il réveilla

woke up, woke

→ réveiller
réveill to wake (someone) up + a 3rd-person singular past
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #27,249
woke up This is the literary past tense, mainly used in written narratives; spoken French usually uses the passé composé.
FR: Elle se réveilla tôt.
EN: She woke up early.
woke This is the literary past tense, mainly used in written narratives; spoken French usually uses the passé composé.
FR: Le bruit réveilla le bébé.
EN: The noise woke the baby.
Conjugation of réveiller
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third réveilla —

Elle se réveilla.

She woke up.

Tom se réveilla avec un mal de tête.

Tom woke up with a headache.

Le bruit la réveilla.

The noise woke her up.

Tom se réveilla dans une pièce étrange.

Tom woke up in a strange room.

Il ne se réveilla jamais.

He never woke up.

Thomas se réveilla avec un mal de tête.

Thomas woke up with a headache.

Tom réveilla Mary en plein milieu de la nuit.

Tom woke Mary up in the middle of the night.

Elle ne se réveilla jamais.

She never woke up.

Cela le fit sursauter lui aussi, et il se réveilla.

This startled him too, and he woke up.

— Aucun autre choix (2025)

Setsuko ne se réveilla pas.

Setsuko did not wake up.

— Le Tombeau des lucioles (1988)

Il se réveilla le lendemain et se dit que sa chambre semblait différente.

He woke up the next day and thought his room looked different.

— It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)

Elle le réveilla.

She woke him up.

Ce bruit me réveilla.

This noise woke me up.

Elle alla dormir et ne se réveilla jamais.

She went to sleep and never woke up.

Soudain, il saisit le bras de Ganimard qui se réveilla en sursaut.

Suddenly, he grabbed Ganimard’s arm, startling him awake.