awake

English

Etymology

From Middle English awaken or awakien, from Old English awacan or awacian, from a- (intensive prefix) + wacan or wacian. Compare Saterland Frisian woak (“awake”), German Low German waak (“awake”), German wach (“awake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈweɪk/

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• Rhymes: -eɪk

Adjective

awake (comparative more awake, superlative most awake) (predicative only)

1. Not asleep; conscious.

   Synonyms: conscious, lucid, wide awake

   Antonyms: asleep, unconscious

2. (figuratively, by extension) Alert, aware.

   They were awake to the possibility of a decline in sales.

Derived terms

• half-awake

Translations

conscious

• Arabic: مُسْتَيْقِظ‎ (mustayqiẓ), سَاهِد‎ (sāhid), يَقِظ‎ (yaqiẓ), مُتَنَبِّه‎ (mutanabbih)

  Egyptian Arabic: صاحي‎ (ṣāḥī)

  Moroccan Arabic: nad (faq), nayad (fayaq)

• Armenian: զարթուն (hy) (zartʿun), արթուն (hy) (artʿun)
• Asturian: epiertu, despiertu
• Belarusian: ня спя́чы (nja spjáčy)
• Breton: dihun (br)
• Bulgarian: буден (bg) (buden)
• Catalan: despert (ca), llevat (ca)
• Chamicuro: ikakwi'ti
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 醒着 (xǐngzhe), 醒覺 (zh), 醒觉 (zh) (xǐngjué), 清醒 (zh) (qīngxǐng)

• Czech: vzhůru (cs), probuzený, bdící
• Danish: vågen (da)
• Dutch: wakker (nl), ontwaakt (nl)
• Esperanto: maldorma, veka
• Faroese: vakin
• Finnish: hereillä oleva (fi), valveilla oleva (fi)
• French: éveillé (fr), réveillé (fr)
• Galician: esperto
• Georgian: მღვიძარე (mɣviʒare), გამოღვიძებული (gamoɣviʒebuli), ფხიზელი (pxizeli)
• German: wach (de)
• Greek: ξύπνιος (el) (xýpnios), αφυπνισμένος (el) (afypnisménos)
• Hebrew: ער‎ (he) (er)
• Hungarian: ébren (hu)
• Ido: vekanta, vigilanta, vigilema
• Indonesian: bangun (id), terjaga (id), tidak tidur
• Irish: i do dhúiseacht
• Italian: sveglio (it), desto (it)
• Japanese: 目が覚めた (me ga sameta), 目ざめた (めざめた, mezameta)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: به‌خه‌به‌ر‎ (bexeber)

• Kyrgyz: ойготуу (ky) (oygotuu), сезимин козгоо (sezimin kozgoo), ойгонуу (ky) (oygonuu), козголуу (ky) (kozgoluu), жандануу (ky) (candanuu), баамдоо (ky) (baamdoo), түшүнүү (ky) (tüşünüü), ойгоо (ky) (oygoo), уктабаган (ky) (uktabagan), уйкусуз (ky) (uykusuz), түшүнүүчү (ky) (tüşünüüçü), сак (ky) (sak), абайлагыч (ky) (abaylagıç), этият (ky) (etiyat), этияттуу (ky) (etiyattuu), акырын (ky) (akırın)
• Latin: vigil (la)
• Luxembourgish: waakreg
• Macedonian: буден (buden)
• Maori: oho
• Ngazidja Comorian: hashiri
• Norman: rêvilyi (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: våken (no)

  Nynorsk: vaken

• Persian: بیدار‎ (fa) (bidâr)
• Polish: czujny (pl), przebudzony
• Portuguese: desperto (pt), acordado (pt)
• Romanian: treaz (ro)
• Russian: бо́дрствующий (ru) (bódrstvujuščij), просну́вшийся (ru) (prosnúvšijsja), не спя́щий (ne spjáščij)
• Scottish Gaelic: dùisgte
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бу́дан m

  Roman: búdan (sh) m

• Slovak: zobudiť sa
• Slovene: buden
• Spanish: despierto (es)
• Swedish: vaken (sv)
• Telugu: మేలుకునియుండు (mēlukuniyuṇḍu)
• Turkish: uyanık (tr)
• Ukrainian: не спля́чий (ne spljáčyj)
• Vietnamese: thức (vi), thức dậy (vi)

alert, aware

• Finnish: hereillä oleva, tietoinen (fi)
• Hungarian: éber (hu)
• Italian: consapevole (it) m, f, conscio (it), cosciente (it)

• Latin: vigil
• Spanish: listo (es), despierto (es)
• Swedish: vaken (sv)

Verb

awake (third-person singular simple present awakes, present participle awaking, simple past awoke or (rare) awaked, past participle awoken or (rare) awaked or (rare) awoke or (rare) awaken)

1. (intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.

   Synonyms: awaken, wake up

   Antonym: fall asleep

   • (Can we date this quote?) Salvador Dalí

     Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali.

2. (transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter primum, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVII:

     Thenne she called the heremyte syre Vlfyn I am a gentylwoman that wold speke with the knyght whiche is with yow / Thenne the good man awaked Galahad / & badde hym aryse and speke with a gentylwoman that semeth hath grete nede of yow / Thenne Galahad wente to her & asked her what she wold

   • 1665 Robert Hooke, Micrographia

     [This ant] I ſuffered to lye above an hour in the Spirit; and after I had taken it out, and put its body and legs into a natural poſture, remained moveleſs about an hour; but then , upon a ſudden, as if it had been awaken out of a drunken ſleep, it ſuddenly reviv'd and ran away...

3. (transitive) to excite or to stir up something latent.
4. (transitive, figuratively) To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.
5. (intransitive, figuratively) To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Edward Augustus Freeman

     The national spirit again awoke.

