awakening

English

Etymology

awaken +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈweɪ̯kənɪŋ/

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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. (figurative) 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.

4. The act of becoming aware of something.

Derived terms

• rude awakening
• spiritual awakening

Translations

the act of awaking

• Armenian: արթնացում (artʻnacʻum)
• Azerbaijani: oyanış
• Danish: opvågning c, vækkelse c
• Faroese: veking f
• 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)
• Hungarian: ébredés (hu), felébredés (hu), ébredezés
• Icelandic: uppvakning f, vakning f
• Italian: risveglio (it) m
• Latin: ēvigilātiō f
• Macedonian: бу́дење n (búdenje), пробуду́вање n (probudúvanje)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oppvåkning m or f, vekkelse

  Nynorsk: oppvakning f, vekking

• Polish: budzenie (pl) n, budzenie się n, przebudzenie n
• Portuguese: despertar (pt) m, acordamento m
• Russian: пробужде́ние (ru) n (probuždénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: dùsgadh m
• Spanish: despertar (es) m
• Swedish: uppvaknande (sv) n, väckelse (sv) c
• Tocharian B: āksalñe
• Ukrainian: пробудження n (probudžennja)

a revival of religion

• Finnish: herätys (fi)
• Icelandic: trúarvakning f, vakning f
• Italian: rinnovamento (it), risveglio (it)
• Macedonian: бу́дење n (búdenje)
• Russian: пробужде́ние (ru) n (probuždénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: dùsgadh m
• Spanish: despertar (es) m
• Swedish: väckelse (sv) c

being roused into action or activity

• Armenian: զարթոնք (hy) (zartʻonkʻ)
• Danish: opvågning c
• Hungarian: ébredés (hu), eszmélés (hu), ráébredés, rádöbbenés, ráeszmélés
• Macedonian: бу́дење n (búdenje), во́збуда f (vózbuda)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oppvåkning m or f

  Nynorsk: oppvakning f

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

Verb

awakening

1. present participle and gerund of awaken