レヴェイユ

REVEILLEれゔぇいゆ[/ˈrɛvəˌli/]名詞

解説

ラッパ(起床合図)。

眠る兵士に「戦場の夢をやめろ、起きて点呼だ」と知らせる信号。
アメリカ軍では「レヴェリー」と発音し、その発音のために兵士たちは命も不幸も不名誉も捧げている。

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Original

A signal to sleeping soldiers to dream of battlefields no more, but get up and have their blue noses counted. In the American army it is ingeniously called "rev-e-lee," and to that pronunciation our countrymen have pledged their lives, their misfortunes and their sacred dishonor.

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