awakening

awakening

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈweɪ̯kənɪŋ/

Adjective

awakening (comparative more awakening, superlative most awakening)

1. Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting

   the awakening city
   an awakening discourse
   the awakening dawn.

Noun

awakening (plural awakenings)

1. The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
2. (religion) A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
3. (figuratively) Being roused into action or activity.
   • 2007, Abigail Brenner, Women's Rites of Passage, page 25:

     When I invited women to decide for themselves which rite of passage to talk or write about, I found that only a few chose their sexual awakening.

Translations

the act of awaking

Armenian: արթնացում (artʿnacʿum) Azerbaijani: oyanış Finnish: herääminen (fi), herätys (fi) French: réveil (fr) m Georgian: გამოღვიძება (gamoɣviʒeba), გამოფხიზლება (gamopxizleba) German: Erwachen (de) n Greek: ξύπνημα (el) n (xýpnima) Hebrew: התעוררות‎ f (hitorerut) Icelandic: uppvakning f Italian: risveglio (it) m

Norwegian: Bokmål: oppvåkning m or f Nynorsk: oppvakning f Polish: budzenie (pl) n, budzenie się n Portuguese: despertar (pt) m, acordamento m Russian: пробужде́ние (ru) n (probuždénije) Scottish Gaelic: dùsgadh m Spanish: despertar (es) m Swedish: uppvaknande n Ukrainian: пробудження n (probudžennja)

a revival of religion

Finnish: herätys (fi) Italian: rinnovamento (it), risveglio (it) Russian: пробужде́ние (ru) n (probuždénije)

Scottish Gaelic: dùsgadh m Spanish: despertar (es) m

being roused into action or activity

Armenian: զարթոնք (hy) (zartʿonkʿ) Norwegian: Bokmål: oppvåkning m or f Nynorsk: oppvakning f

Russian: пробужде́ние (ru) (probuždénije) Spanish: despertar (es) m

• Arabic: صحوَة‎ (ʂáħwa) f

Verb

awakening

1. present participle of awaken