ — to stop sleeping
• Bulgarian: събуждам се (sǎbuždam se) — to stop sleeping
• Buryat: һэрихэ (herixe) — to stop sleeping
• Catalan: despertar-se — to stop sleeping
• East Circassian: къэушын (qɛwušən) — to stop sleeping
• Czech: vzbudit se — to stop sleeping
• Czech: probudit se — to stop sleeping
• Danish: vågne — to stop sleeping
• Dutch: ontwaken — to stop sleeping
• Dutch: wakker worden — to stop sleeping
• Esperanto: vekiĝi — to stop sleeping
• Estonian: ärkama — to stop sleeping
• Faroese: vakna — to stop sleeping
• Finnish: herätä — to stop sleeping
• French: se réveiller — to stop sleeping
• Galician: acordar — to stop sleeping
• Galician: espertar — to stop sleeping
• German: aufwachen — to stop sleeping
• German: erwachen — to stop sleeping
• Greek: ξυπνάω (xypnáo) — to stop sleeping
• Greek: ξυπνώ (xypnó) — to stop sleeping
• Ancient Greek: ἐγείρομαι (egeíromai) — to stop sleeping
• Hebrew: התעורר — to stop sleeping
• Hebrew: נעור — to stop sleeping
• Hebrew: הקיץ — to stop sleeping
• Hungarian: ébred — to stop sleeping
• Hungarian: felébred — to stop sleeping
• Hungarian: felkel — to stop sleeping
• Icelandic: vakna — to stop sleeping
• Indonesian: bangun — to stop sleeping
• Irish: dúisigh — to stop sleeping
• Irish: múscail — to stop sleeping
• Old Irish: do·fíuschi — to stop sleeping
• Italian: risvegliarsi — to stop sleeping
• Italian: svegliarsi — to stop sleeping
• Japanese: 目覚める (mezameru) — to stop sleeping
• Japanese: 起きる (okiru) — to stop sleeping
• Japanese: 目が覚める (me ga sameru) — to stop sleeping
• Kalmyk: серх (serx) — to stop sleeping
• Korean: 일어나다 (ireonada) — to stop sleeping
• Latin: expergiscor — to stop sleeping
• Latin: evigilo — to stop sleeping
• Latin: evigilor — to stop sleeping
• Latvian: mosties — to stop sleeping
• Livonian: virgõ — to stop sleeping
• Luxembourgish: erwächen — to stop sleeping
• Macedonian: се буди (se budi) — to stop sleeping
• Macedonian: се разбудува (se razbuduva) — to stop sleeping
• Macedonian: се разбуди (se razbudi) — to stop sleeping
• Mongolian: сэрэх (serex) — to stop sleeping
• Norwegian Bokmål: våkne — to stop sleeping
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vakna — to stop sleeping
• Occitan: se revelhar — to stop sleeping
• Occitan: se desrevelhar — to stop sleeping
• Oromo: dammaquu — to stop sleeping
• Polish: budzić się — to stop sleeping
• Polish: obudzić się — to stop sleeping
• Polish: przebudzić się — to stop sleeping
• Polish: zbudzić się — to stop sleeping
• Portuguese: acordar — to stop sleeping
• Quechua: llikchay — to stop sleeping
• Quechua: richkay — to stop sleeping
• Quechua: riwakuy — to stop sleeping
• Quechua: rikch'ay — to stop sleeping
• Romanian: trezi — to stop sleeping
• Romanian: deștepta — to stop sleeping
• Russian: просыпа́ться (prosypátʹsja) — to stop sleeping
• Russian: просну́ться (prosnútʹsja) — to stop sleeping
• Russian: пробужда́ться (probuždátʹsja) — to stop sleeping
• Russian: пробуди́ться (probudítʹsja) — to stop sleeping
• Sanskrit: बुध्यते (budhyate) — to stop sleeping
• Sardinian: abbeltudare — to stop sleeping
• Scottish Gaelic: dùisg — to stop sleeping
• Slovak: zobudiť sa — to stop sleeping
• Slovak: budiť sa — to stop sleeping
• Spanish: despertarse — to stop sleeping
• Spanish: despertar — to stop sleeping
• Spanish: recordar — to stop sleeping
• Swahili: kuamka — to stop sleeping
• Swedish: vakna — to stop sleeping
• Tagalog: gumising — to stop sleeping
• Tajik: бедор шудан (bedor šudan) — to stop sleeping
• Telugu: నిద్రలేపుట (nidralēpuṭa) — to stop sleeping
• Thai: ปลุก (bplùk) — to stop sleeping
• Tibetan: སད (sad) — to stop sleeping
• Turkish: uyanmak — to stop sleeping
• Ottoman Turkish: اویانمق (uyanmak) — to stop sleeping
• Tuvan: оттур (ottur) — to stop sleeping
• Ukrainian: прокида́тися (prokydátysja) — to stop sleeping
• Ukrainian: пробу́джуватися (probúdžuvatysja) — to stop sleeping
• Vietnamese: thức dậy — to stop sleeping
• Welsh: dihuno — to stop sleeping
• Arabic: أَيْقَظَ (ʔayqaẓa) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Arabic: صَحَّى (ṣaḥḥa) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Arabic: قَوَّم (gawwam) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܪܥܸܫ (mārʿiš) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Armenian: արթնացնել (artʻnacʻnel) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Armenian: զարթեցնել (zartʻecʻnel) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Breton: dihuniñ — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Bulgarian: събуждам (sǎbuždam) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Catalan: despertar — to make somebody stop sleeping
