wake
A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etcA period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.
» I usually wake up at six.
Ich wache gewöhnlich um sechs Uhr auf.
Обычно я просыпаюсь в шесть.
Як правило, я прокидаюся о шостій.
Meaning
10 sensesA period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.
Totenwache
поми́нкиpomínki
по́минкиpómynky
The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
(Church of England, historical)A yearly parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking.
1523–1525, Jean Froissart, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners (translator), Froissart's Chronicles Great solemnities were made in all churches, and great fairs and wakes throughout all England.
(collective)A group of vultures or buzzards.
The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
Kielwasser
кильва́терkilʹvátɛr
кільва́терkilʹváter
The disturbance which follows an object, person or animal moving through water.
The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
Nachlauf
(figuratively)The area behind a moving person or object.
The player left the rest of the field trailing in her wake.
The perturbation behind a body moving through a fluid.
(obsolete, often, poetic)The act of waking, or state of being awake.
- a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
- the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
- an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii
- the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
Examples
2471 sentencesI usually wake up at six.
Як правило, я прокидаюся о шостій.
ruОбычно я просыпаюсь в шесть.
deIch wache gewöhnlich um sechs Uhr auf.
Please wake me up at seven.
Будь ласка, розбудіть мене о сьомій.
ruПожалуйста, разбудите меня в семь.
deWeck mich bitte um sieben auf.
I woke up early this morning.
Сьогодні вранці я прокинувся рано.
ruЭтим утром я рано проснулся.
deIch bin heute Morgen früh aufgewacht.
When did you wake up today?
Коли ти сьогодні прокинувся?
ruКогда ты сегодня проснулся?
deWann bist du heute aufgewacht?
I usually wake up at dawn.
Я зазвичай прокидаюся на світанку.
ruЯ обычно просыпаюсь на рассвете.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English wake, from Old English wacu, from Proto-Germanic *wakō, related to theFrom 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”).
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Forms
plural: wakesSynonyms
4 synonyms- a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial:viewing
- the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward:backwash
- an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii:Wake Island
- the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event):aftermathbackwash
Word family
23 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- wake up early
- wake up at
- to wake up
- wake the baby
- woke up with
- wake up the
- woke up in
- woke up this
- usually wake up
- want to wake
- was woken up
- just woke up