réveillezvous

Réveillez-vous, sometimes written réveillezvous, is the second-person plural imperative form of the reflexive French verb se réveiller, used to address a group and command them to wake up. Literally, it translates to “wake yourselves” or more freely “wake up, you all.” In standard typography the phrase is written with a hyphen (réveillez-vous), but stylized forms without a space or with capitalization are sometimes encountered in titles or slogans.

Etymology and grammar: The verb réveiller means “to wake up,” and the reflexive pronoun vous creates the imperative meaning “you (plural) wake up.” The form réveillez-vous is a conventional exhortation found in everyday speech as well as formal or propagandistic language. It can function as a literal instruction to awaken or as a figurative call to awareness or action.

Usage: The expression is common in French-language media and discourse as a rallying cry or wake-up call. It appears in political rhetoric, social campaigns, journalism, and cultural works as a title or refrain to prompt reflection, mobilization, or urgency. Because it is a generic phrase rather than a fixed title, it may refer to multiple, unrelated works or campaigns that use the concept of awakening as a theme.

See also: réveiller, se réveiller, réveil. The phrase may occur in various contexts, so disambiguation is often required when encountered in text, since it does not denote a single, canonical subject but a broadly used imperative expression.