• West Circassian: къэущын (qɛwuśən) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Czech: vzbudit — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Czech: probudit — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Danish: vække — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Dutch: wekken — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Dutch: wakker maken — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Esperanto: veki — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Evenki: сэрив- (səriw-) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Faroese: vekja — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Finnish: herättää — to make somebody stop sleeping
• French: réveiller — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Old Frisian: wakia — to make somebody stop sleeping
• West-Frisian: wekje — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Galician: espertar — to make somebody stop sleeping
• German: aufwecken — to make somebody stop sleeping
• German: wecken — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Greek: ξυπνάω (xypnáo) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Greek: ξυπνώ (xypnó) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Ancient Greek: ἐγείρω (egeírō) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Hebrew: העיר — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Hungarian: felébreszt — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Hungarian: felkelt — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Icelandic: vekja — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Irish: dúisigh — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Irish: múscail — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Old Irish: do·fíuschi — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Italian: svegliare — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Japanese: 起こす (okosu) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Khakas: усхурарға (usxurarğa) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Korean: 을 깨우다 (eul kkae'uda) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Latin: expergō — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Latin: e somno excitare — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Luxembourgish: erwächen — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Malay: bangun — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Manchu: ᡤᡝᡨᡝᠮᠪᡳ (getembi) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Mongolian: сэрээх (sereex) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Norwegian: vekke — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Old Turkic: 𐰆𐰑𐰍𐰆𐰺 (odɣur-) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Oromo: dammaqsuu — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Polish: budzić — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Polish: obudzić — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Polish: zbudzić — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Portuguese: acordar — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Romanian: trezi — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Romanian: deștepta — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Russian: буди́ть (budítʹ) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Russian: разбуди́ть (razbudítʹ) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Sanskrit: जागर्ति (jāgarti) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Sardinian: ischidare — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Slovak: zobudiť — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Spanish: despertar — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Swahili: kuamsha — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Swedish: väcka — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Tagalog: gisingin — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Tajik: бедор кардан (bedor kardan) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Tamil: எழுப்பு (eḻuppu) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Telugu: నిద్ర ఆపుట (nidra āpuṭa) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Tetum: fanun — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Thai: ปลุก (bplùk) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Turkish: kaldırmak — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Turkish: uyandırmak — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Ottoman Turkish: اویارمق (uyarmak) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Ukrainian: буди́ти (budýty) — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Vietnamese: đánh thức — to make somebody stop sleeping
• Welsh: dihuno — to make somebody stop sleeping