English

Pronunciation
IPA|/'weɪk/
audio|en-us-wake.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪk|-eɪk

Etymology 1
Middle English waken, Old English wacan
Middle English wakien, Old English wacian

Verb
en-verb|wakes|waking|woke or waked|woken or waked

1. intransitive (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.

#:I woke up at 4 am this morning.

1. transitive (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping.
2. to lay out a body prior to burial in order to allow family and friends to pay their last respects.

Translations
trans-top|To stop sleeping
Bulgarian: ��б�ждам �е
Esperanto: veki�i
Finnish: herätä
German: aufwachen
trans-mid
Japanese: JAchar|���� (����, me-zameru), JAchar|起�� (���, okiru)
Swahili: kuamka
Swedish: vakna
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trans-top|To make somebody stop sleeping
Bulgarian: ��б�ждам
Esperanto: veki
Finnish: herättää
German: aufwecken
trans-mid
Japanese: JAchar|起�� (���, okosu)
Swahili: kuamsha
Swedish: väcka
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ttbc|Crimean Tatar: yanmak
ttbc|Dutch: ontwaken, wekken
ttbc|French: se reveiller, reveiller
ttbc|German: wecken
ttbc|Indonesian: bangun, bangkit
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ttbc|Italian: svegliarsi, svegliare
ttbc|Korean: 깨� (kkaeda)
ttbc|Spanish: despertarse, despertar
ttbc|Turkish: uyanmak

Etymology 2
Old English wacu

Noun
en-noun

1. A period after a person's death before the body is buried, in some cultures accompanied by a party.

Synonyms
death watch

Translations
Finnish: ruumiinvalvojaiset, vainajan valvojaiset
French: veillée funèbre
German: Totenwache f

Etymology 3
Probably Middle Low German from Old Norse vök

Noun
en-noun

1. The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
2. The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.

Translations
trans-top|path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
Finnish: vanavesi
French: sillage m
German: Kielwasser n
trans-mid
Japanese: JAchar|�跡 (����, k�seki)
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trans-top|turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft
German: Nachlauf m
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See also
in the wake of
wakes

Related terms
wait
watch

Anagrams
weak

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Dutch

Pronunciation
IPA|/'wak�/

Noun
wake f

1. a gathering to remember a dead person

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology
From Meriam wakey.

Noun
wake

1. (eastern dialect) upper leg

Synonyms
dokap (western dialect)

Category:Torres Strait Creole nouns
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