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veiller.

to stay up, sit up

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/vɛ.je//ve.je/
  1. to stay up, sit up

    intransitive
  2. to keep guard, keep watch

    intransitive
  3. to look after, see to ( + à); see to it that ( + à ce que)

    intransitive
  4. to watch over (someone) ( + sur)

    intransitive
  5. to keep watch over a sick person at night; to do a death wake for

    transitive
  6. to go out in the evening, e.g. in parties, clubs, bars…

    Quebec · intransitive
  7. to put in standby mode

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French veiller, veigler, from Old French veillier, veiller, from Vulgar Latin *viglāre, contracted from Latin vigilāre. Compare the borrowed doublet vigiler.

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