veille - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ French Dictionary

Possible base forms

veille
veiller (Verb)

Adjectives / Adverbs

the day before	la veille
the day before last	l'avant-veille  f.

Nouns

eve	la veille
previous day	la veille
standby conditions [ELEC.]	les conditions de veille  f.  pl.

Verbs

to guard sth.  | guarded, guarded |	veiller à qc.
to keep watch over sth.	veiller sur qc.
to see that ...  | saw, seen |   - ensure	veiller à ce que ...  +subj.
to be on the verge of doing sth.  | was, been |	être à la veille de faire qc.

Examples

He was hungover yesterday because he drank too much the night before.

Il avait la gueule de bois hier car il avait trop bu la veille.

Phrases / Collocations

to keep an eye open for trouble	veiller au grain
to stop up  | stopped, stopped | (Brit.) [coll.]   - stay up late	veiller tard

Orthographically similar words

éveillé, veiller, vielle, ville, vrille