   • Bible, 1 Corinthians xv. 34

     Awake to righteousness, and sin not.

Derived terms

• awaker

Translations

to gain consciousness

• Arabic: صَحَى‎ (ṣaḥā), اِسْتَيَقَظَ‎ (ar) (istayaqaẓa)
• Armenian: զարթնել (hy) (zartʿnel), արթնանալ (hy) (artʿnanal)
• Assamese: সাৰ পোৱা (xar püa)
• Asturian: espertar, despertar
• Bengali: জাগা (jaga)
• Breton: dihuniñ (br)
• Bulgarian: събуждам се (sǎbuždam se)
• Catalan: llevar-se (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 醒 (zh) (xǐng), 醒來 (zh), 醒来 (zh) (xǐnglái)

• Czech: vzbudit se, probudit se
• Danish: vågne (da)
• Dutch: ontwaken (nl)
• Finnish: herätä (fi), havahtua (fi)
• French: se réveiller (fr)
• Galician: espertar, acordar (gl), recordar (gl)
• Georgian: გაღვიძება (gaɣviʒeba), გამოღვიძება (gamoɣviʒeba)
• German: aufwachen (de), erwachen (de)
• Greek: ξυπνώ (el) (xypnó), αφυπνίζω (el) (afypnízo)
• Hebrew: התעורר‎ (he) (hit'orér)
• Hindi: जागना (hi) (jāgnā)
• Hungarian: felébred (hu)

• Ido: vekar (io)
• Indonesian: bangun (id), terjaga (id)
• Irish: dúisigh
• Italian: svegliarsi (it)
• Japanese: 目覚める (めざめる, mezameru), 目を覚ます (めをさます, me-o samasu), 起きる (ja) (おきる, okiru)
• Korean: 일어나 (ireona)
• Latin: excito
• Luxembourgish: erwächen
• Maori: whiti, whitirere (suddenly), oho
• Persian: بیدار شدن‎ (fa) (bidâr šodan)
• Polish: obudzić się (pl)
• Portuguese: acordar (pt), despertar (pt)
• Romanian: deștepta (ro), scula (ro), trezi (ro)
• Russian: просыпа́ться (ru) impf (prosypátʹsja), просну́ться (ru) pf (prosnútʹsja), пробужда́ться (ru) impf (probuždátʹsja), пробуди́ться (ru) pf (probudítʹsja)
• Scottish Gaelic: dùisg
• Sicilian: ruspigghiari
• Slovene: zbuditi se (sl)
• Spanish: despertarse (es)
• Swedish: vakna (sv)
• Ukrainian: просипа́тися (prosypátysja)
• Urdu: جگنا‎ (jagnā)
• Vietnamese: thức dậy (vi), dậy lên, dậy (vi), thức (vi)

to cause someone to stop sleeping

• Arabic: أَيْقَظَ‎ (ʾayqaẓa)
• Armenian: զարթնեցնել (hy) (zartʿnecʿnel), արթնացնել (artʿnacʿnel)
• Assamese: জগোৱা (zogüa)
• Asturian: espertar, despertar
• Breton: dihuniñ (br)
• Bulgarian: будя (bg) (budja), събуждам (bg) (sǎbuždam)
• Catalan: despertar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喚醒 (zh), 唤醒 (zh) (huànxǐng), 叫醒 (zh) (jiàoxǐng)

• Czech: vzbudit (cs)
• Dalmatian: destruar
• Danish: vække (da)
• Dutch: wekken (nl)
• Finnish: herättää (fi)
• French: réveiller (fr), éveiller (fr)
• Galician: espertar, acordar (gl)
• Georgian: გაღვიძება (gaɣviʒeba)
• German: aufwecken (de)
• Greek: ξυπνώ (el) (xypnó), αφυπνίζω (el) (afypnízo)

• Hebrew: עורר‎ (orér), העיר‎ (he'ír)
• Hindi: जगाना (hi) (jagānā)
• Hungarian: felébreszt (hu)
• Ido: vekigar (io)
• Indonesian: membangunkan (id)
• Irish: dúisigh
• Italian: svegliare (it)
• Japanese: 起こす (ja) (おこす, okosu), 目ざめさせる (めざめさせる, mezame-saseru)
• Latin: excito
• Maori: whakaoho
• Portuguese: despertar (pt), acordar (pt)
• Russian: буди́ть (ru) impf (budítʹ), разбуди́ть (ru) pf (razbudítʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: dùisg
• Sicilian: ruspigghiari
• Slovene: zbuditi (sl)
• Spanish: despertar (es)
• Swedish: väcka (sv)
• Turkish: uyandırmak (tr)
• Vietnamese: thức dậy (vi), dậy lên, dậy (vi)

to excite something latent

• Armenian: արթնացնել (artʿnacʿnel)
• Danish: vække (da)
• Finnish: herättää (fi), havahduttaa (fi), piristää (fi)
• Georgian: გაღვიძება (gaɣviʒeba)
• German: erwecken (de)
• Greek: ξυπνώ (el) (xypnó)
• Hungarian: felkelt (hu)
• Latin: excito

• Maori: whakaara, whakaaraara, whakaoho, whakaohooho
• Portuguese: despertar (pt), acordar (pt)
• Russian: пробужда́ть (ru) (probuždátʹ), буди́ть (ru) (budítʹ), вызыва́ть (ru) (vyzyvátʹ), возбужда́ть (ru) (vozbuždátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: dùisg
• Slovene: zbuditi (sl), vzbuditi
• Swedish: väcka (sv)
• Vietnamese: gợi (vi), gây lên

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} మేలుకొను (te) (mēlukonu)

See also

• awake to
• awaken
• wake
• wake up

References

• “awake” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “awake” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "awake" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
• awake in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• awake in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.