wake

se réveiller

Sortir du sommeil.

En anglais simple : If you do this, you stop sleeping.

• I wake early every day.
• She woke up during the night.
• Did you wake before the alarm?

Comment l'utiliser : wake up (I wake up at seven.)

Synonymes : awaken

Contraires : sleep

Expressions courantes : wake up, wake early, wake at dawn

réveiller

Faire sortir quelqu’un du sommeil.

En anglais simple : To make someone stop sleeping.

• Please do not wake the baby.
• A loud noise woke me up.
• Could you wake her before you leave?

Comment l'utiliser : wake someone up (Please wake me up at six.)

Synonymes : awaken, rouse

Expressions courantes : wake someone up, wake the baby, wake someone

sillage

Trace ou zone laissée derrière une personne ou une chose en mouvement.

En anglais simple : The area behind a moving person or thing, often affected by its movement.

• The boat left a wide wake.
• Dust rose in the truck’s wake.
• The other runners struggled in her wake.

Comment l'utiliser : in the wake of someone/something (Small boats followed in the wake of the ferry.)

Synonymes : trail

Expressions courantes : in someone’s wake, in its wake, leave a wake

La source ne donne pas de définition pour ce sens du nom.

En anglais simple : The source provides no definition for this noun meaning.