dormant
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- dormaunt (obsolete)
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dormiēns, present participle of dormiō (“I sleep”).
[edit] Adjective
dormant (not comparable)
- 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.
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[edit] Translations
inactive, asleep, suspended
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[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
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[edit] French
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
dormant m. (f. dormante, m. plural dormants, f. plural dormantes)
[edit] Verb
dormant
- Present participle of dormir.
