éveillé

Definition: (adj) - alert, bright, awake

Il a l'air bien éveillé - He looks very alert, bright.

Je ne peux pas m'endormir ; je suis tout éveillé - I can't fall asleep; I'm wide awake.

Related: un éveil - awakening, dawning; éveiller - to awaken, to arouse (one's curiosity), to stimulate

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