dormant

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 External links 1.4 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adjective 2.3 Verb 2.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English < Old French < Latin dormiens, ppr. of dormire (“‘to sleep’”).

[edit] Adjective

dormant (not comparable)

1. Inactive, asleep, suspended.

   Grass goes dormant during the winter, waiting for spring before it grows again.

   The bank account was dormant; there had been no transactions in months.

[edit] Related terms

• dorm
• dormition
• dormitive
• dormitory

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• dormant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• dormant in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• dormant at OneLook® Dictionary Search

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of admnort
• mordant

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɔʁ.mɑ̃/, SAMPA: /dOR.mA~/

[edit] Adjective

dormant m. (f. dormante, m. plural dormants, f. plural dormantes)

1. dormant
2. asleep

[edit] Verb

dormant

1. Present participle of dormir.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of admnort
• mordant