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veille nom {f} | eve [eves]◼◼◼(day or night before) watch [watches]◼◼◼(particular time period) vigil [vigils]◼◼◻(keeping awake) |
veille de Noël nom {f} | Christmas Eve◼◼◼(day before Christmas Day) |
veiller verbe | watch [watched, watching, watches]◼◼◼(to be vigilant) watch over◼◼◻(to guard and protect) be awake◼◻◻(to not sleep) |
veiller [Canada] verbe | party [partied, partying, parties]◼◼◼(to celebrate at a party) |
veiller en travaillant verbe | lucubrate [lucubrated, lucubrating, lucubrates](work diligently by artificial light; to study at night) |
veiller sur verbe | look after◼◼◼(to watch, to protect) |
veilleur de nuit nom {m} | night watchman [night watchmen]◼◼◼noun |
veilleuse nom {f} | nightlight [nightlights]◼◼◼(a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight) pilot light◼◼◼(flame used to ignite gas) |
avant-veille nom | day before yesterday◼◼◼(day before yesterday - translation entry) |
faire des merveilles verbe | work wonders◼◼◼verb |
il ne faut pas réveiller le chat qui dort (don't wake up the sleeping cat) verbe | let sleeping dogs lie◼◼◼(leave things as they are) |
la veille adverbe | the day before◼◼◼(on the preceding day) |
merveille nom {f} | wonder [wonders]◼◼◼(something that causes amazement or awe, a marvel) prodigy [prodigies]◼◻◻(amazing or marvelous thing) |
merveille du Pérou nom {f} | marvel of Peru(Mirabilis jalapa) |
merveilles nom {f pl} | angel wings(crisp pastry in the form of twisted ribbons dusted with sugar) |
merveilleusement adverbe | wonderfully◼◼◼(in a wonderful manner) wonderfully◼◼◼(to an extent inspiring wonder) |
merveilleux adjectif | wonderful◼◼◼(excellent, extremely impressive) marvelous◼◼◻(exciting wonder or surprise) wondrous◼◼◻(amazing, inspiring awe) stupendous◼◻◻(astonishingly great or large) selcouth(strange, rare, marvellous) |
mise en veille nom {f} | sleep mode◼◼◼(state of a computer system) |
pays des merveilles nom {m} | wonderland [wonderlands]◼◼◼(Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels) |
pomme de merveille nom {f} | bitter melon(fruit of Momordica charantia) |
promettre monts et merveilles verbe | promise the moon◼◼◼verb |
réveille-matin nom {m} | alarm [alarms]◼◼◼(mechanical contrivance for awaking) alarm clock◼◼◻(type of clock) |
réveiller verbe | wake◼◼◼(to make somebody stop sleeping) wake up◼◼◼(to awaken (someone else)) awake [awoke, awoken, awaking, awakes]◼◼◻(to cause someone to stop sleeping) awaken [awakened, awakening, awakens]◼◼◻(transitive: to cause to become awake) |
se réveiller verbe | wake◼◼◼(to stop sleeping) wake up◼◼◼(to (become) awake) |