Definitions for reveille

reveille rev·eil·le

Spelling: [rev-uh-lee; British ri-val-ee]
IPA: /ˈrɛv ə li; British rɪˈvæl i/

Reveille is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 102 anagrams from letters in reveille (eeeillrv).

Definitions for reveille

noun

  1. a signal, as of a drum or bugle, sounded early in the morning to awaken military personnel and to alert them for assembly.
  2. a signal to arise.

Origin of reveille

1635-45; French réveillez, plural imperative of réveiller to awaken, equivalent to r(e)- re- + éveiller, Old French esveillier ≪ Latin ēvigilāre to watch, be vigilant (

Examples for reveille

Not the reveille that sweetens with its sounds The soldier's hardy life.

Mascot matchup: The Texas AM Aggies (which means “agricultural school”) are represented by reveille, a cute dog.

September 30th was one of the days reveille sounded at 4:30 a. m.

Just then the reveille sounded, and the camp was quickly astir.

How different from what was passing around him, where the drummers were beating the reveille!

When the reveille sounded the next morning we were leaving camp.

Washington, escaped from their snares, was sounding the reveille at Princeton.

We could distinctly hear the reveille of the rebel troops, and the hum of their camps.

Friday morning, December 20th, reveille was held in the rain at 5:45 o'clock.

The school is currently on reveille VIII, and all iterations have been female.

Word Value for reveille
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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